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Aztec Ruins National Monument
Management

Aztec Ruins NM Fire Management Plan
Document Type: PDF

Environmental Assessment for XTO Energy
Document Type: PDF

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
Document Type: Word

General Management Plan »
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Park Planning
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Volunteer Application Form
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World Heritage Periodic Report
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XTO Energy Operation Plan

Sunrise through the Great Kiva's windows  

Did You Know?
Ancestral Pueblo peoples at Chaco Canyon and Chimney Rock used sun and shadows to track the changing of the seasons. Recent studies indicate the Great Kiva windows at Aztec were purposely aligned to solar and lunar events as well. Was this an astronomical observatory?

Last Updated: April 17, 2008 at 06:28 EST