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evolutions of the men's rooms of an early time. The four circular 

 kivas are identical in form and architectural features with similar 

 rooms in cliff houses, which identity may be explained by the fact 

 that religious buildings preserve archaic forms. They are, as a 

 rule, better constructed than secular dwellings. The secular rooms 

 vary considerably, but have a general likeness in form, size, and 

 position of doorways. 

 The majority of 

 rooms found in Mesa 

 Verde cliff houses fall 

 into the following 

 types: 



1. Ceremonial 

 rooms or kivas : These 

 are circular,^ some- 

 times D-shaped, gen- 

 erally subterranean. 

 There are two varie- 

 ties of kivas — those 

 that formerly had a 

 vaulted roof and 

 those with a flat roof. 

 Banquettes and pi- 

 lasters, fire holes, 

 ventilators, and de- 

 flectors are present in 

 the former. 



2. Storage rooms: 

 These are generally 

 situated on the 

 ground floor or below 

 the others. They are 

 without windows and were apparently entered from the roof; but 

 often with side entrances communicating one with another. The 

 largest number of rooms in cliff house are for storage of corn and 

 other possessions. This type may be regarded as one of the oldest. 



3. Sleeping rooms : This type is the nearest approach to a living 

 room, but is rarely specialized for this sole use. 



4. Milling rooms : In these inclosures, often covered, but generally 

 without roofs, we commonly find a mill for grinding corn, and some- 

 times a fireplace for f r^dng paper bread or " piki." A room for 

 this latter use is sometimes differentiated from the milling room. 



Fig. 3. — Incised figures on niasouiy. 



1 There is said to be a rectangular kiva in one of the undescribed cliff dwellings of 

 the park. 



