Lets BEGIN OUR DIG by exploring an ancient KIVA and learn about its features
and discover the mysteries it has revealed
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Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 23, 7:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Central to all Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloan communities whether a small village for 10 families or a large city for thousands of residents and visitors was the KIVA. A KIVA is a ceremonial chamber used for meetings, council decision making, storytelling, conversations with protective deities (gods), and it was where men and boys learned, slept, and passed knowledge on from one generation to the next. At certain times in some tribes, women may also have been invited in for meetings, but in general, this was the lodge where the men shaped their society. Almost all KIVAS were round and partially submerged below ground. Most had ladders that provided an entrance and exit through the roof.
Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 23, 7:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Today you are going to see how Ancient Southwest ruins are being studied using state-of-the-art rendering software. We have computer graphic works by two people to study one is John Kanter who is an ANTHROPOLOGIST, and the other is DENNIS HOLLOWAY who is an ARCHITECT. Both men are interested in helping us learn what life was like in the Ancient Southwest and their 3D and virtual reality images are excellent examples of what technology literacy can bring to life to share with others !! Here is a great example watch how Pueblo Bonito was built, mysteriously un-built, and then rebuilt kivas, storage rooms and living areas
click on this to see it in ANIMATED action button !!
Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 23, 7:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Lets BEGIN OUR DIG by exploring an ancient KIVA and learn about its features
and discover the mysteries it has revealed
.
Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 23, 7:49AM PST (-0800 GMT)
First, lets visit several three dimensional images of the kiva and buildings at Chetro Ketl in Chaco Canyon. Click on this button to see where Chaco Canyon is and then find it on a larger United States map in your classroom. Once you understand where in the world this KIVA is, click on this button to view the pueblo of Chetro Ketl and see its great KIVA in the lower center of the picture button
.. And next, view an amazing interior rendering of the KIVA button You can click on different parts of this picture to see more detail and closer images about the room. Each time you have clicked on the image and then want to go back to the main picture, you will need to use your BACK button on your browser to return to the main picture. Then zoom-in on another area. (TEACHERS - If you know you have a Quicktime and audio plug in on your computer you can see even more about this KIVA by clicking here button .)
Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 23, 7:49AM PST (-0800 GMT)
>>> Dig Question #1 name three objects you can identify in the Chetro Kettle Kiva that had a ceremonial art or musical purpose. button
Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 23, 7:50AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Now, lets look at the floor plan of the kiva button
Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 23, 7:50AM PST (-0800 GMT)
>>> Dig questions #2 what shape is the kiva ?
What has been found in the KIVA ? After many years of excavation, secret compartments were discovered in the walls of the kiva and you can click on this button to see what they found hidden in the walls. What did they find in the niches and where do you think it came from ?
Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 23, 7:50AM PST (-0800 GMT)
>>> Dig Question #3 - When was Chetro Ketl Built ? How many rooms did it have ? How tall was it ? button
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Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 23, 7:51AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Here is what the ruins look like today
. As photographed by a teacher from Granite School in Utah button
And this teacher also visited Casa Rinconada the LARGEST KIVA in Chaco Canyon with unique features that you can see here at this button
Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 23, 7:51AM PST (-0800 GMT)
>>> Dig Question #4 How wide across was Casa Rinconada ? button
Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 23, 7:51AM PST (-0800 GMT)
North of Chaco Canyon there is another Great KIVA this one is know known as Aztec Ruins. Click on this button to find the answer to the following questions :
Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 23, 7:51AM PST (-0800 GMT)
>>> Dig question #5 What do you notice about WHERE the KIVA is positioned in the town ? Is it mixed in with other buildings ? or is it surrounded by something that sets it off from the rest of the buildings ? button
Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 23, 7:52AM PST (-0800 GMT)
>>> Dig question #6 looking at the map on the same link, what important Anasazi site is north of Aztec and which is south ? button
Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 23, 7:52AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Next, lets look at a 3D rendering of the Aztec kiva to see how it was built button
.. it can be seen as the large circular building in the lower image
now, lets step inside to see a rendering of the interior of the building
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Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 23, 7:52AM PST (-0800 GMT)
>>> Dig Question #7 What can you see would have been the building technique used to hold up the roof of the kiva ? The roof was strong enough for people to walk on it
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Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 23, 7:52AM PST (-0800 GMT)
>>> Dig Question #8 - How wide across is this KIVA ? What do you see in the walls around the KIVA ? button
Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 23, 7:53AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Since the Aztec site has been rebuilt, we can also enjoy photographs of a KIVA that has been reconstructed and is now a National Historic Monument. button
. And you can see what the outside of this great KIVA looks like today at the National Parks web site at this button
.. TEACHERS note that the Monument offer teachers resources at this button .
Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Oct 23, 7:53AM PST (-0800 GMT)
In closing, this is what a KIVA looks like from the outside when reconstructed 
.. and when you step inside this reconstructed KIVA at Aztec you can see the dark mysterious interior as it looks today
can you imagine the people gathered around in a circle on the bench along the wall ? seated in groups on the floor by clan group ? can you hear the drum beat ? smell the air scented with juniper or sage incense ? image the storytelling or the dancing ? and see the stars up in Father Sky passing overhead through the hole in the ceiling where the ladder would have provided the entry and exit for this room tucked into the embrace of Mother Earth ?
. Thanks for joining us on the GREAT KIVA INTERNET DIG !!!!
Roosevelt Ashley and Hector: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:03PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q1.Unusual feathers,wall crypts, and impoted potery.
RooseveltGerald&Anthony: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:03PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig 1 largevaults,wallcrypts,imported walls.O.K.
RooseveltGerald&Anthony: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:05PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig 2 14 feet long
RooseveltGerald&Anthony: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:06PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig 2 14 feet long
RooseveltGerald&Anthony: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:07PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig 2 Kivas are 14 feet long14 feet long
RooseveltGerald&Anthony: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:07PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig 2 Kivas are 14 feet long feet long
Roosevelt Moises: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:07PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Chetro Kelt Kiva
RooseveltGerald&Anthony: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:08PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig 2 Kivas are 14 feet long
Roosevelt Ashley and Hector: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:09PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q2. The shape of the kiva is a circle. They found a bench, some pictures, and seating pits.
Roosevelt Edward: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:12PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #1:large vaults, wall crypts, and imported pottery
Roosevelt Moises: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:12PM PST (-0800 GMT)
It was 337 sories high,it was built AD1010 through AD1109.
RooseveltGerald&Anthony: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:12PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig 2 Kivas are 14 feet long
Roosevelt Crista Antonia: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:12PM PST (-0800 GMT)
dig#1 Wall crypts, important pottery, large vaults
Roosevelt Alicia&Joelie: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:12PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Bowls,cylindar jars, and war medicines
Roosevelt Ashley and Hector: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:13PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q1.Unusual feathers,wall crypts, and impoted potery.
Roosevelt Michael Paul: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:13PM PST (-0800 GMT)
bowls , clinder jars , and war medicine
: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:13PM PST (-0800 GMT)
In the Map of Northwestern New Mexico
Roosevelt Moises: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:14PM PST (-0800 GMT)
80 feet in diameter
Roosevelt Ashley and Hector: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:14PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q2. They found a 14 foot necklace of shell and stone. They also found 3 pieces of turquise.
roosevelt A.J. alex: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:15PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Rock art, Image of Kiva roofing, footdrums
RooseveltEstebanOrozco: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:17PM PST (-0800 GMT)
In the Map of Northwestern New Mexico
RooseveltGerald&Anthony: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:17PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig 3 337 rooms construsted in A.D. 1010
Roosevelt Ashley and Hector: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:17PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q3. The kiva was 80 feet in diamiter.
Roosevelt Crista Antonia: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:18PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#2 a circle. A 14 feet long necklce of shell and stone beads.
RooseveltGerald&Anthony: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:19PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig 4 80 ft
Roosevelt Edward: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:19PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #2:Kivis are 14 feet long
Roosevelt Moises: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:20PM PST (-0800 GMT)
It had surronding buildins.
Roosevelt Edward: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:22PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #3:The kiva is 80 feet
RooseveltEstebanOrozco: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:22PM PST (-0800 GMT)
National Historic Park
Roosevelt Crista Antonia: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:24PM PST (-0800 GMT)
dig#3 It has 337 rooms. It is a 4 story building, and built in AD.1010 through AD.1109
: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:24PM PST (-0800 GMT)
1. They where houses that kept storage and made potery
Roosevelt Michael Paul: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:24PM PST (-0800 GMT)
They found a fourteen foot long made of seashells and stonebeads
Roosevelt Alicia&Joelie: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:25PM PST (-0800 GMT)
14 foot long necklace of shell with 3 pieces of turquoise in the kiva and from one of the walls in the niches. We think it came from indian women.
Roosevelt david jordan: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:26PM PST (-0800 GMT)
1. They where storage rooms and made potery
Roosevelt Crista Antonia: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:27PM PST (-0800 GMT)
80 ft. in diamenter.
Roooooooooooooooosevelt Hector and ashley: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:27PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q3.The kiva had 377 rooms and 4 stories and it was built in 1109.
Roooooooooooooooosevelt Hector and ashley: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:27PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q3.The kiva had 377 rooms and 4 stories and it was built in 1109.
Rosevelt Hector and ashley: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:28PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q3.The kiva had 377 rooms and 4 stories and it was built in 1109.
Roosevelt david jordan: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:28PM PST (-0800 GMT)
2. they were like fourteen feetlong
roosevelt Jacob: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:29PM PST (-0800 GMT)
A long neacklace of shell and stone beads with 3 peices of of torquuoise. I think they found it I a case or in the ground.
Roosevelt A.J Alex: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:29PM PST (-0800 GMT)
They found turqoise pieces.14 ft. necklaces.
Roosevelt Jade & Rebecca: . . . . Wed, Oct 24, 3:30PM PST (-0800 GMT)
14feetlong Some pictures benches Seating pits
Roosevelt Alicia& Ms. Pedroza: . . . . Thu, Oct 25, 5:41PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hi, we're here at family night.
Roosevelt Edward&Kim: . . . . Thu, Oct 25, 5:42PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hi we're here at family night.
Roosevelt Hector and Mom: . . . . Thu, Oct 25, 5:44PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q1.They used artifacts,torqouise, and wood.
roosevelt alex and grandma: . . . . Thu, Oct 25, 5:45PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hi, wer'e at family night
roosevelt alex and grandma: . . . . Thu, Oct 25, 5:47PM PST (-0800 GMT)
it was a school of Amrican reaserch.
Roosevelt Edward&Kim: . . . . Thu, Oct 25, 5:51PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#3 1: A.D 1109 & 1110 2: 337 rooms 3: four-stories tall
Roosevelt Alicia& Ms. Pedroza: . . . . Thu, Oct 25, 5:52PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig 3: It was built in A.D 1010 through A.D 1109. It has 337 rooms and is 4 stories tall.
roosevelt alex and grandma: . . . . Thu, Oct 25, 5:55PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q3:it was a school of American research.
Roosevelt Edward&Kim: . . . . Thu, Oct 25, 5:56PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#4: Casa Rinconada was over 80 feet in diameter
Roosevelt Alicia& Ms. Pedroza: . . . . Thu, Oct 25, 5:58PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig 4: Casa Rinconada was over 80 feet in diameter.
Roosevelt Hector and Mom: . . . . Thu, Oct 25, 5:59PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q1.They used artifacts,torqouise, and wood. Q2.The shape was a circle.They found a fourteen foot long necklace. In the niches they found Chetro Ketl Great Kiva,I think they come from the dirt.
Roosevelt Esteban and Mom : . . . . Thu, Oct 25, 5:59PM PST (-0800 GMT)
I think there are three dimentional things in a lot of places.
Roosevelt Edward&Kim: . . . . Thu, Oct 25, 5:59PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #5:surrounded
Marcy, Camp Internet: . . . . Thu, Oct 25, 6:06PM PST (-0800 GMT)
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