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| Room 6, the largest room of the pueblo. It is over 50 square meters in size or about four times larger than an average habitation room. It also has multiple features, including several hearths on the north-south axis and four primary roof supports. Like Room 1, there are alignments of secondary posts that either supported roof beams or a bench or platform. This photo shows the lower of two floors as well as several pits over which the room was constructed. Rooms of this size are thought to have had a special function and have been called kivas, ceremonial rooms, communal rooms, clan rooms, etc. Caches of shell jewelry have been found beneath floors of some of these large rooms. |