Kivas

Ground zero in this scenario is Technical Area 18, a complex of three rectangular buildings, called kivas, in which U.S. scientists have experimented with plutonium and uranium for more than 50 years. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The inclosure of the kivas is a suggestive feature, which will be discussed later, as will also the square shaft shown on the plan as attached to the principal kiva. ❋ Cosmos Mindeleff (N/A)

The underground "kivas" are filled with the various secret orders, corresponding to our lodges, going through their mystic ceremonies. ❋ Dama Margaret Smith (1932)

During this sacred season of solar renewal, the kachinas, the guides, the spirit helpers of the tribe, emerge from their dark kivas. ❋ Donna Henes (2011)

It is a resort of sublime beauty, filled with roaring fires in handmade kivas, Native American artwork, sensual flute music and captivating views from every angle. ❋ Judith Acosta (2011)

First established about 1100 years ago, Walpi is very much off the grid and as you walk along the narrow street surrounded by houses and kivas jammed together you can catch glimpses of the 300-foot drop that lies just behind the structures. ❋ Rachel Dickinson (2010)

A student of Native American wisdom, she had made a trip to Bandelier National Monument near Santa Fe, where there are kivas, ancient Pueblo ceremonial structures, built directly into the cliffs. ❋ Marci Shimoff (2010)

Climbing up to one of the kivas, Cynthia sat down inside to pray. ❋ Marci Shimoff (2010)

It happened in one of the great kivas – a giant circular chamber where Puebloan peoples gathered for ceremonies and rituals. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The damage to the sites peaked in the 1960s when a backhoe was being used at Homolovi II to dig through burials and kivas. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Probably constructed piecemeal as rooms were needed, rather than from a comprehensive plan, its structures rise from the 23 ceremonial kivas excavated from the cave floor to one -, two - and three-story stacks of rooms that pack the cave from floor to ceiling and, in the case of one four-story tower, march up the face of the cliff. ❋ Unknown (2009)