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Nonstructure 1039, midden
About this Nonstructure
General Location
Northeastern portion of site.
Specific Location
Architectural Block 1000; Structure 1037; 577N 564E.
Selection Criteria
2-x-2-m unit judgmentally placed to test an electrical resistance anomaly identified by the 2001 survey.
Use
Secondary refuse deposited by nearby residents into the depression of Structure 1037 during the Late Pueblo II period.
Abandonment
Pottery data indicates that refuse was not deposited after the Late Pueblo II period.
Postabandonment Process
Natural sediments accumulated above the midden deposits.
Dating of Midden
Secondary refuse was deposited into the depression of Structure 1037 by nearby residents during the Late Pueblo II period.
Date Range
10 (A.D. 1100–1140)
Site-Wide Dating
Excavation Details for Excavation Units
In order by excavation unit number.
Excavation Unit
315
Location
2-x-2 meter grid unit 577N 564E.
North-central portion of the site.
Architectural Block 1000; approximately 20 m northeast of Structure 903.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. 2-x-2-m unit placed to test an anomaly identified by the electrical resistance survey in 2001.
Excavation Strategy
Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Excavated in 20 cm levels; continued through Nonstructure 1039 deposits.
Unit Ends at
Undisturbed native sediment. Portions of Surface 1, the structure floor, were preserved in the northwest corner of the structure; excavation ceased at Surface 1 when present. All other areas were excavated to undisturbed native sediment.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit