With 217 rooms and 23 kivas that perhaps accommodated 300 residents, Cliff Palace is the largest North American cliff dwelling—80 feet high, 80 feet deep, and 200 feet long. Fourteen connected storage rooms built into the roof of the cave kept food and other materials cool, dry, and out of the reach of children, dogs, and domesticated turkeys. To reach such remote parts of the cliff dwellings, the Mesa Verdeans used log ladders and toeholds and handholds carved into the rock. Vigas extending through the masonry walls and murals in zigzag motifs are also notable. Here it is possible to see the small chinking stones fitted into the mortar in the hammered sandstone masonry, traces of the original pinkish-brown plaster, and painted Anasazi wall designs.