Nonstructure 1322, extramural surface

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Pit: slab-lined (Feature 1) Top of page
General description
Intrusive, slab-lined pit resting on the floor of Structure 1315.
Use history
After Structure 1315 roof had been burned and collapsed, pit was excavated through roof collapse, exposing portion of original structure floor creating base of feature; edges were lined with outward sloping sandstone slabs, then fill was replaced within pit; no direct indications of function, but similar constructions within structures, though not entirely consistent with this context, serve as burial pits.
Associated features
None.
Excavation procedure
Small segment adjacent to slab inside feature excavated to floor.
Portion excavated
Substantially less than 5 percent of feature.
Horizontal location
North portion of Segment 1; extends into north profile.
Vertical location
Resting on Structure floor (Surface 1).
Construction
Pit was excavated through burned roof collapse using structure floor as base, edges lined with sandstone slabs.
Remodeling/ modification
No
Thermal alteration
No
Sooting
No
Sealed
No
Preservation
Excellent.
Degree of preservation
Shape in plan view
Actual:  irregular.
Inferred: 
Shape in cross section
Actual:  irregular.
Inferred:  round.
Shape comments
Dimensions
 
Actual
Complete?
Inferred
Comments
Length
27
No
North-south.
Width
140
No
East-west.
Height
No
Depth
33
No
From top of tallest slab to floor.
Stratigraphy
Stratum
Interpretation
Inclusions
Disturbance
Color
Texture