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Nonstructure 806, midden
About this Nonstructure
General Location
North part of the site.
Specific Location
Just north of the roomblock in Architectural Block 800.
Selection Criteria
Refuse encountered during excavations to expose a segment of the outside face of the north wall of this roomblock.
Use
Area was used for the deposition of refuse, probably by the residents of the nearby roomblock
Abandonment
Abandoned when occupation of this area ended
Postabandonment Process
Covered by naturally deposited sediment
Dating of Midden
This 6-to-26-cm-thick midden contains Mesa Verde Black-on-white pottery, which leads to the inference that this refuse was deposited sometime after A.D. 1180.
Date Range
4 (A.D. 1150–1300)
Site-Wide Dating
Excavation Details for Excavation Units
In order by excavation unit number.
Excavation Unit
78
Location
2-x-1 meter grid unit, long axis oriented north-south 1191N 1008E.
North part of site.
Just north of roomblock in Architectural Block 800.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. To expose roomblock masonry and determine presence of earlier occupations beneath roomblock.
Excavation Strategy
Natural strata.
Unit Ends at
Undisturbed native sediment.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit