Comparative Archaeology Database | Center for Comparative Archaeology | University of Pittsburgh
Mayapan Community Dataset
The data files below provide information on tools described by size, material, function, and collection context from excavation in 2009.
[Comma delimited UTF-8 format]
[Excel format]
Each line in the CSV file represents one tool type per collection unit. There are 899 lines, each with 16 variables separated by commas. The variables are listed in the following order:
| 1 | Structure |
| 2 | Cuadro |
| 3 | Lot |
| 4 | Capa |
| 5 | Nivel |
| 6 | Number of tools |
| 7 | Tool type
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| 8 | Portion |
| 9 | Material |
| 10 | Color |
| 11 | Length (cm) |
| 12 | Width (cm) |
| 13 | Thickness (cm) |
| 14 | Retouch (dorsal/ventral) |
| 15 | Retouch (which lateral side) |
| 16 | Notes |
The first line of the CSV file, for example, looks like this:
H-17,18-H,5420,II,2,1,"Axe, bifacial (triangular)",complete,chalcedony,light brown,5.3,3.9,1,,,"square end axe/hacha; "triangle shaped""
This means that this tool was excavated from structure H-17, cuadro 18-H, lot 5420, capa II, and nivel 2. The one tool was recovered from this locality was a bifacial (triangular) axe. The tool was found complete and made of a light brown chalcedony. It is 5.3 cm in length, 3.9 cm in width, and 1 cm in thickness. There is no listed data on tool retouching. Additional notes on the tool include: "square end axe/hacha; triangle shaped."