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Annual Letter from Solstice Project 2023
Maya Archaeoastronomer Alonso Mendez with Anna Sofaer at Pueblo BonitoDear Friend, For 40+ years the Solstice Project has been telling the remarkable story of Chaco Canyon. Through our own original research and collaborations with educators of descendant communities...
Solstice Project colleague Robert Weiner
Archaeologists Rich Friedman and Rob Weiner with Anna Sofaer. Solstice Project colleague Robert Weiner recently earned his Ph.D. from University of Colorado Boulder following a successful defense of his (900 page!) dissertation on Chacoan roads, which was held at the...
Article in May 2023 issue of The Santa Fe Magazine
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Annual Letter from Solstice Project 2022
Archaeologists Rich Friedman and Rob Weiner with Anna Sofaer at a Written on the Landscape filming event. Photo by cinematographer Dyanna Taylor.My Chaco Canyon JourneyMany of you have experienced my Chaco Canyon journey through my two previous...
Recent research and progress
, The Solstice Project will present its recent research and progress on its film production --- Written on the Landscape --- conveying the remarkable expanse of the Chaco Culture throughout the Four Corners on Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom at Fort...
Solstice Project on PBS KNME Colores , 1/15 – New Insights on Chaco
Dear Friends, More insights about Chaco: on Saturday January 15th, at 4:00 pm Mountain Time, KNME PBS will broadcast a COLORES program focused on our recent Chaco findings “ Title or link to the program description….” . The enigmatic Chaco roads and ritual Great...
Written on the Landscape
Click here to watch the Trailer! Our biggest news is the progress on our film, Written on the Landscape. Our latest research shows that the patterns of astronomical alignments in the central canyon and their relationships to sacred landscape are repeated throughout...
Annual Letter from the Solstice Project
2020-2021 Annual Letter December 2021 Dear Friend,I want to thank you for your interest and continuing support to the Solstice Project, and send warm greetings of the season. Our research and engagement with Chaco has been ongoing even in this challenging time, and...