A new exhibit at the Verde Valley Archaeology Center (VVAC) focuses on the occurrence of meteorites on archaeological sites, in particular meteorite fragments from the Canyon Diablo meteorite discovered at ancient dwellings in Central Arizona of the Sinagua Culture.
This special exhibit includes three meteorites from locations in or near Sinagua sites that are on loan from the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies. The exhibit describes each meteorite and suggests how they arrived at their locations, many miles from Meteor Crater. Working with ASU, VVAC studied one meteorite in particular and noted burnt material embedded within crevices. Using radiocarbon dating, the VVAC was able to confirm its location within the ancient dwelling and confirm the date of the site’s destruction by fire.
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