One of a series of 4 ladders taking you 140 feet up to a cave believed to have been used for ceremonial rites.

Here is the "cave" at the top of the ladders.  The structure in the middle is a ceremonial room or "kiva." The kiva is covered with a small opening.  The two protruding sticks you see are the top of a ladder that drops down about 8 feet into the room (approximately 10' x 10').

While this cave was not easily accessible for many, there were more-easily-reached small cave-like dwellings at the base of the cliffs.
 
 
 
 

Looking down at partially excavated ruins of what was a pueblo or village named Tyonyi in Frijoles Canyon.
It was two-stories high with "rooms" that were only about 5 feet long (maybe 4 feet wide).  Obviously these were not big people.

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