Canyon de Chelly VI by danapommet

Photography • Historical • posted on Dec 02, 2009

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Description

This is the White House Anasazi pueblo ruins and this project was started about 1060. It was abandoned around 1275, most likely due to a long period of drought. There is an upper level in the “cave” area and the lower ground level. These ruins were named after the highest building on the upper level that was plastered white - similar to the building posted in “Canyon de Chelly IV”. Ladders would have connected the two levels and could have been pulled up in the event of an attack. There are pictographs and/or petroglyphs of the cliff walls between the lower and upper levels. The entire complex had an estimated 80 rooms but only half of them exist today, due to valley flooding over the years and damage from the elements. There are fences around most of the ruins today and you can see evidence of Navajo farming at the bottom of this photo. There is a small white farm house, off to the right, that didn’t make it through the cropping process. The cliff in this area is about 600 feet high. Some info from the National Park Service, Wikipedia and Navajo people I had talked to. Posting scanned from a 1996 photo. Thanks for stopping by, taking a peak and for all your previous comments. Dana

Comments (23)

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Hubba1

10:48PM | Wed, 02 December 2009

Very interesting! And a very cool shot.

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bmac62

10:49PM | Wed, 02 December 2009

Spectacular Dana.

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MagikUnicorn

10:51PM | Wed, 02 December 2009

AWESOME EROSION!

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bimm3d

10:53PM | Wed, 02 December 2009

wow!!

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Faemike55

11:11PM | Wed, 02 December 2009

Wodnerful photo and information! I hope you have more of this area or region

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mgtcs

11:12PM | Wed, 02 December 2009

WOW....Splendid photo, fantastic perspective, as is always the case with you!*****

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wysiwig

11:14PM | Wed, 02 December 2009

Wow, you had some serious elevation! Spectacular view and capture.

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0rest4wicked

12:13AM | Thu, 03 December 2009

Nice shot! Must have been late spring?

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sharky_

1:13AM | Thu, 03 December 2009

Very Impressive.... Aloha

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nigh23

1:18AM | Thu, 03 December 2009

great shot I have to get there thanks for the info

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flavia49

7:51AM | Thu, 03 December 2009

marvelous shot!!

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mickeyrony

7:59AM | Thu, 03 December 2009

My friend it is always an amazement in front of similar beauties . Cheer still and mile mercies. Beautiful work and great catch of sight ((5++)) C'est toujours un émerveillement mon ami devant pareilles beautées . Bravo encore et mile mercis . Beau travail belle prise de vue ((5++))

lucindawind

9:54AM | Thu, 03 December 2009

amazing landscape .. beautiful shot

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kbrog

11:06AM | Thu, 03 December 2009

Great shot! These shots are really astounding. :)

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flora-crassella

11:10AM | Thu, 03 December 2009

interesting landscape!!! Great picture!!!!

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jendellas

1:51PM | Thu, 03 December 2009

Amazing 1060 this was happening there & 6 years later 1066 we had the Battle of Hastings. People were going about their lives in Canyon De Chelly when the battle was raging!!!!!!!!

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sandra46

4:18PM | Thu, 03 December 2009

SUPERB FANTASTIC

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orig_buggy

6:39PM | Thu, 03 December 2009

it's an amazing image not to mention an awesome culture..very intriging!

MrsLubner

7:08PM | Thu, 03 December 2009

The rockface is so massive in size. There is so much to think about when looking at this. So much time to traverse to go from then until now and a the travels are fascinating. :-)

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