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Watching the Sun
Walls at Wijiji Today is the winter solstice, and the seventh anniversary of this blog. I’ve traditionally posted about archaeoastronomy on these anniversaries, so I’m going to briefly interrupt my...
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RIP Bob Powers
Tower Kiva at Kin Ya’a This news is a few weeks old and I’ve gone back and forth on whether to say something about it, but I ended up deciding I should. Bob Powers, an important but low-key...
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Foreshadow: Ideology
Chaco Petroglyph Panel Showing Abstract “Blanket” Designs Chapter 11 of Crucible of Pueblos, by Rich Wilshusen, Scott Ortman, and Ann Phillips, is called “Processions, Leaders, and Gathering Places,”...
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Foreshadow: Synthesis
Third-Story Walls with Type I Masonry at Una Vida The final chapter in Crucible of Pueblos offers, in the words of its title, “a synthesis of sorts.” Authored by the noted Chaco specialist John...
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The “Sun” Temple
Explanatory Plaque at Sun Temple, Mesa Verde Today is the summer solstice, on which I like to do posts about archaeoastronomy. Today I’d like to discuss a well-known site, Sun Temple at Mesa Verde,...
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Hovenweep and the Democratization of Astronomy
Entrance Sign at Hovenweep National Monument Today is the winter solstice, which also makes it the eighth anniversary of this blog. I like to mark these astronomical occasions with posts about...
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Can Trump Actually Abolish Those Monuments?
Bears Ears from Natural Bridges National Monument Last week, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order requiring the Secretary of the Interior to review all presidential designations of national...
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An Observatory at Salmon Pueblo?
Salmon Ruins Sign One of the most interesting chapters in Astronomy and Ceremony in the Prehistoric Southwest: Revisited reports on archaeoastronomical research at Salmon Pueblo (also known as Salmon...
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Fact-Checking Archaeoastronomy in the Archives
Cliff Palace and Sun Temple, Mesa Verde In addition to reports of potential astronomical features at prehistoric sites and speculations on the role of astronomy in ancient societies, Astronomy and...
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Chaco Is Closed
“Area Closed” Sign at Fajada Butte View This is just a quick post to share some information likely to be of interest to my readers. There has been a lot of confusion about exactly how the National Park...
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