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Nonstructure 1218, extramural surface
About this Nonstructure
General Location
In the great tower complex.
Specific Location
8.5 m east-southeast of the great tower.
Selection Criteria
This use surface was exposed during the search for refuse deposits south of the roomblock.
Use
This bedrock surface was used as the foundation for the construction of the roomblock in this architectural block. In this particular area, one masonry feature (Feature 1, Other) was constructed on this surface, and refuse (Nonstructure 1220) was deposited on it. It was probably also used as an outdoor work area.
Abandonment
Use as an outdoor work surface might have ended when residents began to deposit refuse on it.
Postabandonment Process
Not affected by these processes--was buried.
Dating of Construction
Surface not constructed, but the association of Mesa Verde Black-on-white sherds indicates that the surface was used after A.D. 1180.
Dating of Abandonment
Pueblo II and Pueblo III pottery sherds were left on this surface; the high proportion of Mesa Verde Black-on-white sherds indicates that the surface was used until late in the occupation of the village.
Date Range
6 (A.D. 1225–1300)
Site-Wide
Dating
Excavation Details for Excavation Units
In order by excavation unit number.
Excavation Unit
91
Location
Segment 6 N E.
(1 x 2 m unit.)
In the great tower complex.
8.5 m east-southeast of the great tower.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. To sample midden deposits south of the architectural block.
Excavation Strategy
Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at
Bedrock.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit