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Roof Top Living
Roof tops were additional living spaces for the southern Sinagua. From here, they could see many miles over to the distant mountains, watch the morning sun light up the land, test wind directions, look for rain in the clouds overhead and wonder about the moon and stars at night.
Roofs were fine places to grind dried kernels of corn, weave sandals and baskets from yucca plants and stretch animal hides to dry. Flint knapping -- striking stones against each other -- to make or repair stone tools was another constant occupation.
Perhaps roof tops were used most often as places to watch for traders bringing goods or neighbors bearing news of the outside world. |