The typical Anasazi village had several dwellings, storage rooms and a single kiva, and that was the case here.

The structure, known as a kiva, was used for ceremonies and social gatherings, Paul said. The site is made from stone and had about 12 rooms in it with one large room for the gathering.

The word 'Kiva' refers to an Anasazi underground dwelling. With Masonry walls and sparsely decorated, the Kiva's were used for daily as well as special rituals by the Anasazi people.

New Mexico Highlands students have become the first to map out a prehistoric Anasazi Pueblo. The three students were taking part in a three-week anthropology program on the Navajo Nation when they ...

These people were Ancestral Puebloan, Hisatsinom, and Anasazi. And they were none of these. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Anasazi: What’s in a name?.