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Comparative Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh
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Agricultural Production at Palenque Dataset |
The file CERAMICS.TXT contains data on ceramics recovered from the excavations. These data are in the form of an ASCII text file that can be read directly or easily imported to an application program such as a database manager or statistics package. The file contains 3446 lines, one for each excavated provenience and combination of ceramic characteristics. On each line are 12 numbers separated by commas. These are:
| 1 | Provenience Number (8 digits--first and second digits are site number; third and fourth are structure number; fifth: 1=trench, 2=pit; sixth: 1=adjacent to structure, 2=outside structure, 3=in patio, 4=in structure, 5=burial, 6=midden, 7=cache; seventh is operation number; eighth is level number [top to bottom]) |
| 2 | Ceramic Group: 1=Pigua; 2=Tucán; 3=Cereque; 4=Pochitoque; 5=Cojolita; 6=Chablekal Fine Gray; 7=Balancan Fine Orange; 8=Encanto; 9=Toloque; 10=Danta; 11=Tinaja; 12=Iguana |
| 3 | Ceramic Type: 1=Chakté Red, Chakté variety; 2=Kanixté Cream, Kanixte variety; 3=Kanixté Cream, Pino variety; 4=Bahlum Brown, Bahlum variety; 5=Bahlum Brown, Pila variety; 6=Bahlum Brown, Casita variety; 7=Bahlum Brown, Fito variety; 8=Manik Red on Cream, Manik variety; 9=Kuk Gray, Kuk variety; 10=Kichán Orange, Kichán variety; 11=Akul Brown, Akul variety; 12=Akul Brown, Saeta variety; 13=Hok Grooved, Hok variety; 14=Chablekal Gray, Chablekal variety; 15=Nabe Fine Orange; 16=Mahkina Modeled; 17=Encanto Striated; 18=Cambio Unslipped; 19=Xoc Red; 20=Pek Unslipped; 21=Tinaja Red; 22=Cutz Polychrome; 23=Imix Coarse; 24=Lahun with Appliqué; 25=Lahun with Appliqué, Mango Hueco variety; 26=Telchac Composite; 27=Cholul Grooved |
| 4 | Part of Vessel: 1=Body; 2=Base; 3=Support; 4=Rim; 5=Neck; 6=Shoulder; 7=Handle or appliqué |
| 5 | Vessel Form: 1=Bowl with straight flaring walls; 2=Bowl with outcurved walls; 3=Bowl with incurved walls; 4=Apaxtle; 5=Plate with straight flaring walls; 6=Plate with outcurved walls; 7=Plate with incurved walls; 8=Cup with cylindrical body; 9=Cup with straight flaring walls; 10=Olla with vertical neck; 11=Olla with flaring neck; 12=Olla with short collar; 13=Composite silhouette bowl; 14=Bowl with conical body (conical incensario); 15=Incensario with pedestal; 16=Flat incensario; 17=Lid; 18=Figurine fragment; 19=Appliqué decoration |
| 6 | Form of support: 1=Button; 2=Conical (hollow); 3=Ring; 4=Pedestal (solid or hollow); 5=Conical (solid) |
| 7 | Base: 1=Flat; 2=Convex; 3=Concave |
| 8 | Rim form: 1=Directo, labio redondeado; 2=Directo, labio aplanado; 3=Exterior ensanchado, labio redondeado; 4=Interior ensanchado, labio redondeado; 5=Interior ensanchado, labio biselado; 5=Saliente redondeado hacia el exterior; 6=Saliente redondeado hacia el interior; 7=Saliente horizontal (evertido horizontal), labio redondeado; 8=Ensanchamiento bilateral; 9=Saliente divergente labio redondeado; 10=Directo biselado interno; 11=Saliente redondeado hacia el exterior; 12=Interior ensanchado, labio aplanado; 13=Saliente horizontal, labio aplanado; 14=Exterior reforzado, labio aplanado; 15=Reforzado externo, labio redondeado; 16=Reforzado bilateral; 17=Reforzado externo, labio horizontal; 18=Interior ensanchado, borde plano; 19=Reforzado externo, labio aplanado con moldura; 20=Reforzado externo labio aplanado con doble moldura; 21=Directo con moldura; 22=Reforzado externo labio biselado; 23=Directo biselado externo |
| 9 | Diameter (cm) |
| 10 | Thickness (cm) |
| 11 | Rim thickness (cm) These are sherds with unequivocal diagnostic features. |
| 12 | Number of sherds |
The first line of the file, for example, looks like this:
2031111,1,1,5,10,,,,,1.10,,
It contains the data on sherds from provenience 2031111, that belong to the Pigua ceramic group, the Chakté Red type and Chakté variety, that are neck fragments, from ollas with vertical necks, no information about form of support, no information about base, no information about rim form, no diameter measurement, 1.10 cm thick, no rim thickness measurement, no information about number of sherds.
The last (or 3446th) line of the file is:
71042361,1,1,1,,,,,,0.65,,8
It contains the data on sherds from provenience 71042361, that belong to the Pigua ceramic group, the Chakté Red type and Chakté variety, that are body sherds, no information on vessel form, no information on form of support, no information on base, no information on rim form, no diameter measurement, 0.65 cm thick, no rim thickness measurement, 8 sherds.
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