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Kin Bineola — Chaco Outlier Great House South
Verified36.0100° N · 107.8500° W · 2020 m

Kin Bineola — Chaco Outlier Great House South

Kin Bineola · Kin Bineola Great House · Naashashi Great House

Pueblo II–III Chacoan (1080–1140 CE)·Ancestral Pueblo (Chacoan)·🇺🇸 New Mexico, McKinley County, Chaco South Road, United States

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About Kin Bineola — Chaco Outlier Great House South

Kin Bineola is a 120-room Chacoan Great House built c.1080–1105 CE on the South Road from Chaco Canyon, second largest outlier, excavated by Thomas Windes and Robert Marshall. D-shaped multi-storey great house (30×40 m) with Chaco-style core-and-veneer, great kiva 18 m diameter, prehistoric Chaco road segment 9 m wide with curbs, and Chacoan great ditch. Community outlier with 12 small sites.

Why it mattersSecond largest outlier proving Chaco road system intentional engineering and lunar standstill alignments.

Open questions

Mysteries & theories

Mysteries

  1. 01Did outlier function as road-chief toll station or refuge?

Theories

  1. 01Judge–Lekson: Chaco as ritual pilgrimage network with outlier node for corn tribute

Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.

History

How it came to be

Built
c.1080 CE (Pueblo II Great House)
Period
Pueblo II–III Chacoan (1080–1140 CE)
Culture
Ancestral Pueblo (Chacoan)
Builders
Chacoan migrants and local Chuskan
Purpose
Road-toll outlier controlling South Road to Chaco (ceremonial & storage)
Abandoned
c.1140 CE (Chaco regional collapse)
Rediscovered
1890s Jackson; 1975 Marshall BLM Outlier Survey
Excavation
Partially excavated

  1. c.1080 CE

    D-shaped great house foundations laid

  2. 1975

    Marshall systematic outlier registry

On the ground

Structures & features

36.0100° N · 107.8500° W · 2020 m · 3 mapped features

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