Cliff Palace, one of the largest cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park, contained 150 rooms and 23 kivas and was home to around 100 people. It was exceptionally large compared to most cliff dwellings, which typically only had 1-5 rooms, and was likely an important social, administrative, and ceremonial site for the people who lived there. Visitors can see remnants of its large size, circular kivas used for ceremonies, siphapu or hole representing the place of emergence, and petroglyphs carved into the walls.

1. Mesa Verde National Park Mrs. Berg’s Family Trip July 2009