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Posege (meaning: "greeness"; alternate Pose-uingge, meaning "Pose village-at") is one of the principal Tewa Pueblo ancestral sites in New Mexico, US. Located on the banks of the
Rio Ojo Caliente The Rio Ojo Caliente (or Ojo Caliente River) is a tributary of the Rio Chama mostly in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with a small part near Ojo Caliente in Taos County. Course From the confluence of the Rio Vallecitos and Rio Tusas near La Mad ...
at the site of Ojo Caliente, there were 13
kivas A kiva is a space used by Puebloans for rites and political meetings, many of them associated with the kachina belief system. Among the modern Hopi and most other Pueblo peoples, "kiva" means a large room that is circular and underground, ...
, and a population of approximately 2,000.


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Pueblo great houses Archaeological sites in New Mexico Puebloan buildings and structures Native American history of New Mexico Ruins in the United States Former populated places in New Mexico Tewa Pueblos in New Mexico {{NewMexico-geo-stub