Introduction

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It has been over 20 years since the area of CD has been excavated at all, and then it had only been done by 2 people previously- McCallum (1979) and Wright (1968).  This year we hope to get more information on this area.  Based upon the information found by McCallum in CD-4 and Wright in CT-1A, it would seem that some kind of architecture ought to have been located nearby.  While this may be an assumption, it is probably the most likely of scenarios.

Because McCallum and Wright failed to locate the walls or foundations of any sort of structures, we are left wondering how their finds go their respective locations.  While it is true that deposition in antiquity is a possiblity, it is more likely- in my mind- that the material was probably deposited in its final location by means of erosion.  In this case, I believe that it is essential that some kind of topographic survey of the area be done to identify possible routes for wash-out.

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Additionally, we must bear in mind that if we are looking for architecture, like many/most ancient peoples, they build settlements in defensible positions- namely on the top of hills.  It would then behoove us to look upgrade whenever material is found outside of an architectural context; it is also worthy of mention that I know of no ancient people who went to the top of a hill to bury their garbage.

The point being that if the finds at CD-4 and CT-1A were deposited as refuse in antiquity, it would still lead us to look up hill for architecture.

Which I think brings up another point- why are we so concerned with finding architectural remains?  To date, the only "residence" that has been found have been those of the upper and lower buildings on Tesoro.  Where are/were the houses/huts of the "common folk"?  Could it be in the area of CD that the craftsmen of the Orientalizing and Archaic Periods lived, while working up at one of the buildings up on Tesoro?

Or could the remains found by Wright and McCullum be the remains of another genre of buildings all together.