The Dry Ridge Site

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 880N 2216E. Southeast quarter of the site. Located southeast of Structure 108.

Random. One hundred seventy-third unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.

Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata were subdivided into 10-cm arbitrary levels.

Undisturbed native sediment. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a couple centimeters to confirm sterility. Excavation terminated at approximately 82.23 meters below datum.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 868N 2210E. Southeast quarter of the site. Located southeast of Structure 108.

Random. First 1-x-1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.

Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata were subdivided into 10-cm arbitrary levels.

Undisturbed native sediment. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a few centimeters to confirm its sterility. Excavation terminated at approximately 82.28 meters below datum.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 869N 2210E. Southeast quarter of the site. Southeast of Structure 108.

Random. Fourth 1-x-1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.

Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata subdivided into 10-cm arbitrary levels.

Undisturbed native sediment. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a few centimeters to confirm sterility. Excavation terminated at approximately 82.30 meters below datum.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 869N 2212E. Southeast quarter of the site. Located southeast of Structure 108.

Random. Fourth 1-x-1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.

Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata subdivided into 10-cm arbitrary levels.

Undisturbed native sediment. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a few centimeters to confirm sterility. Excavation terminated at approximately 82.27 meters below datum.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 875N 2215E. Southeast quarter of the site. Southeast of Structure 108.

Random. Eighty-eighth 1-x-1-m excavation unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.

Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata subdivided into 10-cm arbitrary levels.

Undisturbed native sediment. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a few centimeters to confirm sterility. Excavation terminated at approximately 82.24 meters below datum.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 875N 2219E. Southeast quarter of the site. Located southeast of Structure 108.

Random. Ninety-second 1-x-1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.

Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata subdivided into 10-cm arbitrary levels.

Undisturbed native sediment. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a few centimeters to confirm sterility. Excavation ended approximately 82.54 meters below datum.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 876N 2207E. Southeast quarter of the site. Southeast of Structure 108.

Random. Ninety-seventh 1-x-1-m excavation unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.

Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata subdivided into 10-cm arbitrary levels.

Undisturbed native sediment. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into in the southeast corner, approximately 7 cm, to confirm sterility. Excavation ended at approximately 82.63 meters below datum.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 878N 2215E. Southeast quarter of the site. Southeast of Structure 108.

Random. One hundred thirty-ninth 1-x-1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.

Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata subdivided into 10-cm arbitrary levels.

Undisturbed native sediment. Excavation ended at approximately 82.28 meters below datum. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a few centimeters to confirm sterility.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 879N 2211E. Southeast quarter of the site. Southeast of Structure 108.

Random. One-hundred-fifty-second 1-x-1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.

Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata subdivided into 10-cm arbitrary levels.

Undisturbed native sediment. Excavation terminated at approximately 82.47m below datum. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a few centimeters to confirm sterility.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 881N 2207E. Southeast quarter of the site. Southeast of Structure 108.

Random. One-hundred-seventy-ninth 1-x-1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.

Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata subdivided into 10 centimeter arbitrary levels.

Undisturbed native sediment. The excavation unit ended at approximately 82.68 meters below datum. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a few centimeters to confirm sterility.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 885N 2210E. Southeast quarter of the site. Southeast of Structure 108.

Random. Two-hundred-twenty-fifth 1-x-1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.

Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata subdivided into 10 centimeter arbitrary levels.

Undisturbed native sediment. The unit was excavated to approximately 82.50 meters below datum. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a few centimeters to confirm sterility.

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3-x-2 meter grid unit 889N 2194.25E. Central portion of the site. This excavation unit is southeast of Arbitrary 105, and west-northwest of Nonstructure 106.

Judgmental. This excavation unit was used to investigate the nature of an electrical resistivity anomaly.

Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata were subdivided into 20 cm arbitrary levels. Once the elevation of the floor was determined, excavation terminated 5 cm above the floor, regardless of whether 25 cm in depth had been attained.

Structure floor. Excavation terminated at approximately 81.40 meters below datum. The floor of Structure 108, in this excavation unit, had likely eroded away revealing the underlying natural, undisturbed, calicium carbonate deposit.

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Segment 1 (Segment 1 is 10.5 meters long, 70 centimeters wide.). Segment 1 is located in the central portion of the site. This excavation unit is southeast of Arbitrary 105, and west-northwest of Nonstructure 106.

Judgmental. Segment 1 was used to investigate the nature of an electrical resistivity anomaly.

Other. Overburden was removed using a backhoe, until rock was encountered and it became clear we were in a structure. At this point, natural strata were subdivided into 25 centimeter arbitrary levels.

Structure floor. Excavation terminated at approximately 81.70 meters below datum. The floor in this excavation unit likely eroded away, revealing the underlying, natural, undisturbed, calcium carbonate deposit.

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1-x-8 meter grid unit 898N 2182E. Northwest portion of the site. Northwest of Structure 108.

Judgmental. A 1-x-8-m unit was used to investigate Nonstructure 105.

Natural strata.

Undisturbed native sediment. Excavation ended at approximately 83.63 meters below datum.

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1-x-2 meter grid unit 887N 2194.25E. Central portion of the site. This excavation unit is southeast of Arbitrary 105, and west-northwest of Nonstructure 106.

Judgmental. This 1-x-2-m unit was used to investigate the nature of an electrical resistivity anomaly.

Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata weres subdivided into 25 cm levels.

Structure floor. Excavation terminated at approximately 81.42 meters below datum. The floor revealed in this excavation unit was a red plaster, with areas of burning from the roof falling on it. In places, the plaster had eroded away, revealing the undisturbed, natural,