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| This view is looking southeast along Chaco Canyon toward Fajada Butte. The one-way park road crosses diagonally across the image in the foreground. This view provides a good perspective on the amount of space for agricultural land that the valley provided to the ancient Puebloans (also know by the more familiar name Anasazi). During the "peak" of the Chacoan Classic Period between 1100 and 1250 A.D., much of the valley floor and many parts of the upland areas of the surrounding mesas were utilized for dryland farming crops: corn, beans, and squash. |
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