| ABOUT THIS STRUCTURE
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| General Location
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Lower west side; base of talus slope near canyon bottom.
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| Specific Location
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West of Nonstructure 1-N and north of Nonstructure 4-N.
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| Interpretive Type
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Not assigned.
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| Structure Use
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Limited data; one floor pit feature; floor artifacts were scarce; roof fall artifacts (complete cores, complete peckingstones, a complete projectile point, a complete mano, a complete maul, and an incomplete polishingstone) may have once rested on the roof or were stored in the ceiling; if this was the case, these tools suggest a variety of domestic activities took place during the final use of this area.
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| Dating
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| Abandonment
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One complete bone tube left on kiva floor and some complete or almost complete items may have been left on or in the kiva roof; roof appears to have been dismantled because no timbers were encountered in the structure fill; the near absence of floor artifacts and roof timbers suggests a planned abandonment or that items were salvaged by others after structure was no longer in use; some refuse may have been discarded in the kiva after the roof was dismantled.
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| Postabandonment
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Structure filled with wall fall from roomblock to the north and natural deposits.
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| Excavation Details
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| Groups to Which This Study Unit was Assigned
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See The Archaeology of Woods Canyon Pueblo (specifically the chapters on architecture, chronology, and artifacts) for more information on study unit groupings at Woods Canyon Pueblo.
| Type |
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Description |
area
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1
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Area of canyon bottom
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section
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LW
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Lower west side (canyon bottom)
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subperiod
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8
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Early Pueblo III (A.D. 1140-1225)
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