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Feature Numbers
The original excavators of the House 37 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 "D270," "D271," "D272," "D273," "D274," "D275," and "D276" which are associated with House 37 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 sets of features whose spatial arrangements indicate they were part of a single structure (e.g. structural postholes, subfloor pits, and 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 37
Feature Feature Type Contexts
F01 Foundation, stone D270
F02 Rubble Scatter 201, 94, 123, 126, 91, 92, 93, 170, 152, 154, 145, 131
F03 Floor, plaster D271
F04 Floor, plaster D272
F05 Raised Platform 228, D273, 226, 227, 234, 235, 236, 237
F06 Raised Platform 242, 243, D274, 244, 245
F07 Interior wall, stone D275, 155, 233
F08 Interior wall, stone D276

Other Features: House 37
Feature Feature Type Contexts
F09 Postmold 218
F10 Postmold 252
F11 Unidentified 264, 265
F11 Unidentified 264, 265

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