Existing comment:
Inside Living:
The part of the pueblo you're about to enter probably represents early construction but it was rebuilt several times by the Sinagua and still required constant stabilization. The rooms above you follow the ridge top.
In a typical late-pueblo room, storage cists were frequently set in a corner of the room and clay vessels for storage were submerged in the floors. Looms for weaving were attached to the walls. Roof top entrances provided light and ventilation.
When Sinagua children died, they were buried in stone-lined crypts beneath the floors of the pueblo rooms. It was hoped their spirits would be incorporated in succeeding generations. |