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Fig. 114. — Excavating the Great Kiva. The hhick ^f masonry in the middle 

 is the fireplace ; that in the lower right, an inter-pillar compartment. The piles 

 of stone at the top consist of blocks retained for repair of the ancient walls. 

 (Photograph by O. C. Havens. Courtesy of the National Geographic Society.) 



Fig. X15. — The Great Kiva and its surrounding rooms, as seen from the 

 cliffs north of Pueblo Bonito. This remarkable structure is 52 feet in diam- 

 eter; it was the largest and most important ceremonial room in the village. A 

 trench for stratigraphical examination of the west refuse mound will be noted 

 at the upper left center. (Photograph by O. C. Havens. Courtesy of the 

 National Geographic Society.) 



