Woods Canyon Pueblo

Rough alignment of stones; may have been part of a retaining wall.

If this is a wall, it may have been part of a retaining wall constructed to control erosion; it was built late in the site occupation as it rests in fill well above sterile; characteristics that support the wall interpretation are: 1) stones are at the same vertical level; 2) large stones are lying roughly horizontal; 3) large stones rest adjacent to one another, with the ends touching; 4) there is no apparent source of wall fall nearby; characteristics that do not support this being a wall are: 1) the stones lie in fill; 2) no coursing; 3) the stones north of the large stone alignemnt are jumbled; more testing would be necessary to confirm if this is a constructed feature.

Similar to other low walls and stone alignments in Nst 1 (F-3, F-5, F-7, F-8, F-10, F-11 and F-12) and Nst 4 (F-1 and F-3).

Exposed and documented.

Portion within excavation unit.

Northern two-thirds of Segment 3.

Rests on a use surface (Surface 5) in fill; fill is interpreted as secondary refuse (Stratum 1 Level 1in PD record, Stratum A on Map 200); base of feature is 10 to 20 cm below MGS.

Stones were placed in fill; they are roughly aligned and only one course high.

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Actual:  irregular.
Inferred: 

Actual:  unknown.
Inferred:  irregular.

Not applicable.