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Inside The Great Kiva, Aztec Ruins National Monument

The low-light interior of the restored Great Kiva with a short set of stairs at one end, square-cut windows all around the circular interior, and two rectangular holes opposite each other near the entrance at Aztec Ruins National Monument
NPS - Andrew Kearns
Thursday, September 19, 2024

Aztec Ruins has some of the best-preserved Chacoan structures of its kind. The ceremonial Great Kiva is a semi-subterranean structure, over 40 feet in diameter. Great Kiva is the oldest and largest reconstructed building of its kind. 

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