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If you go to ancient Pueblo village sites you
will see among the ruins one or several round buildings, dug into the
ground. And if you go to a present-day Pueblo village you will see the
same architectural feature, marked by tall ladders that protrude from the
roof. These are kivas, the most important ceremonial buildings of the
Pueblo people. What are they? Why are they round? Is the ladder symbolic?
Why do some Pueblos have more than one kiva? Have kivas evolved over time?
Are they always built round & underground? At Pueblos today tourists
cannot enter kivas...so what is inside a kiva & who can go in them?
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Bibliography:
Handbook of North American Indians
(R 970.004 H19)
Mails.
Pueblo Children of the Earth Mother
Nabokov.
Native American Architecture
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