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1200–1300. Wetherill Mesa Rd., side trip from Far View Visitor Center (summer only)

Named for its long central plaza and rows of small, low-ceilinged rooms, the Long House is second only to Cliff Palace ( MT28) in size. The “Great Kiva” is a large sunken court with five small rectangular, masonry-lined pits which may have been covered with animal skins for use as foot drums like those found in modern-day Pueblo Indian kivas in New Mexico.

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Author: 
Thomas J. Noel
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Thomas J. Noel, "Long House", [, Colorado], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/CO-01-MT21.

Print Source

Buildings of Colorado, Thomas J. Noel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, 599-599.

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