Bandelier National Monument is home to Ancestral Pueblo cave rooms ... on the Pueblo Loop Trail is known as Cave Kiva. Kivas were the center of Pueblo societies, acting as ceremonial chambers ...

The kiva, a massive circular structure once ... perfectly lines up with the sun on the horizon, highlighting the ancestral Puebloans' knowledge of celestial patterns. Visitors can come to the ...

Generally ladles are thought to have their origins in Ancestral Puebloan basketry and pottery. Some basketry ladles have been found at Aztec Ruin and Chaco Canyon (Morris and Burgh 1941), and they are ...