The houses and kivas of this period were heated with coal, which was also used for firing pottery. |
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. |
Tensions worsened when Spanish soldiers under Governor Juan Francisco Trevino sacked the Pueblos' sacred kivas. |
In at least one of the Oraibi kivas the plastering of the wall is laid on sticks that form a kind of lathing. |
By 450 AD they were making pottery, and by 700-900 great kivas were being built. |