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Comparative Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh
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Upper Daling Region Hongshan Household and Community Dataset |
The data files LITHTOOL.TXT and LITHTOOL.XLS contain additional detailed data on each formal lithic tool from the intensive collection squares. LITHTOOL.TXT is a comma-delimited ASCII text file, which should be easy to import into spreadsheet, database, and statistical programs for manipulation and analysis. LITHTOOL.XLS contains the same data in the form of an Excel spreadsheet which is easier to browse, and can also be imported into many programs. Each line in LITHTOOL.TXT and LITHTOOL.XLS represents one utilized edge on a lithic tool. There are 597 lines, each containing 32 variables in the following order:
| 1 | Square number: a four-digit number for 5-m intensive collection squares. |
| 2 | Phase: A = first phase of intensive surface collection; B = second phase of intensive surface collection (screening upper soil). |
| 3 | Key: a text string combining the square number and collection phase. |
| 4 | Artifact sequence number. L followed by a three-digit number. For artifacts with multiple utilized edges, the same artifact number is used on the initial record as well as repeat records for additional utilized edges. When a tool is remanufactured into a new tool separate artifact numbers are assigned to each tool, even though it is only one object. |
| 5 | Raw material of "good" quality (1=yes; recorded only on first record for artifacts having multiple records) |
| 6 | Raw material of "poor" quality (1=yes recorded only on first record for artifacts having multiple records) |
| 7 | Manufactured by flaking (1=yes; recorded only on first record for artifacts having multiple records) |
| 8 | Manufactured by grinding (1=yes; recorded only on first record for artifacts having multiple records) |
| 9 | Manufactured by pecking (1=yes; recorded only on first record for artifacts having multiple records) |
| 10 | Tool type is abrader (1=yes; recorded on all records for each artifact so as to count once for each edge) |
| 11 | Tool type is awl or drill (1=yes; recorded on all records for each artifact so as to count once for each edge) |
| 12 | Tool type is axe or adze (1=yes; recorded on all records for each artifact so as to count once for each edge) |
| 13 | Tool type is blade (1=yes; recorded on all records for each artifact so as to count once for each edge) |
| 14 | Tool type is retouched blade (1=yes; recorded on all records for each artifact so as to count once for each edge) |
| 15 | Tool type is retouched flaked (1=yes; recorded on all records for each artifact so as to count once for each edge) |
| 16 | Tool type is unifacial scraper (1=yes; recorded on all records for each artifact so as to count once for each edge) |
| 17 | Tool type is bifacial scrapers (1=yes; recorded on all records for each artifact so as to count once for each edge) |
| 18 | Tool type is chopper (1=yes; recorded on all records for each artifact so as to count once for each edge) |
| 19 | Tool type is blade core (1=yes; recorded on all records for each artifact so as to count once for each edge) |
| 20 | Tool type is unidirectional flake core (1=yes; recorded on all records for each artifact so as to count once for each edge) |
| 21 | Tool type is mujltidirectional flake core (1=yes; recorded on all records for each artifact so as to count once for each edge) |
| 22 | Tool type is projectile point (1=yes; recorded on all records for each artifact so as to count once for each edge) |
| 23 | Tool type is tool blank (1=yes; recorded on all records for each artifact so as to count once for each edge) |
| 24 | Edge angle is less than 25 degrees (1=yes) |
| 25 | Edge angle is 25-44 degrees (1=yes) |
| 26 | Edge angle is 45-65 degrees (1=yes) |
| 27 | Edge angle is greater than 65 degrees (1=yes) |
| 28 | Tool type (name of type written out; included on each record for artifacts with multiple records) |
| 29 | Numeric code for tool condition (6=almost complete; 7=indeterminate; 8=broken [proximal]; 9=broken [distal]; 10=broken [medial]; 11=broken [lateral]; 12=complete) |
| 30 | Edge angle measured in degrees at the midpoint (0 = core or indeterminate) |
| 31 | Repeat ("R" appears on all records except the first for all artifacts with multiple records) |
| 32 | Comments |
The first line of the ASCII text file LITHTOOL.TXT, for example, looks like this:
0001,B,0001B,L028,,1,1,,,,,,,,,1,,,,,,,,,,,1,scraper (unifacial),12,69,,
This means that the line contains data on a utilized edge of a tool from the second phase of intensive collection (raking and screening) in Square 0001. This edge was assigned sequence number L028. The tool is made of poor material; it is flaked (not ground or pecked); it is a unifacial scraper; this edge has a very obtuse angle; the tool is complete; the edge angle is 69°; this is the only edge coded for this tool; and there are no additional comments.
The last, or 597th line of the ASCII text file LITHTOOL.TXT is:
2075,A,2075A,L294,,1,1,,,,,,,,,1,,,,,,,,,,1,,scraper (unifacial),12,60,,
This means that the line contains data on a utilized edge of a tool from the first phase of intensive collection in Square 2075. This edge was assigned sequence number L294. The tool is made of poor material; it is flaked (not ground or pecked); it is a unifacial scraper; this edge has an obtuse angle; the tool is complete; the edge angle is 60°; this is the only edge coded for this tool; and there are no additional comments.
Download the file LITHTOOL.TXT (87 KB) or the file LITHTOOL.XLS (108 KB).