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Nonstructure 2401, midden
About this Nonstructure
General Location
Southwest part of the site.
Specific Location
South of the roomblock in Architectural Block 2400.
Selection Criteria
To sample the midden in this architectural block.
Use
This area was used for the deposition of a moderate amount of refuse, probably by the occupants of the nearby roomblock.
Abandonment
Abandoned when occupation of this area ended.
Postabandonment Process
Midden covered by natural deposits (aeolian/alluvial).
Dating of Midden
This 50-cm-thick midden contained both late Pueblo II and Pueblo III sherds. The presence of Pueblo III White Painted and Mesa Verde Corrugated sherds in the lowermost stratum indicates that deposition began sometime after A.D. 1100. The presence of Mesa Verde Black-on-white sherds in the uppermost stratum indicates that refuse was also deposited after A.D. 1180. No hiatus was noted in the depositional sequence, so it is tentatively inferred that deposition was more or less continuous.
Date Range
3 (A.D. 1100–1300)
Site-Wide Dating
Excavation Details for Excavation Units
In order by excavation unit number.
Excavation Unit
20
Location
1-x-1 meter grid unit 916N 886E.
Southwest part of site.
South of roomblock in Architectural Block 2400.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. To sample possible midden area associated with roomblock.
Excavation Strategy
Natural strata.
Unit Ends at
Undisturbed native sediment.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit