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Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais Petroglyphs in red ochre nicknamed "Supernova"-a 10-pointed star, a quarter moon, a magical hand. This composition may depict the explosion of a giant star in the year 1054, an event that has also been chronicled in the history books of that time in Europe, China and Japan. Height: about 24 inches, Chaco Culture National Historical Park (New Mexico), Anasazi Culture.
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais Pictograph of a human figure. A familiar and at the same time mysterious figure with a feather headdress, hands raised in an expression of peace and agreement. It is reminiscent of similar figures found among the petroglyphs of other cultures in Val Camonica (Italy), Siberia, the Sahara and Australia. Height: 8.8 inches. Chaco Canyon (New Mexico).
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais Pottery from the various prehistoric cultures. Mug, 6.8 inches high, Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, Anasazi Culture, 1075-1150, CCP CCP = Museum Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Chaco Canyon (New Mexico)
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais Pottery from the various prehistoric cultures. Coiled pot, 8.8 inches high, Chaco Canyon, Anasazi Culture, 1000-1200, CCP CCP = Museum Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Chaco Canyon (New Mexico)
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais Wooden necklace or pectoral, 19.8 inches diameter, and ear pendants, 2.2 inches diameter. Found in a grave at Chetro Ketl, Chaco Canyon (New Mexico), Anasazi Culture, CCP. CCP = Museum Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Chaco Canyon (New Mexico)
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais Part of a wooden sculpture of a parrot, 6.6 inches high, from a grave at Chetra Ketl, Anasazi Culture, CCP. CCP = Museum Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Chaco Canyon (New Mexico)
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais One of the great kivas of Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon (New Mexico); 60 feet in diameter. Middle: A fire altar; these square structures, covered with boards, may have been used as floor drums, on which people danced. Jewelry and cult items were found in the square niches built into the curved walls.
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais The long and beautiful succession of rooms on the ground floor of Pueblo Bonito, the most significant of the Southwest pueblos. The masonry attests to extraordinary building skill; the stones are so carefully fitted that mortar is superfluous. The beams protruding from the wall support the ceiling of the rooms.
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais Examples of Anasazi masonry. A wall constructed of parallel layers of narrow stone so precisely fitted that mortar was not needed, Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon.
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais Examples of Anasazi masonry. Masonry consisting of rough stones alternating with narrow, flat slabs, creating a decorative effect, Chaco Canyon (New Mexico)
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais Access - wide steps chipped out of the rock, from the floor of Chaco Canyon to the top of the cliffs
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais View of Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon (New Mexico). Built between 930 and 1130, this pueblo has a diameter of 178 feet, which encompassed 800 rooms, 35 kivas and two great kivas (about 20 feet and 13 feet in diameter respectively). It was considered the largest immobile object in the world, until a larger one was created in ew York in 1882.
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais Typically cylindrical Chaco Canyon pottery, black on white, with geometric designs and four small handles at the rim. Height: 8.8 inches. 120 such pots were found in a grave at Pueblo Bonito; Anasazi Culture (Collection of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.), CCP.CCP = Museum Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Chaco Canyon (New Mexico)
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais Middle and bottom: Two small pendants of red shale, the upper one representing a stylized bird, the middle one a sun with a number of rays projecting from it, Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon (New Mexico), CCP.CCP = Museum Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Chaco Canyon (New Mexico)
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais Miniature clay representation of a «forked double basket» (an object with ceremonial significance?). Height: 6.20 inches. Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon (New Mexico), Anasazi Culture (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.), CCP.CCP = Museum Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Chaco Canyon (New Mexico)
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais Mug, black on white, with characteristic Chaco Canyon (New Mexico) decoration consisting of geometric lines and crosshatching, handle in the shape of a jaguar (?). Height: 7.84 inches. HMP.HMP = Heard Museum, Phoenix (Arizona)
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais Typical Chaco Canyon pottery, black on white, with stairway-like motifs, triangles, chessboard squares, elongated spirals and crosshatched areas. Anasazi Culture. - Cylindrical pot. Height: 8.8 inches. MNM.MNM = Collections of the Museum of New Mexico, Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe (New Mexico)
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais Typical Chaco Canyon pottery, black on white, with stairway-like motifs, triangles, chessboard squares, elongated spirals and crosshatched areas. Anasazi Culture. - Mug. Height: 6.8 inches. MMAMMA = Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (New Mexico)
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais Typical Chaco Canyon pottery, black on white, with stairway-like motifs, triangles, chessboard squares, elongated spirals and crosshatched areas. Anasazi Culture. - Ladle in Mesa Verde style. Length: 13.6 inches. CCPCCP = Museum Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Chaco Canyon (New Mexico)
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais Typical Chaco Canyon pottery, black on white, with stairway-like motifs, triangles, chessboard squares, elongated spirals and crosshatched areas. Anasazi Culture. - Ladle. Length: 5.2 inches. CCPCCP = Museum Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Chaco Canyon (New Mexico)
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais Typical Chaco Canyon pottery, black on white, with stairway-like motifs, triangles, chessboard squares, elongated spirals and crosshatched areas. Anasazi Culture. - Bowl. Diameter: 8.0 inches. CCPCCP = Museum Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Chaco Canyon (New Mexico)
Les légendes ne sont disponibles qu'en allemand ou en anglais Typical Chaco Canyon pottery, black on white, with stairway-like motifs, triangles, chessboard squares, elongated spirals and crosshatched areas. Anasazi Culture. - Bowl with painted rim. Diameter: 4.2 inches. CCPCCP = Museum Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Chaco Canyon (New Mexico)
