Ancestral Puebloans 2.0

The Ancestral Puebloans used a circular structure in their cities for religious and clan gatherings, called ​ (a)  

• a kiva
• a church
• a chapter house
• a roundhouse

A Kiva is entered ...

• from a ladder through a hole in the roof

• through an elaborate ceremonial doorway

• facing backwards, with eyes closed in respect

• only by specially trained priests

The largest structure in Chaco Canyon is Pueblo Bonito, which is ...

• A multi-room building with many kivas, built of squared stones

• A hat-shaped adobe structure hundreds of feet tall

• a gigantic circular building standing alone in the center of the canyon

• a wood and stone bridge connecting the two sides of the canyon

In Chaco Canyon, in addition to Pueblo Bonito, there are ...

• few other buildings as the climate is too hot to build things

• great cracks in the earth large enough to swallow towns

• a dozen other large stone structures with multiple rooms and kivas

• very few artifacts, as flash floods have washed everything away

We look to the modern Hopi, as descendants of the Ancestral Puebloans, to show us ...

• How to put on a good show

• How completely culture changes over a few centuries

• What the Ancestral Puebloans' life and culture was like

• How nothing ever changes, and tradition rules all

The role of the Hopi Speaker Chief was ​ (a)  

• to call out the news and events, like a town crier
• make certain the language was spoken correctly
• to stop other chiefs from speaking
• to write poetry and recite at midnight