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Copán Valley and La Entrada Region Dataset
Kazuo Aoyama

TABLE A17

Activities Performed with Chipped Stone Artifacts from Each Context,
Late Classic Period, Copan Valley

EXCEL FORMAT- TAB_A17.XLS

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ASCII FORMAT - TAB_A17.TXT

This file contains the data from 56 contexts with lithic artifacts from the Copan valley. The contents for every context are presented in one line, the data file TAB_A17.TXT has 56 lines, with 46 variables separated with commas. The 46 variables are, in the following order:

1 Physiographic zone
2 Sub-community
3 Group
4 Structure
5 Operation
6 Context
7 Cutting or sawing wood or other plants (N)
8 Cutting or sawing wood or other plants (%)
9 Whittling wood or other plants (N)
10 Whittling wood or other plants (%)
11 Grooving wood or other plants (N)
12 Grooving wood or other plants (%)
13 Boring wood or other plants (N)
14 Boring wood or other plants (%)
15 Piercing wood or other plants (N)
16 Piercing wood or other plants (%)
17 Cutting meat or hide (N)
18 Cutting meat or hide (%)
19 Scraping hide (N)
20 Scraping hide (%)
21 Boring hide (N)
22 Boring hide (%)
23 Piercing meat or hide (N)
24 Piercing meat or hide (%)
25 Cutting or sawing shell, bone, or antler (N)
26 Cutting or sawing shell, bone, or antler (%)
27 Whittling shell, bone, or antler (N)
28 Whittling shell, bone, or antler (%)
29 Grooving shell, bone, or antler (N)
30 Grooving shell, bone, or antler (%)
31 Boring shell, bone, or antler (N)
32 Boring shell, bone, or antler (%)
33 Chopping stone (N)
34 Chopping stone (%)
35 Cutting or sawing unidentified material (N)
36 Cutting or sawing unidentified material (%)
37 Whittling unidentified material (N)
38 Whittling unidentified material (%)
39 Grooving unidentified material (N)
40 Grooving unidentified material (%)
41 Whittling or scraping unidentified material (N)
42 Whittling or scraping unidentified material (%)
43 Unidentified action (N)
44 Unidentified action (%)
45 Total IUZ (N)
46 Total IUZ (%)

The first line of the file, for example, looks like this:

"Montana","Algodonal","","","IV/54","lithic dump", 3,9.4,9,28.1,1,3.1,1,3.1, 0,0,2,6.3,14,43.8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,3.1,1,3.1,0, 0,0,0,0,0,32,100.0

The first context analyzed belongs to the physiographic zone "Montana", subcommunity "Algodonal", no group or structure. It belongs to the operation "IV/54" and the context is a "lithic dump". There are 3 artifacts (9.4%) used in cutting or sawing wood or other plants. There are 9 artifacts (28.1%) used in whittling wood or other plants. There is 1 artifact (3.1%) used in grooving wood or other plants. There is 1 artifact (3.1%) used in boring wood or other plants. There are 0 artifacts used in piercing wood or other plants. There are 2 artifacts (6.3%) used in cutting meat or hide. There are 14 artifacts (43.8%) used in scraping hide. There are 0 artifacts (0%) used in boring hide. There are 0 artifacts (0%) used in piercing meat or hide. There are 0 artifacts (0%) used in cutting or sawing shell, bone, or antler. There are 0 artifacts (0%) used in whittling shell, bone, or antler. There 0 artifacts (0%) used in grooving shell, bone, or antler. There 0 artifacts (0%) used in boring shell, bone, or antler. There are 0 artifacts (0%) used in chopping stone. There is 1 artifact (3.1%) used in cutting or sawing unidentified material. There is 1 artifact (3.1%) used in whittling unidentified material. There are 0 artifacts (0%) used in grooving unidentified material. There are 0 artifacts (0%) used in whittling or scraping unidentified material. There is 0 artifact (0%) used in an unidentified action. Total of independent use zones (IUZ): 32 (100.0%). The quotation marks around "Montana" and "Algodonal" indicate that these variables are alphanumeric and "" indicates the absence of data.

The last (56th) line is:

"Vega","PrincipalGroup","10L-1","10L-22","39/I/372","midden", 17,20.2, 2,2.4,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,33.3,8,9.5,0,0,2,2.4,17,20.2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,10.7,1,1.2,0, 0,0,0,0,0,84,100.0

Which indicates the physiographic zone "Vega", subcommunity "Principal Group", group "10L-1", structure "10L-22". It belongs to the operation "39/I/372" and the context is a "midden". There are 17 artifacts (20.2) used in cutting or sawing wood or other plants. There are 2 artifacts (2.4%) used in whittling wood or other plants. There are 0 artifacts (0%) used in grooving wood or other plants. There are 0 artifacts (0%) used in boring wood or other plants. There are 0 artifacts used in piercing wood or other plants. There are 28 artifacts (33.3%) used in cutting meat or hide. There are 8 artifacts (9.5%) used in scraping hide. There are 0 artifacts (0%) used in boring hide. There are 2 artifacts (2.4%) used in piercing meat or hide. There are 17 artifacts (20.2%) used in cutting or sawing shell, bone, or antler. There are 0 artifacts (0%) used in whittling shell, bone, or antler. There are 0 artifacts (0%) used in grooving shell, bone, or antler. There 0 artifacts (0%) used in boring shell, bone, or antler. There are 0 artifacts (0%) used in chopping stone. There are 9 artifacts (10.7%) used in cutting or sawing unidentified material. There is 1 artifact (1.2%) used in whittling unidentified material. There are 0 artifacts (0%) used in grooving unidentified material. There are 0 artifacts (0%) used in whittling or scraping unidentified material. There is 0 artifact (0%) used in an unidentified action.Total of independent use zones (IUZ): 84 (100.0%). The quotation marks around "Vega" and "Principal Group" indicate that these variables are alphanumeric and "" indicates the absence of data.

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