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Nonstructure 1217, 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
Surface was encountered during testing to further define an extramural wall along the west edge of the great tower complex.
Use
Outdoor use surfaces associated with the occupation of the roomblock. The constructed surface served to level the area, and perhaps to enable the occupants to create pits such as Feature 1 (hearth). This same area was later enclosed by a masonry wall (Nonstructure 1216, Feature 1).
Abandonment
This use of this area might have ended when refuse began to accumulate here, or use might have continued relatively unchanged until the entire architectural block was abandoned.
Postabandonment Process
These buried surfaces were unaffected by postabandonment processes.
Dating of Construction
This outdoor area was used and modified during the occupation of this architectural block; the presence of Pueblo III White Painted pottery indicates that the area was used after A.D. 1100. Data from the roomblock indicate occupation sometime after A.D. 1200.
Dating of Remodeling
The change from use of this area as a use surface to a refuse area cannot be dated.
Dating of Abandonment
These surfaces might have been abandoned when refuse began to accumulate on Surface 1, or use of the area might have continued relatively unchanged until the architectural block was abandoned (sometime after A.D. 1260).
Date Range
6 (A.D. 1225–1300)
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