Pueblo Bonito Beneath the Moon
by Kathleen Bishop
Title
Pueblo Bonito Beneath the Moon
Artist
Kathleen Bishop
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Fine art black and white rendition of Anasazi ruins under a full moon. Pueblo Bonito is the largest prehistoric “Great House” in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. This huge complex was constructed by the Anasazi, or Hisatsinom (Ancestral Puebloan), people between 1030-1079 AD., and included over 600 rooms and 40 kivas.
Corner windows, such as the second-story window seen here, are rare in Anasazi architecture. There is speculation that this window was purposely sited to function as an astronomical calendar, aligning with the Winter Solstice. On the morning of the Winter Solstice, the rising sun shines through the portal and strikes the opposite corner of the room behind it.
While intriguing, this theory cannot be proven because the corner window was placed on an inner wall of the pueblo. Whether or not the outer room had a second story blocking the sun from entering through this window is anyone’s guess because the outer room no longer exists.
This fine art desert southwest photograph of Native American ruins is being offered in black and white, and in square format.
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December 14th, 2018
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