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Nonstructure 1217, extramural surface
About this Nonstructure
General Location
In the great tower complex.
Specific Location
6 m southwest of the great tower bi-wall structure.
Selection Criteria
Surface was encountered during testing to further define an extramural wall along the west edge of the great tower complex.
Use
Outdoor use surfaces associated with the occupation of the roomblock. The constructed surface served to level the area, and perhaps to enable the occupants to create pits such as Feature 1 (hearth). This same area was later enclosed by a masonry wall (Nonstructure 1216, Feature 1).
Abandonment
This use of this area might have ended when refuse began to accumulate here, or use might have continued relatively unchanged until the entire architectural block was abandoned.
Postabandonment Process
These buried surfaces were unaffected by postabandonment processes.
Dating of Midden
Date Range
6 (A.D. 1225–1300)
Site-Wide Dating
Excavation Details for Excavation Units
In order by excavation unit number.
Excavation Unit
93
Location
Segment 8 N E.
(2 x 2 m unit.)
At the west edge of the great tower complex.
6 m southwest of the great tower bi-wall structure.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. To further define an extramural wall along the west end of the great tower complex.
Excavation Strategy
Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at
Bedrock.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit