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Comparative Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh
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El Venado Dataset |
The data files FORM.TXT and FORM.XLS contain data on the vessel forms from excavations at El Venado. FORM.TXT is an ASCII text file; FORM.XLS contains the same data in the form of an Excel spreadsheet. Each line represents one excavated context (for example, a level in a 1 meter square). There are 799 lines in the text file, each with 43 variables separated by commas. The variables are, in the following order:
| 1 | Test pit number |
| 2 | Tomb number |
| 3 | Feature number |
| 4 | East-west coordinate (for a test pit, the southwest corner; for a tomb, the center; for a feature, the center) |
| 5 | North-south coordinate (for a test pit, the southwest corner; for a tomb, the center; for a feature, the center) |
| 6 | Depth below surface (m) of the upper extreme |
| 7 | Depth below surface (m) of the lower extreme |
| 8 | Level number |
| 9 | Number of sherds of bell-shaped vessels |
| 10 | Number of sherds of vessels with neck |
| 11 | Number of sherds of everted rim bowls |
| 12 | Number of sherds of bowls of all types |
| 13 | Number of sherds of incurved bowls with thick rim |
| 14 | Number of sherds of incurved bowls with thin rim |
| 15 | Number of sherds of incurved bowls with inverted rim |
| 16 | Total Number of sherds of incurved bowls of all three types (above) |
| 17 | Number of sherds of cups |
| 18 | Number of sherds of ollas with high necks |
| 19 | Number of sherds of ollas with low necks |
| 20 | Number of sherds of ollas without necks |
| 21 | Number of sherds of ollas with all three types of necks (above) |
| 22 | Number of sherds of ollas-cuenco with long rims |
| 23 | Number of sherds of ollas-cuenco with short rims |
| 24 | Number of sherds of ollas-cuenco with thick lips |
| 25 | Number of sherds of ollas-cuenco with thin lips |
| 26 | Total Number of sherds of ollas-cuello of all four types (above) |
| 27 | Number of sherds of jars with everted rims |
| 28 | Number of sherds of cántaros |
| 29 | Number of sherds of múcuras |
| 30 | Number of sherds of spoons |
| 31 | Number of sherds of plates |
| 32 | Number of sherds of ceramic spindle whorls |
| 33 | Number of fragments of ceramic vessel handles |
| 34 | Number of decorated sherds |
| 35 | Number of undecorated sherds |
| 36 | Number of sherds with painted decoration |
| 37 | Number of decorated sherds with orange slip |
| 38 | Number of decorated sherds with incision |
| 39 | Total number of ceramic sherds |
| 40 | Chronological period of context (COL=Colonial; EM=Early Muisca; LH=Late Herrera; LM=Late Muisca; NOID=Not identified; PREC=Preceramic; REP=Republican; REVU=Mixed) |
| 41 | Total number of sherds identified to vessel shape |
| 42 | Residential unit designation of context (blank=Unassigned) |
| 43 | Total number of sherds of jars (includes jars with everted rims, cántaros, múcuras, and vessels with necks) |
The first line of the ASCII text file, for example, looks like this:
0,6,0,573.0,273.0,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,28,5,0,0,33,LM,2,LM-20,0
This indicates that the context is not a test pit, but rather Tomb 6, and not any numbered feature. The coordinates of the context are 573.0 east-west and 273.0 north-south. No depth below surface is given for either upper or lower extreme. There is no Level number. The context produced no bell-shaped vessels, vessels with necks, everted rim bowls, bowls of all types, incurved bowls with thick rim, incurved bowls with thin rim, incurved bowls with inverted rim, or incurved bowls of all three types. It did produce 1 cup, but no ollas with high necks, low necks, no necks, or all three kinds of neck. It produced no olla-cuenco with a long rim, 1 with a short rim, none with thick or thin lips, and 1 of all four kinds. It produced no jars with everted rims, cántaros, múcaras, sppons, plates, spindle whorls, or vessel handles. There were 5 decorated sherds and 28 undecorated sherds. There were no 5 sherds with painted decoration, none with orange slip or incision. Altogether there were 33 sherds. The context dates to the Late Muisca period. There were 2 sherds identified to vessel shape. The context was assigned to residential unit LM-20. The total number of jars was 0.
The last (799th) line of the ASCII text file is:
74,0,0,684.0,619.0,0.20,0.30,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,3,COL,0,,0
This indicates that the context is in Test Pit 74, not a tomb or a numbered feature. The coordinates of the context are 684.0 east-west and 619.0 north-south. The depth below surface of the upper extreme is 0.20 m, and of the lower extreme is 0.30 m. It is Level 3. The context produced no sherds of any identifiable vessel form. There were 3 undecorated sherds, for a total of 3 sherds. The context dates to the Colonial period. There were no sherds identified to vessel shape. The context was not assigned to any residential unit. The total number of jars was 0.
Click here to download the file FORM.TXT (86 KB) or the file FORM.XLS (538 KB).