Canyon de Chelly Timeline

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c. 200 BCE - c. 100 BCE

First settlements are made at Canyon de Chelly.
c. 300 CE - c. 400 CE

The earliest structures are built in the Mummy Cave at Canyon de Chelly.
c. 700 CE

The Ancestral Puebloan Culture (Anasazi) is first evident at Canyon de Chelly.
c. 1060 CE - c. 1275 CE

The White House Ruins are inhabited at Canyon de Chelly.
c. 1150 CE

Canyon de Chelly reaches it zenith with a population of 600-800.
c. 1300 CE

The Ancestral Puebloan Culture abandons Canyon de Chelly.