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Nonstructure 8-N, extramural surface
About this Nonstructure
General Location
North of butte.
Specific Location
East of Structure 302.
Selection Criteria
See associated excavation unit(s).
Use
The enclosing of the area with a wall, the constructed surface, and the ash-filled pit indicate this area was used for outdoor activities by the inhabitants of this kiva suite.
Abandonment
Thought to have abandoned in the same manner as Structure 302--as a result of an attack of the village in which many villagers were killed and that ended the occupation of the village.
Postabandonment Process
Refuse and wall fall deposited colluvially from upslope.
Dating of Construction
Assumed to be contemporaneous with Structure 302, which was tree-ring dated to A.D.1261.
Dating of Remodeling
No evidence of remodeling.
Dating of Abandonment
Pueblo III sherds were on the courtyard surface. Abandonment assumed to have been at the same time as many other structures in the village--sometime after A.D. 1274 (the latest tree-ring date from the site).
Dating of Reuse
No evidence of reuse.
Date Range
1 (A.D. 1256–1285)
Site-Wide
Dating
Excavation Details for Excavation Units
In order by excavation unit number.
Excavation Unit
80
Location
1-x-1 meter grid unit 116N 125E.
On slope just north of butte.
1 m grid southeast of Structure 302.
Selection Criteria
Random. Roomblock/Rubble sampling stratum (SS 1).
Excavation Strategy
Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at
Bedrock.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit
Excavation Unit
196
Location
5-x-3 meter grid unit 117N 124E.
North of butte.
Just east of Structure 302.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. To expose courtyard associated with Structure 302.
Excavation Strategy
Natural strata.
Unit Ends at
Bedrock.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit