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Feature Numbers
The original excavators of the House 26 site did not assign numbers to individual features. DAACS staff has assigned feature numbers using the original excavation records. Feature Numbers assigned by DAACS have a F-prefix, which precedes the number (i.e. F01 equals Feature 1).

Excavated contexts that belong to the same depositional basin (e.g. a post hole and post mold or the layers in a single pit) have been assigned a single feature number. In addition, single contexts have been given feature numbers when the original field records indicate that the excavators recognized a context’s spatial distinctiveness from surrounding contexts.

Associated Contexts
DAACS staff created the contexts "D279," "D280," "D281," and "D282" which are associated with House 26 features that were not excavated and therefore were not assigned contexts in the field. The new contexts allow for the creation of appropriate stratigraphic relationships among surrounding sediments and features.

Feature Groups
Feature Groups are comprised of features whose architectural or landscape or spatial/Feature groups are sets of features whose spatial arrangements indicate they were part of a single structure (e.g. structural postholes, subfloor pits, hearth) or landscape element (e.g. postholes that comprise a fenceline). Feature Groups assigned by DAACS have a FG-prefix, which precedes the number (i.e. FG01 equals Feature Group 1).


Feature Group FG01: House 26.
Feature Feature Type Contexts
F01 Trench, builder's 020, 028, 003

Other Features
Feature Feature Type Contexts
F02 Foundation, stone 041, 042, 043
F03 Interior wall, stone 027
F04 Post, driven D279
F05 Post, driven D280
F06 Post, driven D281
F07 Post, driven D282
F08 Floor, composite  
F08 Floor, composite  

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