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Comparative Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh
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Sogamoso Settlement Dataset |
This dataset complements the dissertation Prehispanic and Colonial Settlement Patterns of the Sogamoso Valley by Sebastian Fajardo Bernal (which can be freely downloaded from the University of Pittsburgh's Electronic Theses and Dissertations Database). It provides detailed information about the location and types of artifacts recovered from a 123 km2 survey of the Sogamoso Valley, Colombia. The data are discussed in full in the dissertation, whose contents are as follows:
- 1 Hierarchy, Integrative Forces and Social Change in Early Complex Societies
- 1.1 Muisca Societies: A Comparative Study in the Eastern Highlands of Colombia
- 2 Environment and Methods
- 2.1 Environment
- 2.2 Field Methods
- 2.3 Analysis Methods
- 3 Early Sedentary Communities in the Sogamoso Valley
- 3.1 The Herrera Period
- 3.2 The Early Muisca Period
- 3.3 The Late Muisca Period
- 3.4 The Colonial Period
- 4 The Sogamoso Valley in the Eastern Highlands
- 4.1 The Demographic Scale of Human Communities
- 4.2 The Characteristics of Local Communities
- 4.3 The Characteristics of Supra-Local Communities
- 4.4 Centripetal Forces Attracting Large Populations and Degrees of Inequality
- 4.5 Future Directions
Funding to collect the data presented here was provided by a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (No.1338883) and an Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia Grant (CTO 099 de 2014).
Fajardo Bernal, Sebastian (2016) Prehispanic and Colonial Settlement Patterns of the Sogamoso Valley. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh.
Fajardo Bernal, Sebastian (2017) Sogamoso Settlement Dataset. Comparative Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh. URL: <http://www.cadb.pitt.edu>.
Questions or comments about this dataset or the Comparative Archaeology Database can be directed to cadb@pitt.edu via email.
Numeric data are provided in two file formats. Comma-delimited text files should be easy to import into spreadsheet, database, and statistical programs for manipulation and analysis. Excel spreadsheets are easier to browse, and can also be imported into many programs. The numeric data files are as follows:
| Artifact inventory: Artifact counts for each collection unit. Ceramics are sorted by style, period, and form. Sherd densities for all collection units are also provided. |
Spatial information is provided as AutoCAD (Release 12) .DXF files which can be read by many CAD and GIS programs. AutoCAD drawing units are in meters. The coordinate system for all spatial data is UTM Zone 18 N (units are meters) based on the WGS84 datum.
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