Archaeological remains like this have always amazed me, that a people that long ago had the engineering expertise to build like that. We often lose ourselves in our own accomplishments and begin to think that anything greater than 100 years ago was the dark ages. These people were brilliant!
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Victor! Good to see you.
The site feels like it was built according to a plan, but it was built over a period of 400 years. That's a LONG time to hold to a plan. But the design and execution were very consistent...
There is a place in NE Arizona, Chaco Canyon. Those people laid out an extended site that is engineered to Solar and Lunar standards. It's just amazing the precision over long distances. It's an amazing place that really hasn't even begun to give up it's secrets.
Some of the degradation to places comes of tribal beliefs. Navajo, for instance, believe in maintaining buildings and places to honor the ancestors who used them. Hopi believe that once used a place should be allowed to return to the earth. There is a place in Petrified Forest NP where there are two very similar buildings about 200 yards apart. The Navajo building looks like you could use it today while the Hopi building is mostly down. Both tribes have families come to the place every year. It's amazing.