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Nonstructure 802, extramural surface
About this Nonstructure
General Location
Near southwest end of pueblo in Architectural Block 800; part of the great kiva complex.
Specific Location
North of Structures 807 and 813, two peripheral rooms around the great kiva.
Selection Criteria
Part of great kiva testing. Selected to test the area adjacent to, and north of, structures in the great kiva complex. This study unit includes a surface exposed in two separate excavation pits and some natural deposits.
Use
A wall oriented north-south rests on this surface; it is not clear if this was an isolated wall or part of a structure. It is possible that some type of masonry structure once existed in this area, but that eroded into the arroyo to the north. If so, this surface might have been the floor of that structure.
Abandonment
Not recorded.
Postabandonment Process
Wind-and-water-deposited sediment and wall fall from Structure 807 (a peripheral room of the great kiva) accumulated on the surface.
Dating of Construction
No tree-ring dates. A wall that rests on this surface (Feature 1) abuts the north wall of Structure 807 (a great kiva peripheral room); this suggests that this surface was roughly contemporaneous with the great kiva complex.
Dating of Remodeling
None.
Dating of Abandonment
None.
Dating of Reuse
None.
Date Range
1 (A.D. 1250–1280)
Site-Wide
Dating
Excavation Details for Excavation Units
In order by excavation unit number.
Excavation Unit
2
Location
Segment 1 N E.
Near the southwest end of pueblo in Architectural Block 800.
Adjacent to and north of Structure 807, a peripheral room of the great kiva.
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. Selected to investigate the great kiva complex; exposed in the east-west trench that extended through the great kiva complex.
Excavation Strategy
Natural strata.
Unit Ends at
Other. The last stratum excavated (Stratum C) may be constructional fill or undisturbed native sediment.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit
Excavation Unit
3
Location
Segment 2 N E.
Near the southwest end of the pueblo in Architectural Block 800.
Immediately north of Structure 800; northeast of Structure 813 (a peripheral room of the great kiva).
Selection Criteria
Judgmental. Selected to determine if a northern antechamber existed; tried to locate northwest corner of possible antechamber.
Excavation Strategy
Other. Full cut; two strata identified but not excavated separately.
Unit Ends at
Fill continued.
Study Unit(s) Identified in this Excavation Unit