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Doors to the Sky

            Interior doors in what was once an inner sanctum are now open to the deep, blue late-autumn sky and shafts of warm afternoon light, Hovenweep National Monument, Utah.

The name of the current Monument comes from a phrase in the Ute language meaning 'deserted valley', and it was adopted by Western photographer William Henry Jackson in 1878. There is evidence of human habitation at the site dating back to 8,000 BCE, and the majority of the structures visible today date back 700 to 1,000 years. The level of knowledge required to survive and thrive in this landscape, to raise crops, turkeys, and children, to make pottery, to shape stones for building, to construct homes, towers, and check dams, and to make clothing and blankets in order to survive the cold winter is astounding to me. The community that lived here at the head of this canyon survived longer than the entirety of the years that the United States has been a country. 

We are looking into what would likely have been living quarters for an Ancestral Puebloan family. Sometime toward the end of the 13th century, the tree-ring and cultural evidence tells us they experienced a prolonged drought that lasted over 20 years and brought ruin to their once prosperous lives. At the height of their success, the number of Ancestral Puebloans inhabiting this part of the four-corners region likely exceeded that of the current population, and without the aid of diesel motors. After many dry years, the people left to go live nearer to neighboring groups of people along the Rio Grande and closer to a more dependable supply of water, or so I would think. By the year 1350 CE, nobody was left, and the once lively canyon had become a hovenweep.

Taken in: United States / Utah / Aneth Chapter (show map)

Taken on: November 27, 2020

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Camera: Nikon Z 6, f/11.0, 1/40 sec, 14mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon Z 6
Lens:	NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.025 sec (1/40)
Focal Length:	14mm
ISO:	100
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Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
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Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 10.0 (Macintosh)
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