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Chaco Culture NHP - Hungo Pavi
Date Added: 29th May 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Chaco Culture NHP - Hungo Pavi submitted by bat400 on 27th May 2012. The interior of a room in the northeast corner of the complex. The ground floor room is almost completely filled with shifted sand and earth. The second floor room above it is marked by the line of secondary beams below it.
Photo by bat400, April 2012.
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Chaco Culture NHP - Kin Kletso
Date Added: 29th May 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 26th Apr 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Chaco Culture NHP - Kin Kletso submitted by bat400 on 1st Jun 2012. View from a resting place halfway up the cliff just north of the site.
Photo by bat400, April 2012.
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Chaco Culture NHP - Pueblo del Arroyo
Date Added: 29th May 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Saw from a distance. My rating: Condition 3 Access 4
Chaco Culture NHP - Pueblo del Arroyo submitted by bat400 on 27th May 2012. A view of the Great House taken from the cliffs on the north side of the canyon.
Photo by bat400, April 2012.
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Chaco Culture NHP - Chetro Ketl
Date Added: 29th May 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 26th Apr 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Chaco Culture NHP - Chetro Ketl submitted by bat400 on 27th May 2012. The Great Kiva of Chetro Ketl. Aside from the missing roof and plaster, this is possible the finest preserved Great Kiva in the southwest.
Photo by bat400, April 2012.
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Chaco Culture NHP - Casa Rinconada
Date Added: 29th May 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 26th Apr 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Chaco Culture NHP - Casa Rinconada submitted by bat400 on 27th May 2012. In this view you can see the stone bench around the base of the interior wall, the many niches, and the room structure outside the kiva on the north side of the building.
Photo by bat400, April 2012.
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Log Text: This Great Kiva is isolated from the Great Houses themselves and sits on a natural rise across Chaco Wash from Pueblo del Arroyo, Pueblo Bonito, and Chetro Ketl. All of these Great Houses are clearly visible from the ridge where Casa Rinconada was built. You can walk completely around the building and into a portion of the northern antechamber.
You walk up a clearly marked trail from a parking area/trail head. Several small pueblo communittees lie to the north and east of the great kiva. You can visit them as well.
Chaco Culture NHP - Una Vida
Date Added: 29th May 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Chaco Culture NHP - Una Vida submitted by bat400 on 27th May 2012. A view of the Great House ruin from the cliffside to the north east. Fajada Butte is in the distance.
Photo by bat400.
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Log Text: Atmospheric, and has great views of Fajada Butte (somewhat marred by a view of the rear of the visitor's center). I was there as the sun was starting to set. The site is actually built on a fairly obvious slope above the canyon floor. Since it is mostly in an unexcavated or backfilled state, a trail guide is very helpful.
The petroglyph panel is further up the slop into the lower margin of the cliffs. The view from that location gives you a better appreciation for the Great House layout.
Chaco Culture NHP - New Alto
Date Added: 28th May 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Chaco Culture NHP - New Alto submitted by bat400 on 27th May 2012. New Alto.
Photo by bat400, April 2012.
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Log Text: A large raven flew from Pueblo Alto, left, to perch on the walls of New Alto as I approached. (Dexter to my path ... had I been an ancient Roman, I might have turned around and went away...)
A little eerie, as this ruin stands on the edge of a flat sagebrush plain north of Chaco Canyon. Only a portion of the structure has walls standing above the mound that encases the majority of it. You are actually seeing the walls of the second floor of the building.
See my site log for Pueblo Alto (http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=15539) for what the trail was like to get up to New Alto from the canyon floor.
Aztec Ruins National Monument
Date Added: 25th May 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Aztec Ruins National Monument submitted by Creative Commons on 22nd Dec 2018. Aztec Ruins National Monument is located in Northern New Mexico. It was home to the Ancestral Puebloans, who built and lived in the great houses here beginning in the mid 11th century until the late 13th century. The West Ruin, also called the Aztec West Great House, was three stories tall and contained over 500 rooms. Image copyright: Jasperdo, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Anasazi Indian State Park
Date Added: 25th May 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Anasazi Indian State Park submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Dec 2010. Pit house structure at Boulder Anasazi village.
Picture from a 1990 trip, and now faded and deteriorated.
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Sounion Temple of Poseidon
Date Added: 7th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes
Sounion Temple of Poseidon submitted by AlexHunger on 23rd Aug 2006. 5th century BCE Temple of Poseidon on the the southernmost point of Attica surounded by the Aegean on 3 sides.
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Epidaurus Temple of Asklepios
Date Added: 7th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Epidaurus Temple of Asklepios submitted by Antonios on 1st Jul 2008. Site in Peloponnese Peninsula Greece: Ī¤holos of Asklepios. Only the underground section is intact, with a diameter of 21.82 metres. Built with big square stones. Possibly used for thechthonic worship of the god associated with the holy serpents of medicine.
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Log Text: The temple is currently under a partial reconstruction. Like the work at the Acropolis in Athens. The new stone has been chosen so that it is obvious what portion is "new".
Nafplio Museum
Date Added: 7th Apr 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Nafplio Museum submitted by Antonios on 26th Jun 2008. Vessel (psiktiras) cooler from Tiryns, 2800 BCE.
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Log Text: The museum is relatively small but includes many exciting artefacts, most notably the Dendra Panoply. Many of the displays discuss the locations of the finds. This would be a perfect place to visit before traveling to Tyrns or even Epidaurus.
Corinth Temple of Apollo
Date Added: 7th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st May 2011. My rating: Ambience 3
Corinth Temple of Apollo submitted by Bjorn on 29th May 2007.
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Log Text: Saw from outside the boudary, but was unable to visit.
Akrokorinthos
Date Added: 7th Apr 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Saw from a distance. My rating: Ambience 5
Akrokorinthos submitted by Antonios on 24th May 2008. Site in Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece: Acrocorinth.
The walled gates of Acrocorinth from the west, as rebuilt by the Venetians.
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Log Text: Drive to the entrance of the fortress, but it was too late in the day to enter and visit.
Mitchell's Fold
Date Added: 7th Apr 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 1988. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Mitchell's Fold submitted by PaulM on 22nd Jan 2002. Mitchell's Fold in the snow on New Year's Day 2002.
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Canyon de Chelly - Mummy Cave
Date Added: 28th Feb 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Jun 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Canyon de Chelly - Mummy Cave Ruin submitted by bat400 on 10th Sep 2006. Canyon de Chelly - Mummy Cave Ruins, Apache County, Arizona.
I thought this was the most amazing site we could see from the canyon rim. This photo was taken from a vantage point west of the ruin.
Photo by bat400, June 2003.
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Log Text: I saw the ruin from an overlook to the west. You may only approach the ruins with a Navajo guide. There is no access directly into the ruins themselves.
Mesa Grande
Date Added: 28th Feb 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 0000. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3
Log Text: You can observe the mound and some of the excavations from three sides, but the site is enclosed by a high iron rail fence.
Bighorn Medicine Wheel
Date Added: 28th Feb 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: United States (The Northwest Mountains)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 0000
Bighorn Medicine Wheel submitted by bat400 on 26th Aug 2006. This sun wheel cairn arrangement is in the Bighorn National Forest, on Medicine Mountain. The fencing discourages casual vandals. Many visitors leave offerings.
Photo by bat400, June 2001.
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Log Text: From a parking area, you'll need to walk nearly a mile (one way) over a saddleback to where the structure stands on a flat area on the slope of the mountain. The walk is on a graveled roadway, and is not difficult. However, be prepared for wind, sun, and the altitude, which can be taxing for many people.
Yellowstone Lake
Date Added: 28th Feb 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Northwest Mountains)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2002. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Yellowstone Lake submitted by Flickr on 28th Jul 2015. Yellowstone Lake Sunrise at yellowstone Lake facing Lake Hotel. Image copyright: aland67 (Aland), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: Strikingly beatuiful lake. No visible sign of the prehistoric occupation.
Pictograph Caves
Date Added: 28th Feb 2012
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The Northwest Mountains)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1989. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pictograph Caves submitted by Flickr on 15th Jul 2015. Pictograph_Cave_09 Image copyright: koloth440, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: See the site listing. It's not possible to get close to the pictographs, so bring binoculars.