m in the cli
ff. How unfortunate! Directly across the kiva in the west side was the entrance which had also been put here years b
efore. It was merely a t
unnel with a roof o
f small junipe
r branches. The ou
tside end was open a
nd was just lar
ge enough for the ends of a two-pole la
dder to rest. Indians usually go
- into their kivas
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- through the
- roofs, but
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- not here. They
- climbed down the l
- adder, stooped, and with kn
- ees in a flexed position scurried through
the tunnel to the inside. The five p
its in the floor, which have been
- mentioned before
- , were apparently no lo
- nger needed for t
- hey we
- re fill
- ed in with dirt
and stones tightly packe
d. A thin layer of dirt was thrown over t
- he entire
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- floor surface. Kiva floors a
- re generally pl
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- astered over
- and during this period of occ
- upation the Tyuonyi wome
n, more than likely, were the ones who smeared
four fine coats of adobe over t
- he floor a
- nd smoothed it out
- with th
- eir hands.
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- I have n
eglected to mention one of t
he most important things of allÑth
- e Sipapu or ceremonial e
- ntrance from the underworld. It was
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- the place of ceremonia
- l emergence into this earthly life. Archaeologists generally fin
d a small hole in the
floor of almost every kiva. But here at
- Tyuonyi a special kind of Sipapu was made. A pie
- ce of soft volcanic ash was formed in
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- to a rectangular block and buried edgewise in the floor.
- A small hole shaped like an icecream cone was drilled i
n the top as the spirit entra
nce. The Indians have a legen
- d about this. I
- t is symbolic of
- Public Key Infrastructure ( the entrance
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