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Comparative Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh
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El Venado Dataset |
The data files BUR.TXT and BUR.XLS contain data on all the burials from excavations at El Venado. BUR.TXT is an ASCII text file; BUR.XLS contains the same data in the form of an Excel spreadsheet. Each line represents one burial. There are 34 lines in the text file, each with 48 variables separated by commas. The variables are, in the following order:
| 1 | Tomb number |
| 2 | East-west coordinate of tomb |
| 3 | North-south coordinate of tomb |
| 4 | Oval shaft (0=no; 1=yes) |
| 5 | Circular shaft (0=no; 1=yes) |
| 6 | Shaft with chamber (0=no; 1=yes) |
| 7 | Depth of the tomb from the point of detection to bottom (cm) |
| 8 | Width of the entrance of the tomb (cm) |
| 9 | Length of the entrance of the tomb (cm) |
| 10 | Diameter of the entrance of the tomb (cm) |
| 11 | Number of rocks included as tomb furniture |
| 12 | Age at death (1= 0-4 years; 2= 5-9; 3=10-14; 4= 15-19; 5= 20-24; 6= 25-29; 7= 30-34; 8= 35-39; 9= 40-44; 10= 45-49; 11= 50-54; 12= 55+; blank= missing data |
| 13 | Cranial deformation (0=no; 1=yes) |
| 14 | Articulation of skeleton (0=disarticulated; 1=articulated) |
| 15 | Red ochre pigment sprinkled over the body (0=no; 1=yes) |
| 16 | Orientation of the head of the body in degrees clockwise from north. Also includes zenith. |
| 17 | Horizontal flexed body position (0=no; 1=yes) |
| 18 | Vertical flexed body position (0=no; 1=yes) |
| 19 | Number of partial ceramic vessels intentionally broken |
| 20 | Number of complete ceramic vessels |
| 21 | Number of imported ("foreign") ceramic vessels |
| 22 | Number of local ceramic vessels |
| 23 | Number of terrestrial snails |
| 24 | Number of marine snails |
| 25 | Number of shell beads |
| 26 | Number of bone beads |
| 27 | Number of stone beads |
| 28 | Number of gold beads |
| 29 | Number of European beads |
| 30 | Number of bone artifacts |
| 31 | Number of atlatls |
| 32 | Number of animal bones |
| 33 | Number of lithic artifacts |
| 34 | Number of pieces of quartz |
| 35 | Number of spindle whorls |
| 36 | Number of metates |
| 37 | Total number of local items |
| 38 | Total number of imported ("foreign") items |
| 39 | Items located near the head (0=no; 1=yes) |
| 40 | Items located near the trunk (0=no; 1=yes) |
| 41 | Items located near the feet (0=no; 1=yes) |
| 42 | Chronological period burial is assigned to (LH=Late Herrera; EM=Early Muisca; LM=Late Muisca |
| 43 | Total number of artifacts |
| 44 | Total number of ceramic vessels |
| 45 | Type of body wrapping (ETZ=Total or partial body wrapping with ash plaster; SEC=No wrapping) |
| 46 | Sex (F=Female; M=Male) |
| 47 | Total number of beads |
| 48 | Total number of categories of objects |
The first line of the ASCII text file, for example, looks like this:
1,675.0,225.0,1,0,0,60,45,70,0,2,,0,1,0,200,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,LH,1,1,SEC,,0,1
This indicates that the data are for Tomb 1, which occurred at the coordinates 675.0 (east-west) and 225.0 (north-south). The tomb was oval; with no circular shaft; it was not a shaft-and-chamber tomb. The tomb was 60 cm deep and its entrance was 45 cm wide and 70 cm long, with no diameter measurement. 2 rocks were included as tomb furniture. The age of the individual is unknown. There was no cranial deformation; the skeleton was articulated. Red ochre pigment was not used. The body was oriented at 200 degrees clockwise from north, in a horizontal flexed position, not in a vertical flexed position. There was 1 intentionally broken vessel, and no complete vessels. There were no imported ("foreign") ceramic vessels, and 1 local ceramic vessel. There were no terrestrial snails, marine snails, shell beads, bone beads, stone beads, gold beads, European beads, bone artifacts, atlatls, animal bones, lithic artifacts, pieces of quartz, spindle whorls, or metates. The total number of local items was 1, and the total number of imported ("foreign") items was 0. No items were located near the head or the trunk; 1 item was located near the feet. The tomb dates to the Late Herrera period. Altogether, it contained 1 artifact; it contained 1 ceramic vessel. The body was not wrapped; its sex could not de determined. The total number of beads was 0. The total number of different categories of objects represented was 1.
The last (34th) line of the ASCII text file is:
36,650.8,257.3,0,1,0,40,0,0,90,0,9,0,1,0,80,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,EM,1,0,SEC,F,0,1
This means that the data are for Tomb 36, located at coordinates 650.8 east-west and 257.3 north-south. The tomb was not oval; it had a circular shaft; but it was not a shaft-and-chamber tomb. It was 40 cm deep; there is no measurement for the width or length of the entrance; but rather a diameter measurement of 90 cm. The tomb furniture included 0 rocks. The tomb's occupant was 40-44 years old. There was no cranial deformation. The skeleton was articulated; red ochre pigment was not used. The body was oriented 80 degrees clockwise from north, in a horizontal flexed position, not a vertical flexed position. There were no intentionally broken vessels, no complete vessels, no imported ("foreign") vessels, no local vessels, no terrestrial snails, no marine snails, no shell beads, no bone beads, no stone beads, no gold beads, no European beads, no bone artifacts, and no atlatls. There was 1 animal bone, but no lithic artifacts, pieces of quartz, spindle whorls, or metates. Altogether there was 1 local item and no imported ("foreign") items. No items were located near the head; 1, near the trunk; and none near the feet. The tomb dates to the Early Muisca period. The total number of artifacts was 1, and the the total number of ceramic vessels was 0. The body was not wrapped; it was a female. The total number of beads was 0, and the number of different categories of objects was 1.
Click here to download the file BUR.TXT (4 KB) or the file BUR.XLS (29 KB).