Aztec Ruins National Monument

Here is the album I promised in an earlier post.  There are also some incidental photos taken of interesting objects.  At least they are interesting to me.

The beams and wood structure shown here have been dated from the year 1100, and are still intact and capable of supporting most of their original weight.

This is a smaller Kiva which is used for family gatherings and also spiritual gatherings.

This is a photo from the inside of the large Kiva and it is also used for gatherings although larger ones.  It would serve the pueblo as a sort of town hall and spiritual gatherings.  What would happen at the alter shown is any ones guess.

The local curator would not say or did not know.  In the picure at the left you can see where there are doors going into the next room and then the next room and so forth.  There is no way out of the rooms in back except to go through all of the rooms.  This complex would belong to one family.

There are many more pictures in the album, and you can see them all by clicking on any of the pictures.  As before please leave a comment or not if you are uncomfortable leaving one.