Nonstructure 247, extramural surface

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Pit: not further specified (Feature 1) Top of page
General description
Bell-shaped pit.
Use history
Pit excavated into undisturbed native sediment and later filled with cultural deposit; no direct indications of function, although it may have been an extramural storage pit.
Associated features
None.
Excavation procedure
All of the feature within the unit was excavated in arbitrary levels.
Portion excavated
Entire portion of feature within 2-x-2-m unit 512N 565E; appears to be approximately the southeast quarter of feature.
Horizontal location
Northwest quadrant of EU 247 (512N 565E); extends north and west into unexcavated areas.
Vertical location
Surface 1.
Construction
Pit excavated into undisturbed native sediment; appears not to have been lined.
Remodeling/ modification
No
Thermal alteration
No
Sooting
No
Sealed
No
Preservation
Poor.
Degree of preservation
Rodent disturbance.
Shape in plan view
Actual:  irregular.
Inferred:  other.
Shape in cross section
Actual:  irregular.
Inferred:  irregular.
Shape comments
Inferred to be subrectangular in plan and bell-shaped in cross section.
Dimensions
 
Actual
Complete?
Inferred
Comments
Length
63
No
Measured north-south, at lip of pit.
Width
102
No
Measured east-west, at lip of pit.
Height
No
Depth
85
Yes
Stratigraphy
Stratum
Interpretation
Inclusions
Disturbance
Color
Texture
1
Nonstructure 239 midden deposit.
Pockets of ash, caliche, and charcoal.
Root.
Brown.
Silty clay loam.
2
Redposited or hisghly disturbed sterile.
Charcoal and caliche flecks.
Root, rodent.
Reddish brown.
Silty clay.