Bandelier National Monument - Big Kiva

            Bandelier National Monument is located in northern New Mexico.  

There are at least 3,000 archaeological sites in the park.  The sites were inhabited from the 1200's to the mid-1500's by the Ancestral Pueblo People.

Along the 1.4-mile Pueblo Loop Trail in Frijoles Canyon are a pueblo and kiva as well as numerous cliff and cave dwellings.  The cave dwellings were carved into the soft rock. 

This is the Big Kiva.  Kivas were underground structures that were used for religious and political services.  

The roof was slightly above ground level, held in place by six pillars.  The holes for the pillars are still visible.  In addition, logs for the roof can be seen in the sides of the kiva.

The ruins are 500 to 700 years old.

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Taken in: United States / New Mexico / Frijoles (show map)

Taken on: July 18, 2022

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