#Arcosanti is an experimental #architecture project by #PaoloSoleri in central Arizona. It is based on the principles of #archology - a mix of large-scale architecture and ecology.
Arcosanti was an attempt to demonstrate how we can minimize people's destruction of the natural environment while establishing an urban city. Currently, it includes 13 buildings.
However, the city is still incomplete. Originally planned for 5000 citizens, now it only accommordates between 50 and 150 people.
Ranger Sarah studies the map of Homolovi 1. Sitting next to the Little Colorado River which flooded the area in the 1300's. Floods supplied an important resource, driftwood logs that where used in construction and for firewood. Several severe floods eventually resulted in the people moving to the Hopi Mesas.
— at Homolovi State Park.
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Ranger Sarah learns more about Homolovi site, and the people who once lived here. Homol'ovi means "Place of the little hills" in Hopi.
— at Homolovi State Park.
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Ranger Sarah reads about the Homolovi 1 site at Homolovi State park. The site was first was first excavated by Jesse Walter Fewkes of the Smithsonian in 1896. He made the first map of the ruins.
— at Homolovi State Park.
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Ranger Sarah behind a large two story wall at Huno Pavi. You can see several small windows and a line of holes that once held the timbers that supported the 2nd level floor.
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Ranger Sarah with a look back at the eastern section of the Hungo Pavi Ruins.
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Ranger Sarah hikes along the backside of Hungo Pavi. Chacoan construction was unique and the structures were immense and multi-storied. The people developed a distinctive masonry that added strength and stability of the massive structures. The builders quarried hard sandstone from the top of the cliffs, impounded water, and mixed clay and sand for the mortar(NPS).
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Ranger Sarah hikes to the ruins at Hungo Paui a Chacoan Great House at Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
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Ranger Sarah with more of Hungo Pavi as she approaches the East Wing. The people began construction on Hungo Pavi in the 1000s, when Chacoan culture was flourishing, and Pueblo Bonito and other buildings were well underway. They continued the construction in several building episodes over the next 150 years, always conforming to the original D-shaped design(NPS).
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Adventures of Ranger Sarah