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Nonstructure 1117, extramural surface
About this Nonstructure
General Location
Northwestern portion of site.
Specific Location
Southwestern portion of Block 1100; in 2-x-2-m unit 628N 362E.
Selection Criteria
2-x-2-m unit judgmentally placed to sample Nonstructure 1109 (secondary refuse) deposits. Fill continued below Nonstructure 1109 into Nonstructure 1117 Feature 1 and 2.
Use
This surface represents an extramural use area from which a burial pit (Feature 1) was excavated and Human Remains Occurrence 6 (Feature 2) was interred.
Abandonment
No data.
Postabandonment Process
After Human Remains Occurrence 6 was interred, secondary refuse (Nonstructure 1109) was deposited over the burial and surface.
Dating of Midden
Secondary refuse (Nonstructure 1109) was deposited above Nonstructure 1117 after Human Remains Occurrence 6 was interred.
Date Range
7 (A.D. 1140–1225)
Site-Wide Dating
Excavation Details for Excavation Units
In order by excavation unit number.
Excavation Unit
482
Location
2-x-2 meter grid unit 628N 362E.
Northwestern portion of site.
Southwestern portion of Block 1100.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. 2-x-2-m unit was placed southeast of Structure 1106 to sample associated midden deposits. Secondary refuse (Nonstructure 1109) was encountered below the plow zone.
Excavation Strategy
Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Plow zone (Stratum A) was excavated as a natural stratum.
Unit Ends at
Fill continued. Fill continued into Nonstructure 1117 Feature 1 (Burial Pit) and Feature 2 (Human Remains Occurrence 6).
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit