ABSTRACT
In terms of site layout, identified burials and burial groups of the late occupation were distributed on the landscape of the site in relation to the distribution of houses with which they were associated, and, to some extent, to the central open area or plaza. Burials 19 and 30 must have been associated with structures that could not be identified among the myriad post holes of Area 9N. Post holes in Trench 1 and pits of Burials 25 and 32A that originated at or near pre-1990 grade in Area 13 also indicated late period occupation in that area of the site. No burials were associated with Structure 1 which was small in size and probably was a special-use building (Roe and Siegel, 1982; Riviere, 1994). Burial 41 was not investigated and the position of Burial 28A, 28B relative to structures could not be determined. Thus, the burial distribution at Tutu during the late occupation was a function of the distribu-
tion of structures; and these, in turn, were situated in relationship to the central plaza, to physical characteristics of the site, and to sociopolitical position within the village (Chapter 12).
