Comparative Archaeology Database | Center for Comparative Archaeology | University of Pittsburgh
Mayapan Community Dataset
The data files below provide flake counts described by size, material, and collection context from excavations in 2008-2009.
[Comma delimited UTF-8 format]
[Excel format]
Each line in the CSV file represents one material per collection unit. There are 695 lines, each with 7 variables separated by commas. The variables are listed in the following order:
| 1 | Year of excavation |
| 2 | Structure |
| 3 | Cuadro |
| 4 | Lote |
| 5 | Capa |
| 6 | Nivel |
| 7 | Count of flakes |
The first line of the CSV file, for example, looks like this:
PEMY 09,I-57,5-C,6005,I,1,3798
This means that the flakes were recovered as a part of the Economic Foundations of Mayapan Project in 2009. These flakes were collected from strcuture I-57, cuadro 5-C, lote 6005, capa I, level 1. A total of 3798 flakes were recovered from this locality.