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Gran Quivira: Forbidden

In 1661, Franciscans forbade Tompiro speakers from performing traditional ceremonies in large kivas (round, sunken rooms). Modern achaeologists have found evidence that the ceremonies were moved to hidden rooms in the large Gran Quivira complex.

 

Gran Quivira No. 10 in my Salinas Pueblo Missions album.

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Uploaded on June 28, 2023
Taken on June 14, 2023