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Nonstructure 801, noncultural

No Construction Data

No Feature Data

No Tree-Ring Dates

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ABOUT THIS STUDY UNIT No Surfaces No Masonry
General Location Near southwest end of pueblo in Architectural Block 800.
Specific Location Adjacent to, and west of, the great kiva complex; rests above portions of Structures 808 (a kiva) and 814 (a surface room).
Selection Criteria Excavated as part of great kiva testing. This nonstructure consists of the natural, postabandonment deposits above portions of Kiva 808 and Room 814.
Use

Abandonment

Postabandonment Processes

Date range 1 (A.D. 1250–1280)
Dating of Construction

Dating of Remodeling

Dating of Abandonment

Dating of Midden

Dating of Reuse


EXCAVATION DETAILS FOR EXCAVATION UNITS
In order by excavation unit number.
Excavation Unit 4
Location Segment 2. Near the southwest end of pueblo; Architectural Block 800. Adjacent to and west/northwest of the great kiva complex.
Selection Criteria Judgmental. Part of the testing that occurred west of the great kiva complex.
Excavation Strategy Natural strata.
Unit Ends at Structure floor.Structure 814 floor in north end of unit. Structure 808 floor in part of unit; small subfloor test window taken to undisturbed native sediment in Structure 808.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit
Study Unit Type Study Unit Number Study Unit Description
Nonstructure
801
noncultural
Structure
808
aboveground kiva
Structure
814
masonry surface structure
Stratigraphy
Data and maps showing details of stratigraphy for this excavation unit are available here.

Excavation Unit 9
Location Segment 1 (Roughly a 2-x-1.5-m unit.). Near the southwest end of pueblo; Architectural Block 800. Adjacent to and west of great kiva.
Selection Criteria Judgmental. Selected to investigate the great kiva complex; part of east-west trenching through the great kiva complex.
Excavation Strategy Natural strata.
Unit Ends at Fill continued.Fill beneath this nonstructure was provenienced as Structure 808 (kiva).
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit
Study Unit Type Study Unit Number Study Unit Description
Nonstructure
801
noncultural
Structure
808
aboveground kiva
Stratigraphy
Data and maps showing details of stratigraphy for this excavation unit are available here.
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