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Excavation Unit 1
Location 1-x-1 meter grid unit 880N 2216E. Southeast quarter of the site. Located southeast of Structure 108.
Selection Criteria Random. One hundred seventy-third unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.
Excavation Strategy Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata were subdivided into 10-cm arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at Undisturbed native sediment. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a couple centimeters to confirm sterility. Excavation terminated at approximately 82.23 meters below datum.
Study Unit(s) Associated with this Excavation Unit
Study Unit Type Study Unit Number Study Unit Description
Nonstructure
106
midden
Arbitrary Unit
107
noncultural

Excavation Unit 2
Location 1-x-1 meter grid unit 868N 2210E. Southeast quarter of the site. Located southeast of Structure 108.
Selection Criteria Random. First 1-x-1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.
Excavation Strategy Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata were subdivided into 10-cm arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at Undisturbed native sediment. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a few centimeters to confirm its sterility. Excavation terminated at approximately 82.28 meters below datum.
Study Unit(s) Associated with this Excavation Unit
Study Unit Type Study Unit Number Study Unit Description
Nonstructure
106
midden
Arbitrary Unit
107
noncultural

Excavation Unit 3
Location 1-x-1 meter grid unit 869N 2210E. Southeast quarter of the site. Southeast of Structure 108.
Selection Criteria Random. Fourth 1-x-1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.
Excavation Strategy Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata subdivided into 10-cm arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at Undisturbed native sediment. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a few centimeters to confirm sterility. Excavation terminated at approximately 82.30 meters below datum.
Study Unit(s) Associated with this Excavation Unit
Study Unit Type Study Unit Number Study Unit Description
Nonstructure
106
midden
Arbitrary Unit
107
noncultural

Excavation Unit 4
Location 1-x-1 meter grid unit 869N 2212E. Southeast quarter of the site. Located southeast of Structure 108.
Selection Criteria Random. Fourth 1-x-1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.
Excavation Strategy Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata subdivided into 10-cm arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at Undisturbed native sediment. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a few centimeters to confirm sterility. Excavation terminated at approximately 82.27 meters below datum.
Study Unit(s) Associated with this Excavation Unit
Study Unit Type Study Unit Number Study Unit Description
Nonstructure
106
midden
Arbitrary Unit
107
noncultural

Excavation Unit 5
Location 1-x-1 meter grid unit 875N 2215E. Southeast quarter of the site. Southeast of Structure 108.
Selection Criteria Random. Eighty-eighth 1-x-1-m excavation unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.
Excavation Strategy Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata subdivided into 10-cm arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at Undisturbed native sediment. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a few centimeters to confirm sterility. Excavation terminated at approximately 82.24 meters below datum.
Study Unit(s) Associated with this Excavation Unit
Study Unit Type Study Unit Number Study Unit Description
Nonstructure
106
midden
Arbitrary Unit
107
noncultural

Excavation Unit 6
Location 1-x-1 meter grid unit 875N 2219E. Southeast quarter of the site. Located southeast of Structure 108.
Selection Criteria Random. Ninety-second 1-x-1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.
Excavation Strategy Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata subdivided into 10-cm arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at Undisturbed native sediment. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a few centimeters to confirm sterility. Excavation ended approximately 82.54 meters below datum.
Study Unit(s) Associated with this Excavation Unit
Study Unit Type Study Unit Number Study Unit Description
Nonstructure
106
midden
Arbitrary Unit
107
noncultural

Excavation Unit 7
Location 1-x-1 meter grid unit 876N 2207E. Southeast quarter of the site. Southeast of Structure 108.
Selection Criteria Random. Ninety-seventh 1-x-1-m excavation unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.
Excavation Strategy Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata subdivided into 10-cm arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at Undisturbed native sediment. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into in the southeast corner, approximately 7 cm, to confirm sterility. Excavation ended at approximately 82.63 meters below datum.
Study Unit(s) Associated with this Excavation Unit
Study Unit Type Study Unit Number Study Unit Description
Nonstructure
106
midden
Arbitrary Unit
107
noncultural

Excavation Unit 8
Location 1-x-1 meter grid unit 878N 2215E. Southeast quarter of the site. Southeast of Structure 108.
Selection Criteria Random. One hundred thirty-ninth 1-x-1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.
Excavation Strategy Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata subdivided into 10-cm arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at Undisturbed native sediment. Excavation ended at approximately 82.28 meters below datum. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a few centimeters to confirm sterility.
Study Unit(s) Associated with this Excavation Unit
Study Unit Type Study Unit Number Study Unit Description
Nonstructure
106
midden
Arbitrary Unit
107
noncultural

Excavation Unit 9
Location 1-x-1 meter grid unit 879N 2211E. Southeast quarter of the site. Southeast of Structure 108.
Selection Criteria Random. One-hundred-fifty-second 1-x-1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.
Excavation Strategy Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata subdivided into 10-cm arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at Undisturbed native sediment. Excavation terminated at approximately 82.47m below datum. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a few centimeters to confirm sterility.
Study Unit(s) Associated with this Excavation Unit
Study Unit Type Study Unit Number Study Unit Description
Nonstructure
106
midden
Arbitrary Unit
107
noncultural
Nonstructure
110
extramural surface

Excavation Unit 10
Location 1-x-1 meter grid unit 881N 2207E. Southeast quarter of the site. Southeast of Structure 108.
Selection Criteria Random. One-hundred-seventy-ninth 1-x-1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.
Excavation Strategy Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata subdivided into 10 centimeter arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at Undisturbed native sediment. The excavation unit ended at approximately 82.68 meters below datum. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a few centimeters to confirm sterility.
Study Unit(s) Associated with this Excavation Unit
Study Unit Type Study Unit Number Study Unit Description
Nonstructure
106
midden
Arbitrary Unit
107
noncultural

Excavation Unit 11
Location 1-x-1 meter grid unit 885N 2210E. Southeast quarter of the site. Southeast of Structure 108.
Selection Criteria Random. Two-hundred-twenty-fifth 1-x-1-m unit selected for excavation in Nonstructure 106.
Excavation Strategy Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata subdivided into 10 centimeter arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at Undisturbed native sediment. The unit was excavated to approximately 82.50 meters below datum. Arbitrary 107 was excavated into a few centimeters to confirm sterility.
Study Unit(s) Associated with this Excavation Unit
Study Unit Type Study Unit Number Study Unit Description
Nonstructure
106
midden
Arbitrary Unit
107
noncultural

Excavation Unit 12
Location 3-x-2 meter grid unit 889N 2194.25E. Central portion of the site. This excavation unit is southeast of Arbitrary 105, and west-northwest of Nonstructure 106.
Selection Criteria Judgmental. This excavation unit was used to investigate the nature of an electrical resistivity anomaly.
Excavation Strategy Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata were subdivided into 20 cm arbitrary levels. Once the elevation of the floor was determined, excavation terminated 5 cm above the floor, regardless of whether 25 cm in depth had been attained.
Unit Ends at Structure floor. Excavation terminated at approximately 81.40 meters below datum. The floor of Structure 108, in this excavation unit, had likely eroded away revealing the underlying natural, undisturbed, calicium carbonate deposit.
Study Unit(s) Associated with this Excavation Unit
Study Unit Type Study Unit Number Study Unit Description
Arbitrary Unit
102
noncultural
Nonstructure
103
not further specified
Arbitrary Unit
107
noncultural
Structure
108
subterranean kiva
Nonstructure
111
extramural surface

Excavation Unit 13
Location Segment 1 (Segment 1 is 10.5 meters long, 70 centimeters wide.). Segment 1 is located in the central portion of the site. This excavation unit is southeast of Arbitrary 105, and west-northwest of Nonstructure 106.
Selection Criteria Judgmental. Segment 1 was used to investigate the nature of an electrical resistivity anomaly.
Excavation Strategy Other. Overburden was removed using a backhoe, until rock was encountered and it became clear we were in a structure. At this point, natural strata were subdivided into 25 centimeter arbitrary levels.
Unit Ends at Structure floor. Excavation terminated at approximately 81.70 meters below datum. The floor in this excavation unit likely eroded away, revealing the underlying, natural, undisturbed, calcium carbonate deposit.
Study Unit(s) Associated with this Excavation Unit
Study Unit Type Study Unit Number Study Unit Description
Arbitrary Unit
102
noncultural
Nonstructure
103
not further specified
Arbitrary Unit
104
noncultural
Structure
108
subterranean kiva

Excavation Unit 14
Location 1-x-8 meter grid unit 898N 2182E. Northwest portion of the site. Northwest of Structure 108.
Selection Criteria Judgmental. A 1-x-8-m unit was used to investigate Nonstructure 105.
Excavation Strategy Natural strata.
Unit Ends at Undisturbed native sediment. Excavation ended at approximately 83.63 meters below datum.
Study Unit(s) Associated with this Excavation Unit
Study Unit Type Study Unit Number Study Unit Description
Arbitrary Unit
105
noncultural
Arbitrary Unit
107
noncultural

Excavation Unit 16
Location 1-x-2 meter grid unit 887N 2194.25E. Central portion of the site. This excavation unit is southeast of Arbitrary 105, and west-northwest of Nonstructure 106.
Selection Criteria Judgmental. This 1-x-2-m unit was used to investigate the nature of an electrical resistivity anomaly.
Excavation Strategy Strata subdivided into arbitrary levels. Natural strata weres subdivided into 25 cm levels.
Unit Ends at Structure floor. Excavation terminated at approximately 81.42 meters below datum. The floor revealed in this excavation unit was a red plaster, with areas of burning from the roof falling on it. In places, the plaster had eroded away, revealing the undi
Study Unit(s) Associated with this Excavation Unit
Study Unit Type Study Unit Number Study Unit Description
Arbitrary Unit
102
noncultural
Nonstructure
103
not further specified
Structure
108
subterranean kiva
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