South Corner Time: Excavations and Sunrise Observations at Indian Racetrack
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Description: History of the site known as "Indian Racetrack" in northwestern New Mexico including measurements in an attempt to discover solar alignments.
"South Corner Time: Sunrise at Indian Racetrack" by Tom Orbesen South Corner Time: Excavations and Sunrise Observations at Indian Racetrack The Indian Racetrack is located on a mesa above the Animas River Valley of northwestern New Mexico. It is composed of four parabolic arcs of river cobbles, evenly spaced about three meters apart which extend for about 135 meters. I measured the feature from the northeast to the southeast ends of the arc. The concavity of the arc is on the east side. Two cairns of river cobbles, two meters apart, straddle the equinox bearing about 133 meters from the east center of the arcs. The Cairns are about one cobble course high and six meters in diameter. From the curvature of the arcs, which the early settlers thought gave the appearance of a modern running track, came the name Indian Racetrack.
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