By: Paul Mags

Paul Mags — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 18:50:30 +0000

Your idea seems to be the leading theory about people who know more about this than I ever will. Though much debate! The nature of the roads could have changed in use, too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roads_of_Chaco

Overall, though, the roads do not seem to get used for transportation vs other use.
https://www.thoughtco.com/chaco-road-system-southwestern-america-170328

https://gamblershouse.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/roads/

I tend to lean towards the re-purposing of the roads over the years for different uses depending on the political and economic climate myself. A road used for trading or astronomical purposes one generation may get repurposed for marching tax collectors and troops down the way another!

EDIT: Also, I seem to recall this talk discussed the Chaco roads in part:

As for Lunar events, it seems more driven by academic vs. govt initiative. The govt agencies certainly help, though.

(Usual caveat: I am just an enthusiastic amateur with no kind of -ologist in my professional title. 🙂 )

By: Stephen Keire

Stephen Keire — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 18:41:42 +0000

Good day, Mr. Magnanti,
Just out of curiosity, have you thought about why the Ancestral Pueblo people built the road system, e.g., Great North Road, Coyote Canyon and so on? I tend to think that since several didn’t lead outside the canyon, they probably had more significance to astronomers and organizers of pilgrimages than to long distance traders. Just wondering which way you lean, having walked the area. Am wondering too, whether the USFS has had the USGS in to assess the stability of the conglomerate stacks that demark the lunar events.

Best regards,
Stephen Keire

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