Comparative Archaeology Database | Center for Comparative Archaeology | University of Pittsburgh
Mayapan Community Dataset
The data files below provide stone tool counts described by size, material, function and collection context from excavations in 2001-2004.
[Comma delimited UTF-8 format]
[Excel format]
Each line in the CSV file represents an individual stone tool. There are 390 lines, each with 19 variables separated by commas. The variables are listed in the following order:
| 1 | Year |
| 2 | Milpa Number |
| 3 | Structure Number |
| 4 | Concentration Number (Surface collection target) |
| 5 | Surface collection number |
| 6 | Pozo Number (test pit) |
| 7 | Cuadro (Horizontal excavation grid square) |
| 8 | Level |
| 9 | Capa (Stratigraphic layer) |
| 10 | Lot Number |
| 11 | Type |
| 12 | Portion of tool recovered |
| 13 | Length (cm) |
| 14 | Width (cm) |
| 15 | Thickness (cm) |
| 16 | Material |
| 17 | Color |
| 18 | Patination |
| 19 | Comments |
The first line of the CSV file, for example, looks like this:
2002,21,10O-3,10O-4,2,,,,,,"Core, not utilized (round, polyhedral)",,2.6,2.1,2.5,chert,white,patinated,,,,,
This means that this tool was excavated in 2002 from Milpa 21 near structure 10O-3 and concentration 10O-4 with the surface collection number 2. The tool was determined to be a non-utilized core with round and polyhedral features. It has a length of 2.6 cm, a width of 2.1 cm, and a thickness of 2.5 cm. The tool is comprised of chert, is white in color, and is patinated. There are no additional comments on this tool.