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Prehispanic Chiefdoms in the Valle de la Plata: Formative 3 Communities Dataset
Luis Gonzalo Jaramillo E.

Ceramic information from rims

This file contains information from the ceramic analysis conducted on rim sherds only (see pp. 123-125 for how the analysis was performed). The file has 119 lines with each line representing one lot number. RIMS.TXT has 28 variables separated by commas. The 28 variables are, in the following order:

1 Corte Number (see pp. 17)
2 Lot Number (see pp. 17)
3 Site Number (see pp. 17)
4 Square Assignment (for areal excavations only: C-XI, C-XII, and C- XIII). Cortes I through X are "0" (see pp. 17)
5 Level (see pp. 17)
6 Number of very elaborated, highly burnished Tachuelo jar sherds (see pp. 123-125)
7 Number of very elaborated, moderately burnished Tachuelo jar sherds (see pp. 123-125)
8 Number of very elaborated, lightly burnished Tachuelo jar sherds (see pp. 123-125)
9 Number of moderately elaborated, lightly burnished Tachuelo jar sherds (see pp. 123-125)
10 Number of very elaborated, highly burnished, Tachuelo bowl sherds (see pp. 123-125)
11 Number of very elaborated, moderately burnished, Tachuelo bowl sherds (see pp. 123-125)
12 Number of very elaborated, lightly burnished, Tachuelo bowl sherds (see pp. 123-125)
13 Number of moderately elaborated, highly burnished, Tachuelo bowl sherds (see pp. 123-125)
14 Number of moderately elaborated, lightly burnished, Tachuelo bowl sherds. (see pp. 123-125)
15 Number of not elaborated, lightly burnished, Tachuelo bowl sherds (see pp. 123-125)
16 Number of highly elaborated, moderately burnished, Planaditas jar sherds (pp. 123-125)
17 Number of highly elaborated, lightly burnished, Planaditas jar sherds (pp. 123-125)
18 Number of highly elaborated, highly burnished, Planaditas bowl sherds (pp. 123-125)
19 Number of highly elaborated, moderately burnished, Planaditas bowl sherds (pp. 123-125)
20 Number of highly elaborated, lightly burnished, Planaditas bowl sherds (pp. 123-125)
21 Number of moderately elaborated, lightly burnished, Planaditas jar sherds (pp. 123-125)
22 Number of moderately elaborated, highly burnished, Planaditas bowl sherds (pp. 123-125)
23 Number of moderately elaborated, moderately burnished, Planaditas bowl sherds (pp. 123-125)
24 Number of moderately elaborated, lightly burnished, Planaditas bowl sherds (pp. 123-125)
25 Number of not elaborated, highly burnished, Planaditas jar sherds (see pp. 123-125)
26 Number of not elaborated, moderately burnished, Planaditas jar sherds (see pp. 123-125)
27 Number of not elaborated, lightly burnished, Planaditas jar sherds (see pp. 123-125)
28 Number of not elaborated, lightly burnished, Planaditas bowl sherds (see pp. 123-125)

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

"XI",87,466,"E",2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,4,0,0,3,0

Which indicates that lot 87 was in Corte XI at Valle de la Plata site VP466. It was found in square E, level 2. There was 1 sherd of moderately elaborated, moderately burnished Planaditas bowl, 4 sherds of moderately elaborated, lightly burnished Planaditas bowls, and 3 sherds of not elaborated, lightly burnished Planaditas jars.

The last (119th) line is:

"XIII",354,467,"L",5,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0

Lot 354 was in Corte XIII of Valle de la Plata site VP467, square L, level 5. There was 1 sherd of a very elaborated lightly burnished Tachuelo bowl.

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