Ancestral Puebloan Sacred Sites

This group gathers sacred sites of the Ancestral Puebloan culture of the American Southwest, the cliff dwellings, great houses and kivas of the peoples ancestral to the modern Pueblos, whose ceremonial architecture reveals a rich ritual life.

The browser will find the ceremonial sites the atlas gathers. The entries describe what is known of their religious function, noting their continuing significance to the Pueblo peoples who descend from their builders.