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Nonstructure 108, midden
About this Nonstructure
General Location
North-central portion of the site.
Specific Location
Nonstructure 108 underlies Arbitrary 102.
Selection Criteria
A 2-x-2-m unit was used to investigate a rubble mound.
Use
Nonstructure 108 is mixed cultural fill including charcoal, sherds and flaked-lithics. Nonstructure 108 may be a sheet midden.
Abandonment
Not Applicable
Postabandonment Process
Not Applicable
Dating of Midden
Secondary refuse associated with the use or occupation of Block 100. Most of the diagnostic sherds recovered from this context reflect deposition in the Basketmaker III period, although some diagnostic Pueblo II pottery was also recovered. It is unclear if this secondary refuse is associated with a habitation in either the Basketmaker III or Pueblo II periods; it could be the result of intensive processing activities nearby.
Date Range
3 (A.D. 600–1100)
Site-Wide Dating
Excavation Details for Excavation Units
In order by excavation unit number.
Excavation Unit
2
Location
2-x-2 meter grid unit 1265N 2855.5E.
North-central portion of the site.
This excavation unit is located to the east-northeast of Structure 106.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. A 2-x-2-m unit was used to investigate the nature of a rubble mound.
Excavation Strategy
Natural strata.
Unit Ends at
Undisturbed native sediment.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit