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Nonstructure 1216, extramural surface
About this Nonstructure
General Location
In the great tower complex
Specific Location
6 m southwest of the great tower bi-wall structure.
Selection Criteria
This surface was encountered during testing to further define an extramural wall along the west edge of the great tower complex.
Use
Outdoor use surface associated with the construction of a wall that formed the western boundary of an outdoor use area at the west end of this architectural block. This surface might thus have been used as a surface for work activities, or for social or religious gatherings.
Abandonment
Surface abandoned as a use surface when refuse accumulated on it.
Postabandonment Process
Sediment was deposited naturally above the refuse, and the uppermost portion of Feature 1 (wall:other) collapsed.
Dating of Construction
Surface was not constructed. A wall that was built on this use surface (Feature 1--Wall: other) is double-coursed-with-core, a masonry style that suggests construction during the Pueblo III period (A.D. 1150-1300). Pueblo III white painted sherds were associated with a surface beneath this surface (Nonstructure 1217), indicating that Nonstructure 1216 was used after A.D. 1100.
Dating of Abandonment
Abandoned as a use surface when refuse accumulated on top of it.
Date Range
5 (A.D. 1180–1260)
Site-Wide
Dating
Excavation Details for Excavation Units
In order by excavation unit number.
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.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit