. Bulletin. Ethnology. KOBEETS] VILLAGE OP THE GREAT KIVAS 97 referred to as the largest ex- ample because the diameter of its outer walls ured 140 feet ( m.),^® but it does not seem that this structure should be regarded as a great kiva. It may have had an anal- ogous purpose but is r type. Because of the lack of excavation in great kiva No. 2 it is not possible to discuss its interior features. It may be assumed that it contained characteristic elements, inasmuch as No. 1 had them. Trenching inside of the outer wall showed that there was a bench and that the north alcove was present. (
. Bulletin. Ethnology. KOBEETS] VILLAGE OP THE GREAT KIVAS 97 referred to as the largest ex- ample because the diameter of its outer walls ured 140 feet ( m.),^® but it does not seem that this structure should be regarded as a great kiva. It may have had an anal- ogous purpose but is r type. Because of the lack of excavation in great kiva No. 2 it is not possible to discuss its interior features. It may be assumed that it contained characteristic elements, inasmuch as No. 1 had them. Trenching inside of the outer wall showed that there was a bench and that the north alcove was present. (PI. 1.) There were clear indications of the stone pillars which supported the superstructure. Whether there were subfloor vaults or not only ex- cavation can determine. The outer wall had never risen much higher than a few feet above the ground level, judging from the amount of fallen stones. For this reason it seems likely that the structure, if it actually was completed, must have had sloping side walls and have been covered with plaster. This would have produced a large, domelike feature in the center of the vil- lage which would not have been unpleasing in appearance. This again, however, can be learned only by excavation. The relation of great kiva No. 2 to great kiva No. 1 and house A is shown clearly by the section through it and the other structures to the top of the cliff back of A. (Fig. 16.) It was at a con- siderably lower level, in fact was built in a slight basin which constituted the open space around which the dwellings were «> Holmes, W. H., 1878, PI. XXXI, pp. 388-390. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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