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Review:
Situated amid the starkly beautiful high-desert landscape of the Chaco Canyon, the Chaco Culture National Historical Park protects and showcases the remains of an amazingly sophisticated Chacoan civilization that thrived in the valley over 1,000 years ago.
There is a 9-mile loop road you can follow that will take you to five of the major Chacoan sites, including Pueblo Bonito, the largest great house in the park, which is a multi-storied building dating back to between 850 and 1150.
At each of the five sites you can follow a short self-guided trail to the ruins.
Energetic visitors can take it a step further and follow some of the backcountry trails to see some of the more remote sites.
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