Written on the Landscape: Mysteries Beyond Chaco Canyon

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Written on the Landscape: Mysteries Beyond Chaco Canyon (2024)

Directed by Anna Sofaer

Documentary · 58m

Mysteries Beyond Chaco Canyon conveys to viewers the brilliant achievements of the Chaco civilization—many of which are in grave danger today. This new one-hour documentary reveals the astounding reach of the Chacoans across a region of the American southwest nearly twice the size of Ireland. Without modern tools, wheel or beast of burden, these ancient people built ceremonial Great Houses and connected them to places of spiritual power with massive "roads," remarkably straight and as wide as modern two lane streets. The Chacoans' feats have been long obscured in a fragile desert environment—only now to be recovered through beautiful aerial footage and with the new technology of LiDAR (aerial laser scanning) revealing the true expanse of the Chacoans' complex world.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Anna Sofaer
Writer
Christopher Beaver

Details

Release date
2024-01-01
Runtime
58m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Countries
United States of America
Production
The Solstice Project