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White House - At the foot of a 300-meter high cliff, these houses were only accessible using ladders. This site, renamed White House, was first home to a group of Anasazi and then in the 1700s to a Navajo tribe, who were eventually murdered in 1805 by Spanish soldiers (Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, USA). - 1972
Spider Rock - From a height of 229 meters, Spider Rock dominates Canyon de Chelly in northern Arizona (USA). The Navajo lived in peace until the attack by New Mexico in 1805. Today, the Navajos cooperatively manage this National Monument, one of the busiest in the United States. - 1972
Spider Rock at the rear of Canyon de Chelly (Arizona). The 1000-foot-high sandstone column had symbolic meaning to the Indian People. In the universe every shape reveals the power of the gods; its unique beauty is additional proof of their invisible presence.
One of the most impressive Anasazi ruins of the American Southwest: White House Ruin in Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Arizona). Built into the cliff between heaven and earth, "White House" owes its name in part to the whitewashed facade. It was built in 1066 and was part of a community encompassing 175 rooms and four kivas, which could be reached only by ladders.
Woven sandals made of yucca fiber. The sandal to the left is made with a more refined technique, from Mummy Cave, Canyon del Muerto in Canyon de Chelly (Arizona). The sandal on the right is from Long House, Mesa Verde National Park (Colorado). Both Anasazi Culture, MVM. MVM = Mesa Verde National Park Museum (Colorado)
In order to reach the cliff dwellings or to climb along the canyon walls, Indians throughout the Southwest had chipped footsize steps into the stone. This is one such a "stairway" near White House Pueblo, Canyon de Chelly (Arizona).
The ruins of houses (occupied between 650 and 900 A.D.) and a kiva in the small rock shelters of Yucca Cave at Canyon de Chelly ational Monument (Arizona); Basketmaker III and Pueblo I periods of the Anasazi Culture.
Drawing based on photograph. Hunting scene with men, animals and symbols (hand, bear paw, snake and corn cobs), picked engraving in Canyon De Chelly National Monument (Arizona).
Positive and negative handprints on friezes or in masterly compositions. The hand is a universally familiar symbol, found in all cultures at all times. - Positive and negative impressions of hands (as well as people) painted in white, Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Arizona).
