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Comparative Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh
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Bandurria Household Dataset |
The data files NISP-PLANTAS.TXT and NISP-PLANTAS.XLS provide the counts of botanical remains for the four excavated units (6A, 6B, 8 and 9) by Stratigraphic Unit (S.U.). The remains were identified at the species (in italics) and family (in upper case) levels. Six (6) plant parts were used for taxa identification: leaves, seeds, stems, pods, inflorescences and fruit pericarp. After the taxons were identified, the abundance of each taxon was calculated by the number of identifiable specimens (NISP). NISP-PLANTAS.TXT is a comma delimited ASCII text file, while NISP-PLANTAS.XLS contains the same data in the form of an Excel spreadsheet. Each line in the ASCII file corresponds to a unique stratigraphic unit (S.U.). There are 545 lines, each with 18 variables separated by commas. The variables are listed in the following order:
| 1 | Stratigraphic Unit (S.U.). A natural or cultural layer or feature, sequentially numbered within an excavation unit, where the alphanumeric part to the left of the period identifies the unit, and the digits to the right of the period identify the layer or feature. |
| 2 | NISP counts of Achupalla (Spanish common name) (Family: BROMELIACEAE; Genus species: Tillandsia sp.). |
| 3 | NISP counts of Calabaza (Spanish common name) (Family: CUCURBITACEAE; Genus species: Cucurbita sp.). |
| 4 | NISP counts of Mate (Spanish common name) (Family: CUCURBTACEAE; Genus species: Lagenaria siceraria). |
| 5 | NISP counts of Junco (Spanish common name) (Family: CYPERACEAE; Genus species: Schoenoplectus sp.). |
| 6 | NISP counts of Totora (Spanish common name) (Family: CYPERACEAE; Genus species: Scirpus sp.). |
| 7 | NISP counts of Pacae (Spanish common name) (Family: LEGUMINUSAE; Genus species: Inga feuillei). |
| 8 | NISP counts of Maní (Spanish common name) (Family: LEGUMINSAE; Genus species: Arachis hypogaea). |
| 9 | NISP counts of Algodón (Spanish common name) (Family: MALVACEAE; Genus species: Gossypium barbadense). |
| 10 | NISP counts of Guayaba (Spanish common name) (Family: MYRTACEAE; Genus species: Psidium guajava). |
| 11 | NISP counts of Calaberita (Spanish common name) (Family: POACEAE; Genus species: Anthephora hermaphrodita). |
| 12 | NISP counts of Grama salada (Spanish common name) (Family: POACEAE; Genus species: Distichlis spicata). |
| 13 | NISP counts of Carrizo (Spanish common name) (Family: POACEAE; Genus species: Phragmites communis). |
| 14 | NISP counts of Grama (Spanish common name) (Family: POACEAE; no species identified). |
| 15 | NISP counts of Ají (Spanish common name) (Family: SOLANACEAE; Genus species: Capsicum sp.). |
| 16 | NISP counts of Totora enea (Spanish common name) (Family: TYPHACEAE; Genus species: Thypa sp.). |
| 17 | NISP counts of unidentified parts (leaves, flowers, seeds, stems, or pods) of Dicotyledons (flowering) plants. |
| 18 | Total NISP counts of botanical remains per Stratigraphic Unit. |
The first line of the ASCII text file, for example, looks like this:
6A.2,,,,,1,,,1,,,,,,,,,2
Which means that the botanical remains belong to the Stratigraphic Unit 6A.2. One NISP of totora (Family: CYPERACEAE; Genus species: Scirpus sp.) and one NISP of algodón (Family: MALVACEAE; Genus species: Gossypium barbadense) were collected. A total of 2 NISP counts were collected in this S.U.
The last, or 545th line of the ASCII text file is:
9.46,,,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,2,3
Which means that the botanical remains belong to the Stratigraphic Unit 9.46. One NISP of mate (Family: CYUCURBITACEAE; Genus species: Lagenaria siceraria) and two NISP of unidentified dicotyledonea plant remains were collected. A total of 3 NISP counts were collected in this S.U.
Download the file NISP-PLANTAS.TXT (108 KB) or the file NISP-PLANTAS.XLS (265 KB).