The room was reached by climbing down a ladder through a hole in the roof. There were about two kivas per village because they couldn 't be near the living quarters (crystalinks.com/anasazi, 2002). The Anasazi people worshipped the sun, fire, and serpents for fertility and agricultural productivity. They were known to perform human sacrifice and practiced cannibalism. When the Europeans arrived around 1300 C.E. they did not approve of the religion the Anasazi were practicing, but the Anasazi still practiced in secret (Malinowski, Sheets, Schmittroth,
The room was reached by climbing down a ladder through a hole in the roof. There were about two kivas per village because they couldn 't be near the living quarters (crystalinks.com/anasazi, 2002). The Anasazi people worshipped the sun, fire, and serpents for fertility and agricultural productivity. They were known to perform human sacrifice and practiced cannibalism. When the Europeans arrived around 1300 C.E. they did not approve of the religion the Anasazi were practicing, but the Anasazi still practiced in secret (Malinowski, Sheets, Schmittroth,