Nonstructure 109, not further specified

About this Nonstructure

No Surface
No Masonry

General Location

Northwest part of site.

Specific Location

Within the container of Structure 113.

Selection Criteria

To sample disturbed kiva, Structure 113.

Use

Disturbed kiva fill; more compact and brown than surrounding fill with pockets of calcium carbonate, sandstone, and sterile sediment.

Abandonment

Not Applicable

Postabandonment Process

Fill is likely the result of looting activity.

Dating of Construction

Not Applicable

Dating of Remodeling

Not Applicable

Dating of Abandonment

Not Applicable

Dating of Midden

Not Applicable

Dating of Reuse

Not Applicable

Date Range

1 (A.D. 900–1150)

Site-Wide Dating

Excavation Details for Excavation Units

In order by excavation unit number.

Excavation Unit

21

Location

2-x-2.5 meter grid unit 741.6N 2189.4E.
Central portion of the site.
This excavation unit overlies Structure 113.

Selection Criteria

Judgmental. A 2.5-x-2-m unit was used to excavate the west-half of a kiva.

Excavation Strategy

Natural strata.

Unit Ends at

Other. Excavation terminated at the primary use-surface, Surface-1, in the western fifth of the unit. It terminated on bedrock across the eastern four-fifths of the unit. Excavation terminated at approximately 79.37m.

Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit

Study Unit Type
Study Unit Number
Study Unit Description
Arbitrary Unit
102
noncultural
Nonstructure
109
not further specified
Structure
113
subterranean kiva