Chapin Mesa Museum
the Chapin Mesa Museum is part of Chapin Mesa , Spruce Canyon .Top photos chosen by u all:
Mesa Verde - The Kiva
Made by *Checco* (On Vacation)
Kiva is a Hopi word for ceremonial room. The kiva at Mesa Verde were underground chambers that may be compared to churches of later times. Based upon modern Pueblo practices, Ancestral Puebloans may have used these rooms to conduct healing rites or to pray for rain, luck in hunting, or good crops. Kivas also serve as gathering places, and sometimes as a place to weave. A roof of beams and mud covered each kiva, supported by pilasters. Access was by ladder through a hole in the center of the roof. The small hole in the floor is a sipapu, the symbolic entrance to the underworld.
Mesa Verde - Spruce Tree House
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Its 130 rooms and eight ceremonial kivas were thought to house 80 people. Spruce Tree House was built into an enormous cave, which is nearly a football field wide and 90 feet deep. Because of this protection from the elements, Spruce Tree House requires little maintenance.
Mesa Verde - Spruce tree House
Made by *Checco* (On Vacation)
Spruce Tree House is nestled in a deep overhang. The three story buildings extend to the ceiling. It was constructed between A.D. 1200 and 1276.
Mesa Verde
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The place where women are probably making pottery and grinding corn.
Serious Park Ranger
Made by meWeiss
Nearest places of interest:
| Square Tower House Shiprock, New Mexico Chapin Mesa Cliff Palace View | BM 6929 Fire Lookout Spruce Canyon Navajo Canyon |
