PEDREGAL DATASET: BOTANICAL

Botanical Totals

The data files BOTANICAL.TXT and BOTANICAL.XLS provide the number of plant parts for different species for each bag and context of the Pedregal site. BOTANICAL.TXT is an ASCII text file, and BOTANICAL.XLS contains the same data in the form of an Excel spreadsheet. Each line represents one bag. There are 822 lines in the text file, each with 51 variables separated by commas. The variables are, in the following order:

1	Context
2	Bag number
3	Total plant parts
4	Number of carbon parts
5	Number of Annona sp. parts
6	Number of Psidium guajava parts
7	Number of Lucuma obovata parts
8	Number of Persea americana parts
9	Number of Inga feuillei parts
10	Number of Canavalia maritima parts
11	Number of Phaseolus vulgaris parts
12	Number of Phaseolus lunatus parts
13	Number of Phaseolus parts
14	Number of Prosopis sp. parts
15	Number of other Fabaceae parts
16	Number of Zea mays kernel parts
17	Number of Zea mays cob parts
18	Number of Zea mays cupule parts
19	Number of other Zea mays parts
20	Total number of Zea mays parts (the sum of variables 16-19).
21	Number of Capsicum sp. parts
22	Number of Erythroxylum coca parts
23	Number of Gossypium barbadense parts
24	Number of Lagenaria sp. parts
25	Number of Cucurbita sp. parts
26	Number of Gigartina sp. parts
27	Number of Gynerium saggitatum parts
28	Number of Nectandra sp. parts
29	Number of Crotalaria incana parts
30	Number of Pithecellobium sp. parts
31	Number of Cenchrus echinatus parts
32	Number of Thevetia peruviana parts
33	Number of Bunchiosa armeniaca parts
34	Number of Capparis ovalifolia parts
35	Number of Capparis angulata parts
36	Number of Cyperaceae parts
37	Number of Neptunia sp. parts
38	Number of Spilanthes ureas parts
39	Number of Acacia sp. parts
40	Number of Phyla sp. parts
41	Number of Umbelliferae parts
42	Number of Equisettum giganteum parts
43	Number of Sapindus saponaria parts
44	Number of Ipomoea batatas parts
45	Number of Arachis hypogaea parts
46	Number of wood parts
47	Number of unknown seed parts
48	Number of unknown fruit parts
49	Number of unknown leaf parts
50	Number of unknown root parts
51	Total number of unknown parts (the sum of variables 47-50, plus any additional specimen that could not be identified to part).

The first line of the ASCII text file, for example, looks like this:

1,,51,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3

This indicates that the data pertain to context 1, which contained a total of 51 plant parts, including 0 carbon parts, 1 Annona sp. parts, 0 Psidium guajava parts, 0 Lucuma obovata parts, 0 Persea americana parts, 0 Inga feuillei parts, 0 Canavalia maritima parts, 0 Phaseolus vulgaris parts, 0 Phaseolus lunatus parts, 0 Phaseolus parts, 0 Prosopis sp. parts, 0 other Fabaceae parts, 0 Zea mays kernel parts, 0 Zea mays cob parts, 0 Zea mays cupule parts, 0 other Zea mays parts, Total 0 Zea mays parts (the sum of variables 16-19), 0 Capsicum sp. parts, 0 Erythroxylum coca parts, 0 Gossypium barbadense parts, 0 Lagenaria sp. parts, 0 Cucurbita sp. parts, 0 Gigartina sp. parts, 0 Gynerium saggitatum parts, 47 Nectandra sp. parts, 0 Crotalaria incana parts, 0 Pithecellobium sp. parts, 0 Cenchrus echinatus parts, 0 Thevetia peruviana parts, 0 Bunchiosa armeniaca parts, 0 Capparis ovalifolia parts, 0 Capparis angulata parts, 0 Cyperaceae parts, 0 Neptunia sp. parts, 0 Spilanthes ureas parts, 0 Acacia sp. parts, 0 Phyla sp. parts, 0 Umbelliferae parts, 0 Equisettum giganteum parts, 0 Sapindus saponaria parts, 0 Ipomoea batatas parts, 0 Arachis hypogaea parts, 0 wood parts, 0 unknown seed parts, 0 unknown fruit parts, 0 unknown leaf parts, 0 unknown root parts, and 3 total unknown parts.

The last, or 822nd, line of the ASCII text file is:

669,,4,7,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0

This indicates that the data pertain to context 669, which contained a total of 4 plant parts and 7 carbon parts. The botanical contents broke down as follows: 4 Annona sp. parts, 0 Psidium guajava parts, 0 Lucuma obovata parts, 0 Persea americana parts, 0 Inga feuillei parts, 0 Canavalia maritima parts, 0 Phaseolus vulgaris parts, 0 Phaseolus lunatus parts, 0 Phaseolus parts, 0 Prosopis sp. parts, 0 other Fabaceae parts, 0 Zea mays kernel parts, 0 Zea mays cob parts, 0 Zea mays cupule parts, 0 other Zea mays parts, Total 0 Zea mays parts (the sum of variables 16-19), 0 Capsicum sp. parts, 0 Erythroxylum coca parts, 0 Gossypium barbadense parts, 0 Lagenaria sp. parts, 0 Cucurbita sp. parts, 0 Gigartina sp. parts, 0 Gynerium saggitatum parts, 0 Nectandra sp. parts, 0 Crotalaria incana parts, 0 Pithecellobium sp. parts, 0 Cenchrus echinatus parts, 0 Thevetia peruviana parts, 0 Bunchiosa armeniaca parts, 0 Capparis ovalifolia parts, 0 Capparis angulata parts, 0 Cyperaceae parts, 0 Neptunia sp. parts, 0 Spilanthes ureas parts, 0 Acacia sp. parts, 0 Phyla sp. parts, 0 Umbelliferae parts, 0 Equisettum giganteum parts, 0 Sapindus saponaria parts, 0 Ipomoea batatas parts, 0 Arachis hypogaea parts, 0 wood parts, 0 unknown seed parts, 0 unknown fruit parts, 0 unknown leaf parts, 0 unknown root parts, and 0 total unknown parts.

Download the file BOTANICAL.TXT (88 KB) or the file BOTANICAL.XLS (311 KB).

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