Comparative Archaeology Database | Center for Comparative Archaeology | University of Pittsburgh
Barranca Settlement Dataset
The data files below provide lithic counts for each test pit, broken down by tool type.
[Comma delimited ASCII text format]
[Excel format]
Each line in the comma delimited text file represents one test pit. There are 259 lines, each with 23 variables separated by commas. The variables are listed in the following order:
| 1 | POZO: The excavation pit from which artifacts were collected |
| 2 | No diagnóstica: Total number of non-diagnostic lithics |
| 3 | Desechos de talla: Total number of lithics representing carving waste |
| 4 | Raspador: Total number of scrapers |
| 5 | Pulidor: Total number of polishers |
| 6 | Cuchillo: Total number of knives |
| 7 | Cuchillo discoidal: Total number of disc knives |
| 8 | Cuchillo lasqueado bifacial: Total number of bifacial flaked knives |
| 9 | Raedera de sÃlice: Total number of silica scrapers |
| 10 | Preforma de celt: Total number of preform celts |
| 11 | Preforma de hacha: Total number of ax preforms |
| 12 | Martillo: Total number of hammers |
| 13 | Hacha unifacial (chopper): Total number of unifacial choppers |
| 14 | Fragmento de metate: Total number of metate fragments |
| 15 | Lasca celt: Total number of celt flakes |
| 16 | Plomo: Total number of lead artifacts |
| 17 | Celts: Total number of celt shaped polished adzes |
| 18 | Mano de moler: Total number of mano fragments |
| 19 | Remate de baston: Total number of baton caps |
| 20 | Cuarzo: Total number of quartz fragments |
| 21 | Machacador: Total number of crushers |
| 22 | Expuesta al fuego: Total number of lithics that show evidence of burning |
| 23 | Total: Total number of lithics |
The first line of the ASCII text file, for example, looks like this:
A1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
This means that the ceramics belong to the test pit A1. There were 0 non-diagnostic lithics, 0 lithics representing carving waste, 0 scrapers, 0 polishers, 0 knives, 0 disc knives, 0 bifacial flaked knives, 0 silica scrapers, 0 preform celts, 0 ax preforms, 0 hammers, 0 unifacial choppers, 0 metate fragments, 0 celt flakes, 0 lead artifacts, 0 celt shaped polished adzes, 0 mano fragments, 0 baton caps, 0 quartz fragments, 0 crushers, 0 lithics that show evidence of burning, and 0 lithics in total.