Comparative Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh
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Bolas Settlement Dataset |
The data files LITHICS.TXT and LITHICS.XLS provide lithic counts broken down by material and type for all lithics recovered during survey. LITHICS.TXT is a comma delimited ASCII text file; LITHICS.XLS contains the same data in the form of an Excel spreadsheet. Each line in the ASCII file represents one survey collection unit (either a surface collection or a shovel test pit). There are 765 lines, each with 14 variables separated by commas. The variables are listed in the following order:
| 1 | Collection ID |
| 2 | UTM Northing coordinates |
| 3 | UTM Easting coordinates |
| 4 | Collection Type: superficie = Surface collection pozo = Shovel test pit |
| 5 | Total number of lithic artifacts |
| 6 | Number of artifacts made of Andesite |
| 7 | Number of artifacts made of Basalt |
| 8 | Number of artifacts made of other stone materials |
| 9 | Number of cortical flake fragments |
| 10 | Number of cores fragments |
| 11 | Number of other types of flake fragments |
| 12 | Number of tool fragments |
| 13 | Number of Metates fragments |
| 14 | Number of Axe fragments |
| 15 | Number of other types of tool fragments |
The first line of the ASCII text file, for example, looks like this:
1,259073,1005949,superficie,3,1,2,0,0,1,1,0,0,1,0
This means that the ceramics belong to the collection unit 1, located at UTM coordinates NORTH 259073 and EAST 1005949. This was a surface collection type with 3 lithic artifacts, 1 artifact made of andesite, 2 artifacts made of basalt, 0 artifacts made of other stone materials, 0 cortical flake fragments, 1 core fragment, 1 other type of flake fragment, 0 tool fragments, 0 metates fragments, 1 axe fragment, and 0 other types of tool fragments.
Download the file LITHICS.TXT (38 KB) or the file LITHICS.XLS (146 KB).