| Great houses and kivas represent one of the highest levels of architectural sophistication found among ancient structures in the southwest. |
| The tobacco, drying inside because sun-drying makes the smoke harsh, will be used in the kivas, or underground ceremonial chambers. |
| Long House, the second largest cliff dwelling, has 150 rooms and 21 kivas, where some 150 people lived. |
| Intriguing acoustic effects have also been noted at sites in the Americas, from Anasazi kivas in New Mexico, to Chichen Itza on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. |
| When they emerge from their sanctuaries, or kivas, onto the dancing plaza, they dance to invoke rain, health, and other blessings for the people from the supernatural spirits. |
| The houses and kivas of this period were heated with coal, which was also used for firing pottery. |
