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Comparative Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh
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Yahuay Alta Community Dataset |
The data files EXFAUNAL.TXT and EXFAUNAL.XLS provide the counts and weights of animal bone fragments of different types collected during excavations at the Yahuay Alta community. EXFAUNAL.TXT is an ASCII text file; EXFAUNAL.XLS contains the same data in the form of an Excel spreadsheet. Each line represents one context. There are 513 lines in the text file, each with 11 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. Lots recorded for multiple Quads contain all relevant Quad numbers, separated by semicolons. |
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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 number of animal bone fragmetns |
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Total weight in grams of animal bone fragmetns |
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Number of large mammal bone fragments |
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Weight in grams of large mammal bone fragments |
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Number of small mammal bone fragments |
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Weight in grams of small mammal bone fragments |
The first line of the ASCII text file, for example, looks like this:
1,A,A,15,-,5,0.40,5,0.40,0,0.00
This indicates that the data pertains to animal fragments collected in Unit 1, Area A, Layer A, Qaud 15. There was no Rasgo associated with this context. There were a total of 5 fragments of animal bone collected for a total weight of 0.40 g. Of these, all five were fragments of large mammal bone.
The last, or 513th, line of the ASCII text file is:
8,B,C,52,19,3,0.30,3,0.30,0,0.00
This indicates that the data pertains to animal fragments collected in Unit 8, Area B, Layer C, Quad 52, Rasgo 19. There were a total of 3 fragments of animal bone collected for a total weight of 0.30g. Of these, all three were fragments of large mammal bone.
Click here to download the file EXFAUNAL.TXT (18 KB) or the file EXFAUNAL.XLS (89 KB).