KAYENTA RITUAL STRUCTURES FROM AD 1100-1300

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From AD 1100 to 1300 is a period considerable social and political change and movement of people across the landscape in the Kayenta region of the northern Southwest. This paper examines variability in 69 excavated kivas dated to this period to better understand changes in political and ritual organization that accompanied this change. The analysis demonstrates some aspects of kiva construction are shared across the Kayenta region while others vary through time and space. The implications of these patterns for Kayenta political and ritual organization are explored.