Kiva - Ancestral Pueblo Ceremonial Structures - ThoughtCo
WEBMar 3, 2019 · A kiva is a special purpose building used by Ancestral Puebloan (previously known as Anasazi) people in the American southwest and Mexican northwest. The earliest, and simplest, examples of kivas are known from Chaco Canyon for the late Basketmaker III phase (500–700 CE).
Kiva | Anasazi, Ancestral Puebloans, Rituals | Britannica
WEBKiva, subterranean ceremonial and social chamber built by the Pueblo Indians of the southwestern United States, particularly notable for the colourful mural paintings decorating the walls. The traditional round shape of the earliest kivas contrasts with square and rectangular forms common in.
Ancestral Puebloans - Wikipedia
WEBCeremonial structures known as kivas were built in proportion to the number of rooms in a pueblo. A small kiva was built for roughly every 29 rooms. Nine complexes each had a Great Kiva, up to 63 feet (19 m) in diameter. T-shaped doorways and stone lintels marked all Chacoan kivas.
Kiva - Wikipedia
WEBA kiva is a space used by Puebloans for rites and political meetings, many of them associated with the kachina belief system. Among the modern Hopi and most other Pueblo peoples, "kiva" means a large room that is circular and underground, and used for spiritual ceremonies and a place of worship.
The Anasazi [ushistory.org]
WEBOne component of the Anasazi community were the kivas. These structures were used for religious celebrations. This kiva is from the Sand Canyon Pueblo, Crow Canyon, in the Mesa Verde region and dates back to the 13th century.
Riddles of the Anasazi | Smithsonian
WEBSearching for Anasazi sites in Utah, guide Vaughn Hadenfeldt (pointing) and author David Roberts found a rare petroglyph of a ladder used to enter an underground chamber, called a kiva, via the...
Architecture - Manitou Cliff Dwellings
WEBYou can see a kiva at the Manitou Cliff Dwellings. Reconstructed kivas can also be visited (and entered in some cases) at Aztec Ruins National Monument, Bandelier National Monument and Kuaua Pueblo at the Coronado State Monument, all in New Mexico, and at Mesa Verde National Monument, Colorado.
WEBTHE IDEA OF THE KIVA IN ANASAZI ARCHAEOLOGY. STEPHEN H. LEKSON. ABSTRACT. The architectural term "kiva" was fixed in archaeological usage prior to the estab- lishment of a systematic, self-critical field of Southwestern archaeology. Early devel- opment of the idea of the kiva reflected the Southwestemists' political concern for.
Kivas - Colorado Encyclopedia
WEBIn Western Pueblos (Zuni, Hopi, Acoma, and Laguna) kivas are rectangular and usually incorporated into the room blocks. However, in Eastern Pueblos (such as Tamaya and Zia) kivas are generally round and are separate structures. There is also variation in size, design, and function.
Anasazi - Ancient Migration - A Pueblo Mystery - The New York Times
WEBApr 8, 2008 · For more than a century, the established faith was distinguished by multistory “great houses,” with small interior kivas, and by much larger “great kivas” round, mostly subterranean and ...