| ABOUT THIS STRUCTURE
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| General Location
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Upper west side.
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| Specific Location
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Base of cliff, under overhang. Immediately west of main drainage that bisects the site.
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| Interpretive Type
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Not assigned.
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| Structure Use
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Kiva-type use; the presence of a hearth indicates that the structure was heated at times and that cooking may have taken place; no complete floor artifacts; roof fall artifacts included a complete peckingstone, a complete bead, and an incomplete mano; if these items rested on the roof or were stored in the ceiling, they suggest that domestic activities may have taken place during the final use of this structure.
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| Dating
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| Abandonment
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No whole items were found on the floor or in roof fall; no large roof timbers found, rather they appear to have been salvaged and the remainder of the roof burned or left to deteriorate; this interpretation is based on the presence of small burned and unburned beam fragments in the kiva fill.
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| Postabandonment
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Structure filled with roof fall and wall fall from kiva and nearby structures; natural deposits also accumulated; part of the kiva was excavated during recent times, exposing some of the kiva architecture.
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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 |
ID |
Description |
area
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6
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Area of upper west side
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section
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UW
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Upper west side
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subperiod
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9
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Late Pueblo III (A.D. 1225-1280)
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