Nonstructure 911, midden

Select Another Study Unit
No Construction Data No Features Data No Stratigraphy Data View Artifacts No Tree Ring Data
Map 5MT5 Click on button for enlarged view.
View This Map
View More Maps
No Photos

About this Nonstructure

No Surface
No Masonry

General Location

North part of the site.

Specific Location

South of the roomblock in Architectural Block 900.

Selection Criteria

To sample midden associated with this architectural block.

Use

This area was used for the deposition of refuse, probably by the residents of the nearby roomblock

Abandonment

Abandoned when use of this architectural block ended

Postabandonment Process

Covered by naturally deposited sediment

Dating of Midden

This 45-cm-thick midden contains a few Pueblo I sherds, and numerous late Pueblo II and Pueblo III sherds. However, the presence of Mesa Verde Black-on-white pottery in the lower stratum leads to the inference that this refuse was deposited sometime after A.D. 1180.

Date Range

5 (A.D. 1180–1260)

Site-Wide Dating

Excavation Details for Excavation Units

In order by excavation unit number.

Excavation Unit

57

Location

1-x-1 meter grid unit 1227N 1001E.
North part of site.
South of roomblock in Architectural Block 900.

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

Study Unit Type
Study Unit Number
Study Unit Description
Arbitrary Unit
900
noncultural
Nonstructure
904
extramural surface
Nonstructure
911
midden