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Comparative Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh
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Yahuay Alta Community Dataset |
The data files EXDEBITAGE.TXT and EXDEBITAGE.XLS provide the quantities and weights of debitage recovered from horizontal excavations carried out at the Yahuay Alta community. The data corresponds to Table C.7. (pp.576) of the dissertation associated with this dataset. EXDEBITAGE.TXT is an ASCII text file; EXDEBITAGE.XLS contains the same data in the form of an Excel spreadsheet. Each line represents one context. There are 278 lines in the text file, each with 17 variables separated by commas. The variables are, in the following order:
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Unit. Refers to an excavation unit. Detailed descriptions of Units 1, 2, and 4 can be found on pp. 171-172. Detailed descriptions of Units 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 can be found on pp. 210-212. |
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Area. The largest subdivision of Units; areas were defined by natural differentiated sections of a unit. |
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Layer. Refers to the natural stratigraphic layers found in each individual unit. Detailed descriptions of the stratigraphy of each unit can be found for Units 1, 2, and 4 on pp. 172-174 and for Units 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 on pp. 212-215. |
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Quad. The smallest individual subdivision of Units. Quads consisted of 1x1 meter squares that formed a grid over each unit. These grids were numbered sequentially from left to right and from top to bottom, so Quad 1 was always the most northwesternly of the unit. The location of each Quad can be seen in the individual drawings of each unit, Figs. 5.2, 5.4, 5.6, 6.2, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9, and 6.11. |
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Rasgo (Feature). Refers to individual features found in each Unit. These features are quite variable in size and shape. Descriptions of individual Rasgos can be found throughout Chapters 5 and 6 and on the individual drawings of each unit, Figs. 5.2, 5.4, 5.6, 6.2, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9, and 6.11. |
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Total count of debitage fragments |
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Total weight of debitage fragments in grams |
8 |
Number of fragments < 2cm |
9 |
Weight in grams of fragments < 2cm |
10 |
Number of fragments 2-4cm |
11 |
Weight of fragments 2-4cm |
12 |
Number of fragments 4-6cm |
13 |
Weight of fragments 4-6cm |
14 |
Number of fragments 6-8cm |
17 |
Weight of fragments 6-8cm |
16 |
Number of fragments 8-10cm |
17 |
Weight of fragments 8-10cm |
The first line of the ASCII text file, for example, looks like this:
1,A,S,30,-,2,29.80,0,0.00,0,0.0,1,10.2,1,19.6,0,0.0
This indicates that the data pertains to debitage collected in Unit 1, Area A, Layer S, Quad 30. There is no Rasgo associated with this lot. It comprises 2 debitage fragments which weighed 29.80g. Of these, 1 fragment was 4-6cm and weighed 10.2g and the other was 6-8cm and weighed 19.6g
The last, or 278th, line of the ASCII text file is:
8,B,C,50,13,5,1.00,5,1.00,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0
This indicates that the data pertains to debitage collected in Unit 8, Area B, Layer C, Quad 50, Rasgo 13. It comprises a total of 5 fragments of debitage, all of which were <2cm, for a total weight of 1.00g.
Click here to download the file EXDEBITAGE.TXT (14 KB) or the file EXDEBITAGE.XLS (72 KB).