EMAP – LA3949 Unit 17 writeup 2017

Unit 17 was a large rectangular (5.8 x 3.8 = 22.0 square meters) room in the Northeast Single-story section of the Postclassic pueblo at Las Animas Village. Its size and the presence of a hearth suggest it was a habitation room. Unit 17 shares a wall with Unit 9, but unlike Unit 9, Unit 17 has only one clear occupation. Unit 9 began as a habitation room but it was subsequently remodeled into a storage room. Unit 17 may have been built when Unit 9 was remodeled. There is no evidence of remodeling of the floor, but there may have been an earlier hearth evidenced by pieces of collar under the intact one.