Description: The SE corner structures of the great house, with the immense boulders of the cliff collapse of 1941 crushing the eastern sector. View NW.
Description: View across rock fall boulders and kivas to the eastern plaza beyond. Huge boulders of the 1941 rock fall destroyed about 30 rooms in the eastern sector.
Description: View of the eastern plaza and the western plaza with the great kiva at center. The great kiva, a key element of Chacoan public architecture, served the whole community.
Description: Closer view of the great kiva. Standard features include: antechamber entrance; low masonry bench; raised floor vaults; raised firebox; and pits for seating four upright roof supports.
Description: Closer view into the western plaza with a great kiva at lower left and the smooth curve of the outer wall of the D-shaped complex flowing around to the right.
Description: A cross section of the long back wall illustrates the design of the walls: wider at the bottom and narrowing with each story to lighten the load of upper stories on the base.
Description: Before the advent of protective archeological laws, late 19th century pothunters repeatedly knocked holes into the long back wall rather than dig through the deposits of windblown sand.
