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Comparative Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh
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Bandurria Household Dataset |
The data files NISP-MARINOS.TXT and NISP-MARINOS.XLS provide marine invertebrate counts 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. For the NISP counts all specimens (complete valves, fragmented valves, fragments) were considered. NISP-MARINOS.TXT is a comma delimited ASCII text file, while NISP-MARINOS.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 548 lines, each with 34 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 Argopecten purpuratus specimens, a bivalve of the PECTINIDAE family. |
| 3 | NISP counts of Aulacomya ater specimens, a bivalve of the MYTILIDAE family. |
| 4 | NISP counts of Choromytilus chorus specimens, a bivalve of the MYTILIDAE family. |
| 5 | NISP counts of Mesodesma donacium specimens, a bivalve of the MESODESMATIDAE family. |
| 6 | NISP counts of Mulinia edulis specimens, a bivalve of the MACTRIDAE family. |
| 7 | NISP counts of Perumytilus purpuratus specimens, a bivalve of the MYTILIDAE family. |
| 8 | NISP counts of Semimytilus algosus specimens, a bivalve of the MYTILIDAE family. |
| 9 | NISP counts of Protothaca sp. specimens, a bivalve of the VENERIDAE family. |
| 10 | NISP counts of COllisella orbignyi specimens, a gastropod of the ACMAEIDAE family. |
| 11 | NISP counts of Collisella orbignyi specimens, a gastropod of the ACMAEIDAE family. |
| 12 | NISP counts of Scurria sp. specimens, a gastropod of the ACMAEIDAE family. |
| 13 | NISP counts of Concholepas concholepas specimens, a gastropod of the THAIDADAE family. |
| 14 | NISP counts of Crepipatella sp. specimens, a gastropod of the CALYPTRAEIDAE family. |
| 15 | NISP counts of Fisurrella spp. specimens, a gastropod of the FISSURELLIDAE family. |
| 16 | NISP counts of Nassarius gayi specimens, a gastropod of the NASSARIIDAE family. |
| 17 | NISP counts of Polinices uber specimens, a gastropod of the NATICIDAE family. |
| 18 | NISP counts of Tegula atra specimens, a gastropod of the TROCHIDAE family. |
| 19 | NISP counts of Xanthochorus buxea specimens, a gastropod of the THAIDADAE family. |
| 20 | NISP counts of Thais haemastoma specimens, a gastropod of the THAIDADAE family. |
| 21 | NISP counts of Thais sp. specimens, a gastropod of the THAIDADAE family. |
| 22 | NISP counts of Trophon peruvianus specimens, a gastropod of the MURICIDAE family. |
| 23 | NISP counts of Oliva peruviana specimens, a gastropod of the OLIVIDAE family. |
| 24 | NISP counts of Mitrella unifasiata specimens, a gastropod of the COLLUMBELLIDAE family. |
| 25 | NISP counts of Sinun cymba specimens, a gastropod of the NATICIDAE family. |
| 26 | NISP counts of Prisogaster niger specimens, a gastropod of the TURBINIDAE family. |
| 27 | NISP counts of a polyplacophora member of the CHITONIDAE family. |
| 28 | NISP counts of Platyxanthus orbigny specimens, a crustacean of the XANTHIDAE family. |
| 29 | NISP counts of Emerita analoga specimens, a crustacean of the HIPPIDAE family. |
| 30 | NISP counts of Balanus sp. specimens, a crustacean of the ACMAEIDAE family. |
| 31 | NISP counts of unidentified crustaceans. |
| 32 | NISP counts of Loxechinus albus specimens, an echinoderm of the ECHINIDAE family. |
| 33 | NISP counts of Pattalus mollis specimens, an echinoderm of the PHYLLOPHORIDAE family. |
| 34 | Total NISP counts of marine invertebrate remains per Stratigraphic Unit. |
The first line of the ASCII text file, for example, looks like this:
6A.2,2,,4,4,5,1,,,,,,2,,4,17,,,,,,,2,,,,,,,,,,,41
Which means that the marine invertebrate remains came from S.U. 6A.2. Two NISP of Argopecten purpuratus (Family: PECTINIDAE), 4 NISP of Choromytilus chorus (Family: MYTILIDAE), 4 NISP of Mesodesma donacium (Family: MESODESMATIDAE), 5 NISP of Mulinia edulis (Family: MACTRIDAE), 1 NISP of Perumytilus purpuratus (Family: MYTILIDAE), 2 NISP of Crepipatella sp. (Family: CALYPTRAEIDAE), 4 NISP of Nassarius gayi (Family: NASSARIIDAE), 17 NISP of Polinices uber (Family: NATICIDAE), and 2 NISP of Oliva peruviana (Family: OLIVIDAE) were collected. A total of 41 NISP counts were collected in this S.U.
The last, or 548th line of the ASCII text file is:
9.46,,,,14,2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,,,,17
Which means that the marine invertebrate remains came from S.U. 9.46. Fourteen (14) NISP of Mesodesma donacium (Family: MESODESMATIDAE), 2 NISP of Mulinia edulis (Family: MACTRIDAE), and 1 NISP of Balanus sp. (Family: BALANIDAE) were collected. A total of 17 NISP counts were collected in this S.U.
Download the file NISP-MARINOS.TXT (27 KB) or the file NISP-MARINOS.XLS (153 KB).