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Ancestral Puebloan cliffside dwellings, pre-Columbian Arizona (lemmy.world)
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[–] AnomalousBit@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

They had better quality dimensional lumber 2000 years ago, clearly. Not a chance those 2x4s came from Lowe’s!

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is there enough air in there?

[–] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

What’s not pictured is the vent for the fire. The smoke goes out a chute and the kivas (below grade pits) remain well ventilated.

https://www.nps.gov/meve/learn/education/artifactgallery_kiva.htm https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/mesa-verde-sa/