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Event archaeological Americas

Chaco Canyon

850 CE – 1250 CE

Ancestral Puebloan ceremonial center in New Mexico with massive great houses and precisely aligned astronomical…

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Chaco Culture National Historical Park on Wikipedia.

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Landmark · Americas

Chaco Canyon

850 CE – 1250 CE

Ancestral Puebloan ceremonial center in New Mexico with massive great houses and precisely aligned astronomical features

Standing in 850 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Arctic marine mammal hunters Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1200 CE Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Mammoth Cave Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Hawaii Volcanoes Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

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