Nonstructure 1226, extramural surface

About this Nonstructure

Has Surface
No Masonry

General Location

At the north edge of the great tower complex.

Specific Location

8 m northeast of Structure 1210; above extramural surface Nonstructure 1223.

Selection Criteria

This surface was defined during excavations to expose and document masonry wall (possible water-control feature associated with the great tower complex).

Use

Use of this surface is not clear from the small amount of surface exposed, but was probably related to water-procurement activities associated with Nonstructure 1223, Feature 1 (wall:other), which is inferred to have been a dam.

Abandonment

Abandoned as a result of roomblock abandonment.

Postabandonment Process

Surface was buried by stones that collapsed off of the adjacent wall and sediment that was deposited naturally.

Dating of Construction

This surface is above, and so postdates, the surface associated with the construction of the adjacent Nonstructure 1223, Feature 1 (wall:other). This wall is of pecked-block masonry style, and is either double-stone or double-stone-with-core in cross-section. These masonry styles indicate construction in the Pueblo III period (A.D. 1150-1300).

Dating of Abandonment

Abandoned when the adjacent roomblock was abandoned.

Date Range

6 (A.D. 1225–1300)

Site-Wide Dating

Excavation Details for Excavation Units

In order by excavation unit number.

Excavation Unit

87

Location

Segment 2 N E.
(1 x 2 m unit.)
At the north edge of the great tower complex.
8 m northeast of Structure 1210.

Selection Criteria

Judgmental. To expose water control feature associated with the great tower complex.

Excavation Strategy

Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels.

Unit Ends at

Bedrock.

Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit

Study Unit Type
Study Unit Number
Study Unit Description
Arbitrary Unit
1200
noncultural
Nonstructure
1223
extramural surface
Nonstructure
1226
extramural surface