Tag Archive for 'Pueblo Bonito'

Some apparent geometrical constructs evident in the layout of the Sun Temple site, including squares, 45-degree right triangles, a 60:30:90-degree right triangle (or an equilateral triangle), a Golden rectangle, and Pythagorean 3:4:5 triangles. Image credit: Sherry Towers.

Ancient Pueblo People Used Unexpectedly Advanced Geometry to Build Monuments

Jan 24, 2017 by News Staff

Arizona State University Professor Sherry Towers has examined the Sun Temple archaeological site at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, and found evidence...

Aerial view of Pueblo Bonito. Image credit: Bob Adams / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Scarlet Macaws Point to Early Emergence of Complex Pueblo Society

Jun 26, 2015 by News Staff

Carbon 14 dating of scarlet macaw remains from Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico indicates that interaction between the pre-Hispanic Pueblo people...