"Artifacts," by Scott G. Ortman

Table 7. Occupation Span Estimates for Sites Investigated as Part of the Site Testing Program

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Wt. of Corrugated Gray Sherds per Midden Test Unit

Occupation Span

Site (Component)

Number of Excavated Midden Test Units

Mean Wt. (g)

Standard Deviation

Number of Kiva Suites

Point Estimate (years)*

80% Confidence Interval Range (years)*

Midden Condition

Mad Dog Tower

6

218.1

105.3

1

9

4

intact

Troy's Tower

5

314.1

114.7

1

13

10

intact

G and G Hamlet (Pueblo II)

4

536.1

333.7

1

16

4

intact

G and G Hamlet (Pueblo III)

8

468.3

376.0

1

19

5

intact

Saddlehorn Hamlet

4

530.4

634.0

1

23

18

intact

Castle Rock Puebloa

11

697.3

677.2

16

33

17

intact

Lester's Site

13

497.3

446.8

2

31

15

intact

Lillian's Site

11

921.1

715.6

1

49

19

intact

Lookout House

11

429.4

581.2

2

25

21

intact

Catherine's Siteb

10

1,402.7

731.8

2

33 (67)

9 (19)

intact

Roy's Ruin

10

456.4

390.4

1

62

23

plowed

Shorlene's Site

10

379.3

190.1

1

65

22

plowed

Stanton's Site

8

1,551.5

751.7

1

75

61

intact

Kenzie Dawn Hamlet (Late Pueblo III)

5

672.4

297.7

2

40

47

intact

aThese figures exclude one test unit (94N 133E) that encountered anomalous deposits.

bYears in parentheses assume sequential, as opposed to overlapping, occupation of kiva suites.

*Occupation span point estimates and confidence intervals from Varien (1999*1:Table 5.3).

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