Sipapu--Chetro Ketl Great Kiva

This site presents a three-dimensional reconstruction of a Great Kiva, an architectural feature found in many prehistoric Anasazi communities in the Southwestern United States. This particular model was created using archaeological records from the excavated Chetro Ketl Great Kiva, which is located in Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico. The model, which contains over 1,000 objects, mostly in the roofing, was created using Metacreations Infini-D on a Mac platform and took about three years of very sporadic work to assemble.

You have two options for exploring this Web site. Click on the kiva that best fits the capabilities of your Web browser:

This kiva requires only that you have a Web browser with graphical capabilities. It also uses less bandwidth, so those of you with slower modems may prefer this version.

This kiva wants a Web browser with the following characteristics:

Required:

1) it can display frames (i.e., Netscape 2.x or above; Internet Explorer 3.x or above)
2) it can display JPEG images
3) it can handle client-side imagemaps
4) your monitor has a resolution of at least 640 x 400 pixels

Recommended:

Your experience will be greatly enhanced if:
1) Your monitor has a resolution of 800 x 400 pixels.

2) Your browser is Javascript capable.
3) Your browser can display Quicktime movies, including Quicktime VR movies. Quicktime now comes with Netscape 3.x or above, or you can download and install the plug-in directly from Apple. Alternatively, you can download the stand-alone Quicktime VR helper application. If you are using a Windows PC, you will also need the basic Quicktime package; the installation package can be downloaded from the Apple website.

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It was last modified on April 29, 2005.