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Aztec, NM 87410

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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?

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Last Updated: January 16, 2007 at 12:12 EST