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Nonstructure 1228, extramural surface
About this Nonstructure
General Location
Near the northeast corner of the great tower complex.
Specific Location
20 m east-northeast of Structure 1210.
Selection Criteria
Surface was encountered during excavations to expose architecture associated with the water-control features at the great tower complex.
Use
Type of use of this surface was not clear from the small amount of surface exposed, but it was probably used in association with the adjacent drainage.
Abandonment
Bedrock was abandoned as a surface as sediment accumulated on it.
Postabandonment Process
These processes did not affect this surface, as it was buried beneath sediment.
Dating of Construction
Surface was not constructed, but was probably used early in the occupation of this architectural block during the Pueblo III period (A..D. 1150-1300).
Dating of Abandonment
Bedrock surface was no longer used when sediment accumulated on it naturally.
Date Range
6 (A.D. 1225–1300)
Site-Wide
Dating
Excavation Details for Excavation Units
In order by excavation unit number.
Excavation Unit
88
Location
Segment 3 N E.
(1 x 2 m unit.)
Near the northeast corner of the great tower complex.
20 m east-northeast of Structure 1210.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. To expose architecture associated with the water control features at the great tower complex.
Excavation Strategy
Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at
Bedrock.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit