Engineering Chaco: Anasazi Design Rules on the Chaco Meridian

It turns out the Chacoan Anasazi were not just building enormous architecture to demostrate their ability to creatively pile rocks…they were building monuments in stone to document their scientific worldview which—much like our own—contained a significant mathematical component. Prior to this research, no previous evidence existed for any type of mathematics in the extant record of the Chacoan Anasazi.

New "in the dirt" GPS correlations document a previously unrecognized geometric design which formed the basis of pre-historic community planning and engineering in both landscape and architecture throughout the Anasazi cultural area and beyond.

Using the latest digital topographic technology, floor plans documented by Earl Morris, Stephen Lekson, Charles DiPeso and others, the book also examines the petroglyphic rock art record, Native American ethnology, fractal analysis and rigorous statistical methodology to reveal stunning and controversial evidence of ancient survey instrument use and design rule engineering along the famous Chaco Meridian.

Beginning with the earliest 9th century Great House constructions in Chaco Canyon, this modern tale of ancient archaeology meticulously follows the clues to Aztec Ruin, Paquimé (near Casas Grandes, Mexico) and El Templo de Tlaloc near Teotihuacán. Recent evidence suggests aspects of this unique and repetitive geometric proportionality were also used by the Inca at Machu Picchu in Peru.

Over 100 original color illustrations.

EDITORS NOTE: This description refers to the Collectors Edition with stunning full color illustrations and photographs; the same book is also offered in an economical Black and White edition called Engineering Chaco: The Anasazi Field Manual (available at https://www.createspace.com/3602313).