Portulaca Point

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 1495N 1776E. Southeast quarter of the site. Located in the southwest portion of Nonstructure 101, roughly 18 m southeast of pit structure (Structure 106).

Random. Second 1-x1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 101.

Natural strata.

Undisturbed native sediment. Fill continued into Nonstructure 109 Feature 3. Undisturbed native sediment was encountered below Feature 3 at 83.97 m; the prehistoric ground surface was located at approximately 84.10 m.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 1499N 1779E. Southeast quarter of the site. Located in the southwest portion of Nonstructure 101, roughly 15 m southeast of pit structure (Structure 106).

Random. Fourth 1-x1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 101.

Natural strata.

Undisturbed native sediment. Excavation continued approximately 5 cm into undisturbed native sediment to confirm the sterility of the deposit. Excavation was terminated at roughly 84.13 m.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 1501N 1779E. Southeast quarter of the site. Located in the west-central portion of Nonstructure 101, roughly 13.5 m southeast of pit structure (Structure 106).

Random. Fifth 1-x1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 101.

Natural strata.

Undisturbed native sediment. Excavation continued approximately 5 cm into undisturbed native sediment to confirm the sterility of the deposit. Excavation was terminated at roughly 84.20 m.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 1502N 1779E. Southeast quarter of the site. Located in the west-central portion of Nonstructure 101, roughly 12 m southeast of pit structure (Structure 106).

Random. First 1-x1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 101.

Natural strata.

Undisturbed native sediment. Excavation continued approximately 5 cm into undisturbed native sediment to confirm the sterility of the deposit. Excavation was terminated at roughly 84.10 m.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 1501N 1781E. Southeast quarter of the site. Located in the west-central portion of Nonstructure 101, roughly 15 m southeast of pit structure (Structure 106).

Random. Third 1-x1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 101.

Natural strata.

Undisturbed native sediment. Fill continued into Nonstructure 109 Features 1 and 2. Undisturbed native sediment was encountered below Features 1 and 2 at 83.73 m and 83.85 m respectively; the prehistoric ground surface was located at approximately 84.04 m.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 1504N 1769E. Southwest quarter of the site. Located in the south-central portion of Nonstructure 105, roughly 7.5 m south of pit structure (Structure 106).

Random. Third 1-x1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 105.

Natural strata.

Undisturbed native sediment. Excavation continued approximately 5 cm into undisturbed native sediment to confirm the sterility of the deposit. Excavation was terminated at roughly 84.50 m.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 1505N 1780E. Southeast quarter of the site. Located in the northwest portion of Nonstructure 101, roughly 10.5 m southwest of pit structure (Structure 106).

Random. Sixth 1-x1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 101.

Natural strata.

Other. Although this unit was originally selected as a midden unit, it was later used as a geomorphologic test unit. No stratigraphic description forms, profile map, or ending elevations are recorded for this unit. Check with Cynthia Fadem for more detail.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 1505N 1770E. Southwest quarter of the site. Located in the south-central portion of Nonstructure 105, roughly 6.5 m south of pit structure (Structure 106).

Random. Fourth 1-x1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 105.

Natural strata.

Undisturbed native sediment. Fill continued into Nonstructure 110 Feature 1. Undisturbed native sediment was encountered below Feature 1 at 84.49 m; the prehistoric ground surface was located at approximately 84.55 m.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 1506N 1765E. Southwest quarter of the site. Located in the southwest portion of Nonstructure 105, roughly 6.5 m south of the pit structure (Structure 106).

Random. Eighth 1-x1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 105.

Natural strata.

Undisturbed native sediment. Excavation was terminated at approximately 84.52 m. A 10 cm x 10 cm window was dug into the northwest corner of the unit to confirm sterility; the bottom of this window was at an elevation of 84.41 m.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 1508N 1765E. Southwest quarter of the site. Located in the west-central portion of Nonstructure 105, roughly 4.5 m south of pit structure (Structure 106).

Random. Sixth 1-x1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 105.

Natural strata.

Undisturbed native sediment. Excavation was terminated at approximately 84.59 m. A 10 cm x 10 cm window was dug into the northeast corner of the unit to confirm sterility; the bottom of this window was at an elevation of 84.51 m.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 1510N 1765E. West-central portion of the site. Located in the northwest portion of Nonstructure 105, roughly 2.5 m southwest of the pit structure (Structure 106).

Random. Seventh 1-x1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 105.

Natural strata.

Undisturbed native sediment. Excavation was terminated at approximately 84.64 m. A 10 cm x 10 cm window was dug into the northwest corner of the unit to confirm sterility; the bottom of this window was at an elevation of 84.56 m.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 1510N 1770E. West-central portion of the site. This excavation unit is located south of Structure 106.

Random. This is the ninth 1-x-1-m unit used for investigation into Nonstructure 105.

Natural strata.

Fill continued. Fill continued into Nonstructure 111, upper construction fill likely from Structure 106. This unit was likely placed over the antechamber of Structure 106. An auger was used to assess the depth of the floor, which was at approximately 83.77m below datum.

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1-x-3 meter grid unit, long axis oriented north-south 1513.75N 1768E. Central-west portion of the site. This excavation unit was placed over Structure 106.

Judgmental. This 3-x-1-m unit was used to assess the nature of a geophysical anomaly.

Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. The natural strata were subdivided into 25-cm arbitrary levels.

Structure floor. Excavation terminated at Surface-1, the primary use-surface of Structure 106. Excavation terminated at approximately 83.38m below datum.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 1505N 1767E. Southwest quarter of the site. Located in the southwest portion of Nonstructure 105, roughly 7 m south of the pit structure (Structure 106).

Random. First 1-x1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 105.

Natural strata.

Undisturbed native sediment. Excavation was terminated at approximately 84.57 m. A 15 cm x 15 cm window was dug into the northeast corner of the unit to confirm sterility; the bottom of this window was at an elevation of 84.47 m.

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1-x-1 meter grid unit 1510N 1773E. Near the center of the site. Located in the northeast portion of what was originally thought to be Nonstructure 105 but what proved upon excavation to be a different study unit (Nonstructure 112). Located roughly 2 m southeast of the pit structure (Structure 106).

Random. Fifth 1-x1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 105. Upon excavation, this unit was assigned a different study unit (Nonstructure 112).

Natural strata.

Undisturbed native sediment. Excavation was terminated at approximately 84.68 m. A 15 cm x 15 cm window was dug into the northwest corner of the unit to confirm sterility; the bottom of this window was at an elevation of 84.59 m.

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2-x-2 meter grid unit 1524N 1779.5E. North portion of the site. This excavation unit is located north-northeast of Structure 106.

Judgmental. A 2-x-2-m unit was used to investigate the deposits around and under upright sandstone slabs.

Natural strata.

Structure floor. Excavation terminated on the Structure's floor, Surface-1. Excavation ended at approximately 84.27m below datum.

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Judgmental.

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