This is a "kiva." A large stone-lined hole in the ground, it had a roof over the top and was used primarily for ceremonies. |
A view looking down on the ruins of Tyuonyi, the town in the valley. It was made up of hundreds of tiny rooms. Archeologists guess that it was three stories tall in places. The rooms had no doors, the entrances were via holes in the roofs - to get in you had to climb a ladder to the roof, and then climb down ladders into the rooms. |
A ground level view of the village's remains. |
