diff --git a/src/Enzyme.jl b/src/Enzyme.jl
index 651fbe3..e6cc8a8 100644
--- a/src/Enzyme.jl
+++ b/src/Enzyme.jl
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function _assemble_scalar_block_enzyme_safe!(
   for e in axes(state_old, 3)
     conn = connectivity(ref_fe, conns, e, coffset)
     x_el, u_el, u_el_old = element_level_fields(ref_fe, conn, X, U, U_old)
-    props_el = properties(props, physics, e, b)
+    props_el = properties(props, e, b)
     # val_el = _element_scratch(return_type, ref_fe, U)
 
     for q in 1:num_cell_quadrature_points(ref_fe)
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ function _assemble_vector_block_enzyme_safe!(
     conn = connectivity(ref_fe, conns, e, coffset)
     x_el, u_el, u_el_old = element_level_fields(ref_fe, conn, X, U, U_old)
     
-    props_el = properties(props, physics, e, b)
+    props_el = properties(props, e, b)
   #   # val_el = _element_scratch(return_type, ref_fe, U)
 
     for q in 1:num_cell_quadrature_points(ref_fe)
diff --git a/src/Fields.jl b/src/Fields.jl
index 284038e..3d2841f 100644
--- a/src/Fields.jl
+++ b/src/Fields.jl
@@ -552,14 +552,24 @@ function properties(field::PropertyField, e::Int, b::Int)
     nfields = num_fields(field, b)
     if field.isblockconstant[b] == PROPS_CONST
         start = offset
-        finish = offset + nfields - 1
     elseif field.isblockconstant[b] == PROPS_ELEMS
         start = offset + nfields * (e - 1)
-        finish = offset + nfields * e - 1
-    else
-        @assert false "Should never happen"
     end
-    return view(field.data, start:finish)
+    return PropertyFieldView(field.data, start, nfields)
+end
+
+struct PropertyFieldView{T, D <: AbstractVector{T}} <: AbstractVector{T}
+    data::D
+    start::Int
+    len::Int
+end
+
+Base.size(v::PropertyFieldView) = (v.len,)
+Base.length(v::PropertyFieldView) = v.len
+Base.IndexStyle(::Type{<:PropertyFieldView}) = IndexLinear()
+Base.@propagate_inbounds function Base.getindex(v::PropertyFieldView, i::Int)
+    @boundscheck checkbounds(v, i)
+    return @inbounds v.data[v.start + i - 1]
 end
 
 ######################################################################################################
diff --git a/src/assemblers/Assemblers.jl b/src/assemblers/Assemblers.jl
index dfd2754..e6580b1 100644
--- a/src/assemblers/Assemblers.jl
+++ b/src/assemblers/Assemblers.jl
@@ -199,7 +199,11 @@ $(TYPEDSIGNATURES)
   offset = field.offsets[b]
   ec = ifelse(field.isblockconstant[b] == PROPS_CONST, 1, e)
   base = offset + NP * (ec - 1)
-  return SVector{NP, eltype(field)}(ntuple(i -> field.data[base + i - 1], NP))
+  # return SVector{NP, eltype(field)}(ntuple(i -> field.data[base + i - 1], NP))
+  nprops = num_fields(field, b)
+  # return view(field.data, base:base + NP - 1)
+  # return PropertyFieldView(field.data, base, NP)
+  return PropertyFieldView(field.data, base, nprops)
 end
 
 @inline function _element_level_properties(props::AbstractArray, ::Int)
@@ -431,7 +435,7 @@ function _assemble_block!(
   fec_foraxes(state_old, 3) do e
     conn = connectivity(ref_fe, conns, e, coffset)
     x_el, u_el, u_el_old = element_level_fields(ref_fe, conn, X, U, U_old)
-    props_el = properties(props, physics, e, b)
+    props_el = properties(props, e, b)
     val_el = _element_scratch(return_type, ref_fe, U)
     for q in 1:num_cell_quadrature_points(ref_fe)
       interps = _cell_interpolants(ref_fe, q)
@@ -463,7 +467,7 @@ function _assemble_block!(
   fec_foraxes(state_old, 3) do e
     conn = connectivity(ref_fe, conns, e, coffset)
     x_el, u_el, u_el_old = element_level_fields(ref_fe, conn, X, U, U_old)
-    props_el = properties(props, physics, e, b)
+    props_el = properties(props, e, b)
     for q in 1:num_cell_quadrature_points(ref_fe)
       interps = _cell_interpolants(ref_fe, q)
       state_old_q = _quadrature_level_state(state_old, q, e)
diff --git a/src/assemblers/MatrixAction.jl b/src/assemblers/MatrixAction.jl
index 5dc1ea7..e45d3cd 100644
--- a/src/assemblers/MatrixAction.jl
+++ b/src/assemblers/MatrixAction.jl
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ function _assemble_block_matrix_free_action!(
   fec_foraxes(state_old, 3) do e
     conn = connectivity(ref_fe, conns, e, coffset)
     x_el, u_el, u_el_old, v_el = element_level_fields(ref_fe, conn, X, U, U_old, V)
-    props_el = properties(props, physics, e, b)
+    props_el = properties(props, e, b)
     Kv_el = _element_scratch(AssembledVector(), ref_fe, U)
     for q in 1:num_cell_quadrature_points(ref_fe)
       interps = _cell_interpolants(ref_fe, q)
diff --git a/test/TestFields.jl b/test/TestFields.jl
index 96aa5a0..847d453 100644
--- a/test/TestFields.jl
+++ b/test/TestFields.jl
@@ -281,6 +281,41 @@ end
   @test all(FiniteElementContainers.properties(props, 1, 1) .≈ original)
 end
 
+@testitem "Fields - test_property_field_view_eltype_is_concrete" begin
+  using StaticArrays
+  # `PropertyFieldView` must carry the element type as a parameter.  Declaring
+  # it as `AbstractVector{eltype(D)}` over a bare `D` silently yields
+  # `AbstractVector{Any}`, because `eltype` of an unbound TypeVar is `Any`.
+  # Downstream that is not cosmetic: ConstitutiveModels' `module_props` builds
+  # `SVector{NP, eltype(props)}`, so an `Any` eltype turns every constitutive
+  # evaluation into a boxed, dynamically dispatched call.
+  props = FiniteElementContainers.PropertyField([[1.0, 2.0, 3.0]])
+  view = FiniteElementContainers.properties(props, 1, 1)
+  @test eltype(view) === Float64
+  @test view isa AbstractVector{Float64}
+  @test eltype(collect(view)) === Float64
+  @test isconcretetype(eltype(SVector{2, eltype(view)}(view[1], view[2])))
+  @test Base.IndexStyle(typeof(view)) === IndexLinear()
+end
+
+@testitem "Fields - test_property_field_view_is_bounds_checked" begin
+  # Every block's properties live in one flat vector, so an unchecked
+  # out-of-range read returns the *next* block's properties instead of
+  # failing.  Two blocks with different property counts make that concrete.
+  props = FiniteElementContainers.PropertyField([[1.0, 2.0, 3.0], [10.0, 20.0, 30.0, 40.0]])
+  block1 = FiniteElementContainers.properties(props, 1, 1)
+  @test length(block1) == 3
+  @test block1[3] ≈ 3.0
+  # Without a bounds check this returns 10.0 -- block 2's first property.
+  @test_throws BoundsError block1[4]
+  @test_throws BoundsError block1[0]
+
+  block2 = FiniteElementContainers.properties(props, 1, 2)
+  @test length(block2) == 4
+  @test block2[4] ≈ 40.0
+  @test_throws BoundsError block2[5]
+end
+
 @testitem "Fields - test_state_variable_field" begin
   a1 = rand(2, 3, 40)
   a2 = rand(3, 4, 10)