Kiva - Wikipedia
A 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" …
Kiva - Ancestral Pueblo Ceremonial Structures - ThoughtCo
2019年3月3日 · Great Kiva . In Chaco Canyon, the better-known kivas were constructed between 1000 and 1100 CE, during the Classic Bonito phase. The largest of these structures are called …
Looking Deeper: Kivas | Real Archaeology - Vassar College
2023年9月24日 · “Kiva” stands for “ceremonial room” in Hopi, and it was adopted by archaeologists from the late 1800s and early 1900s (Lekson 1988, p. 215). They evolved from …
Kiva | Anasazi, Ancestral Puebloans, Rituals | Britannica
kiva, 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 …
Kivas - Colorado Encyclopedia
Great Kivas. Great kivas, on the other hand, were ceremonial structures and public buildings that could accommodate large numbers of people. In the Mesa Verde region, great kivas appear …
Historic Photograph - U.S. National Park Service
The largest are called great kivas. Two great kivas in Chaco Canyon - Casa Rinconada and Kin Nahasbas - are free-standing; the other great kivas are located in plazas of great houses. …
Great kivas are large structures of the high period of Anasazi Pueblo Culture in the southwest United States. Each was a circular room about 15 m. in diameter, partly underground, with flat …
What is a Great Kiva? | Peoples of Mesa Verde - crowcanyon.org
A great kiva is a large, circular, usually subterranean or semisubterranean structure that was used by Pueblo Indians for important events such as ceremonies or political gatherings. Great kivas …
Great Kiva - SAH ARCHIPEDIA
The Great Kiva at Aztec Ruins is both a significant artifact of Pre-Columbian Native American architecture and a significant artifact of modern American archaeology. Originally constructed …
Anasazi Kivas
Great Kivas. Great Kivas were ceremonial structures. These huge public buildings, which could accommodate hundreds of people, were only superficially similar to the pit house/kivas. Not …