http://clipmarks.com/clipper/Kelika/tag/petrograph/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/Kelika/tag/petrograph/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/4F2B31B5-8832-457A-A96D-12355B1E4510/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/Kelika/">Kelika</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.chaco.com/park/photos/img/full/chaco_55.jpg" title="http://www.chaco.com/park/photos/img/full/chaco_55.jpg">www.chaco.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/Kelika/512/622276C4-74C0-4639-A55E-6E86FFB84EC8.jpg" alt="The image “http://www.chaco.com/park/photos/img/full/chaco_55.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors." /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.chaco.com/park/archaeology/1054_petrograph/index.html" title="http://www.chaco.com/park/archaeology/1054_petrograph/index.html">www.chaco.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2 class="top">the 1054 supernova petrograph </H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The Anasazi residents of Chaco Canyon were attentive to the movements of the heavens, that much is clear. The famous Sun Dagger on Fajada Butte in the center of Chaco Canyon is a solar calendar that heralds the summer solstice when a noontime band of sunlight passing through between two slabs intersects the center of a spiral. A square of light floods a notch in the wall of Casa Rinconada's Great Kiva on the summer solstice, and locations marked within the Great Kiva are thought by some to create a simple stellar observatory. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> The Chinese and Japanese record the appearance of a very bright "guest star" around this time. And if you were a Chacoan living at the same time, you would notice it, probably even record it. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> In fact, on the underside of a shelf below West Mesa in Chaco Canyon, just outside the great house called Peñasco Blanco, is a panel containing three symbols: a large star, a crescent moon, and a handprint. </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/anasazi/" rel="tag">anasazi</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/petrograph/" rel="tag">petrograph</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/chaco+canyon/" rel="tag">chaco canyon</a></div>http://www.chaco.com/park/photos/img/full/chaco_55.jpgMon, 10 Dec 2007 00:27:14 GMT