Sand Canyon Pueblo

1

Field notes and original coding ambiguous: not clear if formally constructed or simply use-compacted. However, the presence of construction fill below Surface 1 in Segment 3 indicates that at least in this area the surface was "prepared." It is likely that the surface preparation/construction extended to the other excavation segments as well. (Segment 3 was the only area in which excavation continued below Surface 1.).

Segment 2, Surface 1 (PD 381): On architecture form, surface is described as packed construction fill; on PD form, it is described as a red brown, use-compacted surface. Corresponds to Surface 1 in Segments 3 and 4 (PDs 385 and 380, respectively). Segment 3, Surface 1 (PD 385): On architecture form, surface is described as packed construction fill; on PD form, it is described as a red brown, clay loam, use-compacted surface. However, the presence of construction fill below Surface 1 in Segment 3 indicates that the surface was deliberately constructed. Corresponds to Surface 1 in Segments 2 and 4 (PDs 381 and 380, respectively). Segment 4, Surface 1 (PD 380): Compact (hard), brown red silt loam. Corresponds to Surface 1 in Segments 2 and 3 (PDs 381 and 385, respectively).

2

Interpreted in field notes as "constructional surface." Possibly created when sediments removed during the prehistoric excavation of the kiva (Structure 501) were placed in the surrounding courtyard area. Not clear whether this was an actual use surface.

Defined in Segment 3 only. Thin (4 to 7 cm thick) layer of white clay. The white clay was probably obtained from the prehistoric excavation of the kiva (Structure 501).

Surface 1 built on top of Surface 2.

3

See notes under "Construction."

Defined in Segment 3 only. Probably not formally constructed or modified. Described in field notes as "sterile, multicolored clays" and "prehistoric ground surface." Probably defined as plane of contact between overlying construction fill and underlying sterile sediment.