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Arbitrary Unit 1200, noncultural
About this Nonstructure
General Location
Northeast edge of the site.
Specific Location
Great tower complex and associated features and middens.
Selection Criteria
Use
Not Applicable
Abandonment
Not Applicable
Postabandonment Process
Not Applicable
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
No dates available
Site-Wide
Dating
Excavation Details for Excavation Units
In order by excavation unit number.
Excavation Unit
84
Location
Whole study unit N E.
Great tower complex.
Tops of some walls around the great tower that connect that structure to the rest of the roomblock to the east and the south.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. To try to define the architectural relationship of the great tower to the rest of the roomblock.
Excavation Strategy
Other. Scraped off modern ground surface duff and excavated shallowly into the A horizon.
Unit Ends at
Fill continued. Fill continued; only the tops of walls were exposed.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit
Excavation Unit
86
Location
Segment 11 N E.
(1 x 2 m unit.)
Great tower complex.
Adjacent to the west wall of the bi-wall structure.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. Part of an east-west cross-section trench that bisected the great tower bi-wall structure.
Excavation Strategy
Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at
Bedrock.
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Excavation Unit
87
Location
Segment 2 N E.
(1 x 2 m unit.)
At the north edge of the great tower complex.
8 m northeast of Structure 1210.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. To expose water control feature associated with the great tower complex.
Excavation Strategy
Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at
Bedrock.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit
Excavation Unit
88
Location
Segment 3 N E.
(1 x 2 m unit.)
Near the northeast corner of the great tower complex.
20 m east-northeast of Structure 1210.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. To expose architecture associated with the water control features at the great tower complex.
Excavation Strategy
Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at
Bedrock.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit
Excavation Unit
89
Location
Segment 4 N E.
(1 x 2 m unit, long axis north-south.)
In the great tower complex.
13 m east-southeast of the great tower bi-wall structure.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. To sample possible midden deposits associated with roomblock.
Excavation Strategy
Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at
Fill continued. Excavation ended when the tops of two walls were exposed.
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Excavation Unit
90
Location
Segment 5 N E.
(1 x 2 m unit oriented generally east-west (included a narrow strip 6 - 18 cm wide that was really the west end of the 1 x 2 unit adjacent to the east, but excavated with this unit for logistical reasons--see stratigraphic profile and plan map).)
In the great tower complex.
In the westernmost room (bi-wall room) adjacent to the oversized kiva in the great tower.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. Part of an east-west trench that cross-sectioned the great tower bi-wall structure.
Excavation Strategy
Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at
Bedrock.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit
Excavation Unit
91
Location
Segment 6 N E.
(1 x 2 m unit.)
In the great tower complex.
8.5 m east-southeast of the great tower.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. To sample midden deposits south of the architectural block.
Excavation Strategy
Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at
Bedrock.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit
Excavation Unit
92
Location
Segment 7 N E.
(Trapezoidal--north edge is 1.8 m, south edge is 2.0 m; east and west edges are 1 m each.)
In the great tower complex.
10 m east-northeast of Structure 1210.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. To further expose the wall found in unit just to the west.
Excavation Strategy
Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at
Fill continued. Unit was abandoned because of water seepage.
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Excavation Unit
93
Location
Segment 8 N E.
(2 x 2 m unit.)
At the west edge of the great tower complex.
6 m southwest of the great tower bi-wall structure.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. To further define an extramural wall along the west end of the great tower complex.
Excavation Strategy
Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at
Bedrock.
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Excavation Unit
94
Location
Segment 12 N E.
(Irregular linear area approximately 1 m long and 20 cm wide.)
West edge of great tower complex.
2 to 3 m south west of Segment 8.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. To follow an extramural wall exposed in Segment 8.
Excavation Strategy
Other. Scraped off surface duff.
Unit Ends at
Other. Top of wall.
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Excavation Unit
96
Location
Segment 1 N E.
(1 x 2 m unit oriented northeast-southwest.)
7 m southeast of the great tower bi-wall structure.
Above north wall of Structure 1211.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. To expose walls and define structures.
Excavation Strategy
Natural strata.
Unit Ends at
Fill continued. Ended excavation when the tops of intersecting walls were exposed.
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