Possible Conch Shell Communication in Chaco Canyon Explored

BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK—According to an IFL Science report, leaders of the Puebloan peoples who lived in Chaco Canyon between A.D. 850 and 1150 may have been able to communicate with their communities through blasts of conch shell trumpets. Such trumpets have been recovered from elite graves in the region, and are thought to have been imported over at least 620 miles from the Pacific coast. To test this idea, Ruth Van Dyke of Binghamton University and her colleagues created digital models of