nov 20, 1300 BC - Mesa Verde (cliff dwellings)
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sandstone
colorado, US (four corners)
well protected from the elements!!
Kivas= circular rooms, wood beamed roofs held up by support beams, fire pit, vents, and a sipapu (a small hole in the floor that has a ceremonial purpose > spirits reentered the physical world via sipapu)
small rooms in the back were used for storage
geometric designs (paintings) found on walls, animals/plants, symbolism (earth + sky)
Sky as in clouds, rain, sun, moon, stars, etc.
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