Bandelier National Park, New Mexico, USA: reconstructed kiva (underground ceremonial chamber) in Ceremonial Cave in the cliffs of Frijoles Canyon, use

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Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, USA: reconstructed kiva (underground ceremonial chamber) in Ceremonial Cave in the cliffs of Frijoles Canyon, used by Anasazi Indians who lived in the canyon until c AD1550. The rock shelter also contains rooms & viga (roof beam) sockets cut in the walls. The cliffs of eroded tuff were formed a million years ago by two massive eruptions of the Jemez volcano which deposited a layer of volcanic ash up to 1000 feet deep over an area of some 400 square miles.

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Location: Ceremonial Cave, Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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