Description:
UE005. Very compacted soil level. It is reddish brown in color (wet), with few roots and very little charcoal. The granulometric composition is fine-very fine with clays and silts predominating, which makes it very plastic. It occupies the entire extension of operation OP1 (8 x 5 meters) and has an average thickness of about 40 cm, although to the north it is greater (60 cm), and to the south-southeast it is less (25 cm). It is located below stratigraphic unit UE001 and above stratigraphic unit UE005 (5). This is a level similar in compaction, granulometric composition, and type of findings to stratigraphic unit UE005 (?).The main difference is in the color, which is a little lighter. The thickness varies between 10 and 20 cm. This level is differentiated as a precaution, since it may well be the transition between stratigraphic units UE005 and UE007, on which it sits. This unit is composed of a multitude of ceramic fragments (50,129) from the styles Conte (750-1000 AD), Macaracas (900-1100 AD), Cortezo and Mendoza (1400-1520 AD); small round stones (8,329), fragments of hardened clay (2,216), 141 mythicals, 10 seashells, and a fragment of a gold artifact. It is distributed in similar proportions throughout the excavation. It extends beyond the limits of the 2008 dig (100 m2). Stratigraphic unit UE005 is interpreted as a deposit of materials used to cover the necropolis.