Pages belonging to Solar Astronomy in the Prehistoric Southwest

credits slide

Credits

Supernova pictograph panel contains three symbols: a large star (supernova), a crescent moon, and a hand print

Supernova Pictograph

Two peculiar pictographs painted in red may represent a record of lunar observations

Lunar Astronomy

Cliff Palace, at Mesa Verde National Park

Cliff Palace

The Sun Temple, in Mesa Verde National Park

The Sun Temple

A petroglyph, suggestive of a solar eclipse, is found on the South side of a large boulder near the Una Vida ruin in Chaco Canyon

Solar Eclipse Petroglyph

The "Sun Dagger" light configuration at summer solstice

The Sun Dagger

The three slab site on the East face of Fajada butte

The 3-Slab Slit

Fajada butte, Chaco Canyon, at sunrise on 21 June 1997, seen from the Northeast

Fajada Butte

Path of summer solstice light on three petroglyphs

Solstice Marker

Subscribe to prehistoric-southwest