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Nonstructure 2.2-N, extramural surface
About this Nonstructure
General Location
Northeast quadrant of site. Within rim complex on canyon rim.
Specific Location
Adjacent to and north of Structure 17, a D-shaped building (Structure 17). Below Nonstructure 2.1-N and above Nonstructure 2.3-N.
Selection Criteria
Part of Nonstructure 2-N testing; see Nonstructure 2-N and associated EU for description and explanation of testing strategy.
Use
Outdoor, constructed surface that may have been part of a plaza surface within the rim complex.
Abandonment
Probably abandoned as part of the abandonment of the rim complex.
Postabandonment Process
Surface covered with postoccupational structural collapse from a D-shaped building (Structure 17).
Dating of Construction
No pottery or tree-ring data. Based on stratigraphic position, this surface was built after the construction of a wall of the D-shaped building.
Dating of Remodeling
No evidence of remodeling.
Dating of Abandonment
Probably abandoned when rim complex was abandoned--no cultural occupational deposits rest above this surface.
Dating of Midden
Not applicable.
Dating of Reuse
No evidence of reuse.
Date Range
4 (A.D. 900–1280)
Site-Wide
Dating
Groups to Which This Study Unit was Assigned
See The Archaeology of Woods Canyon Pueblo (specifically the chapters on architecture, chronology, and artifacts) for more information on study unit groupings at Woods Canyon Pueblo.
| Type | ID | Description |
| area | 7 | Canyon rim |
| section | R | Canyon rim |
| subperiod | 9 | Late Pueblo III (A.D. 1225-1280) |
Excavation Details for Excavation Units
In order by excavation unit number.
Excavation Unit
21
Location
1-x-1 meter grid unit 474N 522E.
Northeast corner of pueblo, rim complex.
North of and adjacent to Structure 17, a D-shaped building.
Selection Criteria
Random. First unit selected by random means from Nonstructure 2, Sampling Stratum 2.
Excavation Strategy
Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. After a wall was encountered in the middle of this unit, another 1-x-1-m unit (1-x-1-m 475N 522E) was opened to the north so that excavations could continue. The north unit was combined with this unit after the upper fill had been removed and excavated a
Unit Ends at
Bedrock.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit