Tyuonyi (chew-OHN-yee) means "meeting place" or "place of treaty" in the Keres language.

The walls that are standing here are the same height as when excavated in 1909-10.
The National Park Service carries on a continual process of stabilization.
This is not actual rebuilding, but an attempt to prevent further deterioration, done here by adding cement to original mud mortar to stabilize the fragil walls.
The caves in the background were occupied at the same time as these ruins (1383-1466).
Why some folks chose to live in the cliffs, while others decided to live below, was probably a matter of preference alone.

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