Which of the following does not describe a sipapu?

a. A small pit in a kiva located along the wall opposite the ventilator shaft.
b. The place where the Hopis are said to have emerged into this world from the underworld.
c. The place through which Hopi communication with the supernatural world takes place.
d. A large, round ceremonial structure and appearing in early Pueblo sites and earlier pithouse villages.
e. A feature with no apparent material function.


d

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