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Old 08-21-2006, 01:47 PM   #111
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New Meaning for the Great Kivas,

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Originally Posted by 47WeeWind
Found another Four Corners area petroglyph:


Boy, those guys really got a round.
Thanks to Fred's "research," we are much closer to understanding the significance of the Great Kivas at Aztec Ruins and Chaco Canyon. We can now speculate that these were ancient rally sites and the Anasazi Airtsreamers would park "tail in" around the Kivas. At Aztec, there would have been a small anteroom at the rear of each Airstream. The anteroom afforded a view of ceremonies below and a ladder descending to the floor of the Kiva. You can see these laddrs in the background of the attached picture.
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