shows a view towards the left end. Here you can see a partial square tower. The upper part of the wall is missing but you can see where a window used to be. Behind that is another square tower. This next picture

shows a view towards the right end. Here you can see a square tower that is four stories tall.

We gathered around one of the Kivas where she continued talking. She talked about the construction of the Kivas and how Indian tribes today still make their Kivas the same way. She also talked about the structure of the various buildings in Cliff Palace. We got a look at a stone slab and rock that was used for grinding their food. We were given the opportunity to lean in through a window and get a look inside one of the rooms. We also saw a set of stone "slabs"

showing how different colors of sand and dirt could be used to put different colors into their architecture.

We then moved to another Kiva towards the right end of Cliff Palace. The ranger explained how a tunnel goes into a Kiva here, and then another tunnel runs from the Kiva into a room in a building behind it. This room is in turn connected to other rooms by a series of doorways. Then there is another Kiva that leads into a tower complex. This is the only section in Cliff Palace that has rooms that are intricately connected in this way.

The ranger has an argument that Cliff Palace was divided into two groups, a political group and a religious group. At the left end is the political group. This is the governmental arm, the one that controls the tower providing access to the food storage ledge. At the right end is the religious group, or arm. This is the end with the intricately connected rooms. The one thing that this section does not have is access to the food storage access tower. There are no rooms or doorways in this section that lead over to the tower at the left end of Cliff Palace. All pathways inside lead to a dividing wall. They are connected by pathways outside, but not within. In this way, the two "arms" are connected, yet not connected. She goes on to say that the great thing about her job is that nobody is going to show up and tell her she is wrong.