A series of short, narrow doorways separate the chambers of an ancient building in Aztec Ruins National Monument in New Mexico. These rooms were believed to be used for storage by the people who lived here, including the keeping of bodies of deceased relatives, whose skeletons were found when these ruins were excavated in the early 20th century.
A rectangular opening serves as a window to the interior of the Great Kiva at Aztec Ruins National Monument in New Mexico. These small chambers were used like modern-day "box seats", allowing occupants a front-row seat to the religious ceremonies used inside the kiva.
Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico - bright sunlight streams into the underground ceremonial chamber unearthed during excavations in the early 1900s and reconstructed for visitors.
