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Nonstructure 103, midden
About this Nonstructure
General Location
Southeast portion of the site.
Specific Location
Nonstructure 103 is southeast of Structure 106.
Selection Criteria
1-x-1-m units were used to investigate a midden deposit.
Use
Nonstructure 103 was used to document a midden deposit.
Abandonment
Based on the pottery, this midden was no longer used after Structure 106 was decommissioned.
Postabandonment Process
Natural processes (wind and water) contributed to post-occupational accumulations.
Dating of Midden
Secondary refuse associated with the occupation of Structure 106.
Date Range
1 (A.D. 570–670)
Site-Wide Dating
Excavation Details for Excavation Units
In order by excavation unit number.
Excavation Unit
7
Location
1-x-1 meter grid unit 1505N 1780E.
Southeast quarter of the site.
Located in the northwest portion of Nonstructure 101, roughly 10.5 m southwest of pit structure (Structure 106).
Selection Criteria
Random. Sixth 1-x1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 101.
Excavation Strategy
Natural strata.
Unit Ends at
Other. Although this unit was originally selected as a midden unit, it was later used as a geomorphologic test unit. No stratigraphic description forms, profile map, or ending elevations are recorded for this unit. Check with Cynthia Fadem for more detail.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit