. Bulletin. Ethnology. EOBEETS] VILLAGE OF THE GREAT KIVAS 83. ( cm.) from east to west. Its depth averaged 9 inches ( cm.). , -, . ^i, « The sipapii was 9 inches ( cm.) from the edge of the hre pit The circular hole had a diameter of 3 inches ( cm.) and a depth of 2 inches ( cm.). This was the shallowest sipapu found at the site. „ , , . « j? ^ o The Katcina niche in the north wall of the kiva was 2 leet 2 inches ( cm.) above the floor. It was 6 inches ( cm.) high and 6 inches ( cm.) wide. Its depth was 9 inches ( cm.). The wall at that side of the c
. Bulletin. Ethnology. EOBEETS] VILLAGE OF THE GREAT KIVAS 83. ( cm.) from east to west. Its depth averaged 9 inches ( cm.). , -, . ^i, « The sipapii was 9 inches ( cm.) from the edge of the hre pit The circular hole had a diameter of 3 inches ( cm.) and a depth of 2 inches ( cm.). This was the shallowest sipapu found at the site. „ , , . « j? ^ o The Katcina niche in the north wall of the kiva was 2 leet 2 inches ( cm.) above the floor. It was 6 inches ( cm.) high and 6 inches ( cm.) wide. Its depth was 9 inches ( cm.). The wall at that side of the chamber was 5 feet 6 inches ( m.) high. Indications were, however, that it had been somewhat higher and that erosive forces had carried away a part of the earth in that vicinity. This was true to an even more marked degree at the south side of the chamber. When the kiva was occupied it probably had a greater depth than was found during the excavations. KIVA 4 Kiva 4 differed little in its general charac- teristics from the other subterranean dirt cere- monial chambers. The pit portion had a definite D-shape and there was a recess at the south side of the chamber. The only stone used in its construction consisted of the slab paving on the floor of the recess, the masonry which closed the ventilator shaft at the south side of the recess, and the stones which filled in the wall of the chamber above the horizontal passage of the ventilator. The remainder of the walls were native earth covered with adobe plaster. The interior features were few and simple. They consisted of a ventilator, deflector, fire pit stone to protect the base end of the lad- der, a fire pit, sipapu, a second hole in the floor near the sipapu, and a Katcina niche at the north side of the chamber. (Fig. 14.) As in the case of the other kivas, 1 and 3, the recess and ventilator of kiva 4 had been dug into the earth at the same time that the exca-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned p
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