| General Location
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Block 1500, west-central portion of site, east of plaza.
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| Specific Location
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Outside of, and adjacent to, the D-shaped building. The test trench (Segment 1) butts up against the exterior face of the east wall.
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| Selection Criteria
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Use
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This nonstructure contains both a layer of construction material used to fill cracks in the bedrock for the construction of the outer wall of the D-shaped structure (Block 1500) and also a layer of secondary refuse above the construction layer. The refuse is inferred to be trash from occupation/use of the nearby structures in Block 1500.
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Abandonment
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The midden was probably abandoned as a result of the abandonment of the architectural block.
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Postabandonment Processes
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The upper walls of the D-shaped structure collapsed onto the midden material, covering it.
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| Date range
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1 (A.D. 1250–1280)
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Dating of Construction
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Dating of Remodeling
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Dating of Abandonment
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Dating of Midden
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One tree-ring date for the refuse stratum--A.D. 1252r. This date appears to be slightly early, because this midden was deposited after the D-shaped structure was built, and the bi-wall rooms appear to have been built around or after A.D. 1260. It is probably therefore safe to infer that this refuse was deposited after A.D. 1260.
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Dating of Reuse
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