Master plan - Chaco Canyon National Monument, New Mexico

National Park Service. 1968. Master plan - Chaco Canyon National Monument, New Mexico. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

This report contains historical information about Chaco Canyon National Monument in order to provide educational and inspirational benefits to the public. The purpose of Chaco Canyon National Monument is to preserve outstanding prehistoric remains of Basketmaker and Pueblo Indian ruins dating primarily from A.D. 700-1200, and to provide for the fullest degree of public educational and inspirational benefit from these remains as is consistent with their preservation. This report contains brief descriptions of park features, includes a land classification map (recreation area, natural environment area, primitive area, historic and cultural sites), a general development plan (showing park facilities), and a land ownership and use map.

Type
Published Report
Authors
National Park Service
Date of Issue
1968
Publisher
National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
Units
CHCU , HIST
Keywords
Anasazi, Architecture, Basketmaker, Chaco Canyon, Conservation, Cultural Resources, Education, ehistory, Facilities, Historical Resources, History, Land Ownership, Land Use, Map, Natural Resources, Navajo, Plan, Preservation, Pueblo culture, Pueblo Indian, Resource Management

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