The Great Kiva Interior Aztec Ruins New Mexico
by Debra Martz
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The Great Kiva Interior Aztec Ruins New Mexico
Artist
Debra Martz
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Photograph - Photography
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The Great Kiva Interior Aztec Ruins New Mexico by Debra Martz
The Great Kiva was a sanctuary and a place for people to meet for community events. This large and restored Kiva is located in the area known as the West Ruins plaza. Archeologist Earl Morris excavated it in 1921 and rebuilt it in 1934.
But why named Aztec Ruins?
From the brochure, "Don't be fooled by the name. These structures were not built by the Aztec Indians of central Mexico but by ancestral Pueblo people who lived here centuries before the Aztec empire prospered. Inspired by popular histories about Cortez's conquest of Mexico, and thinking that the Aztec built these structures, Anglo settlers named the place Aztec!"
©Debra Martz
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April 12th, 2019
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