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by Jonathan D. Till and Scott G. Ortman
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Table 6. Accumulations Data for Selected Kiva Suites, Sand Canyon Pueblo
Kiva Suite Total Wt. of Corrugated Jar Sherds
(g)
Estimated Minimum Occupation
(years)a
Latest Tree-Ring Date (A.D.)b Earlier Cutting Date Clusters (A.D.)
208 121,915.5 18.3 1267+vv 1240s
501 187,248.9 28.1 1252v 1200s, 1220s, 1240s
1004 111,504.9 16.8 1266vv 1240s
1206 108,935.3 16.4 1265+rB 1240s

a Total weight of corrugated jar sherds divided by 6,654 g (accumulation rate developed by Varien [1999*1:87]).
b Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research date symbols:
B = bark is present.
r = less than a full section is present, but the outermost ring is continuous around the available circumference.
v = a subjective judgment that, although there is no direct evidence of the true outside on the sample, the date is within a very few years of being a cutting date.
vv = there is no way of estimating how far the last ring is from the true outside; many rings may be lost.

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