VOLCÁN BARÚ DATASET--SURFACE COLLECTION DATA

Surface Collection Data

The file COLLECTIONS.TXT contains data on all surface collections made during the Volcán Barú project. It is available as a comma-delimited ASCII text file (and as an Excel spreadsheet, COLLECTIONS.XLS). Each line represents one surface collection. There are 681 lines in the text file, each containing the values for 28 variables separated by commas. The variables are, in the following order:

1	Site Number. BU2= Finca Café Olé, BU17= Sitio Pitti-González, BU24= Sitio Barriles
2	Collection number by site.
3	UTM Easting coordinate (in Zone 17 North). Based on the NAD27 datum.
4	UTM Northing coordinate (in Zone 17 North). Based on NAD27 datum.
5	GPS error, in meters.
6	Number of artifacts.
7	Kind of collection ("general" if a general collection of about .25 ha, the number of 7.1 m² circles if a dog-leash collection).
8	Number of sherds.
9	Number of lithics.
10	Number of unidentifiable sherds (excluded from other counts).
11	Number of Early Bugaba Phase sherds.
12	Number of Late Bugaba Phase sherds.
13	Number of undecorated sherds.
14	Number of decorated sherds.
15	Number of Zoned Bichrome sherds.
16	Number of Bugaba Engraved sherds.
17	Number of rim or base fragments.
18	Number of identifiable cooking vessel fragments.
19	Number of identifiable serving vessel fragments.
20	Number of andesite stone artifacts.
21	Number of basalt stone artifacts.
22	Number of other stone (i.e. chert, mudstone, petrified wood) artifacts.
23	Number of stone tool production artifacts.
24	Number of stone tool maintenance artifacts.
25	Number of finished stone tool artifacts.
26	Number of stone axe artifacts (some of these also count as stone tool production or repair artifacts).
27	Number of grinding stones.
28	Number of ceramic kiln wasters.

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

BU17,1,325475,979158,9.1,58,1,46,12,2,27,16,40,6,0,3,1,0,0,3,3,0,0,6,0,0,0,0

This indicates that this collection belongs to site BU17 (or Pitti-González), was the first collection made in the site, occupies an UTM Easting coordinate of 325475 and a UTM Northing coordinate of 979158, had a GPS error of 9.1 meters, contained 58 total artifacts, consisted of 1 dog-leash circle, contained 46 sherds, 12 lithics, 2 unidentifiable sherds, 27 sherds of Cerro Punta Orange (or generally assignable to the Early Bugaba Phase), 16 sherds of Valbuena or Plain ware (or generally assignable to the Late Bugaba Phase), 40 undecorated sherds, 6 decorated sherds, no Zoned Bichrome sherds, 3 Bugaba Engraved sherds, 1 rim or base, no cooking vessel sherds, no serving vessel sherds, 3 andesite artifacts, 3 basalt artifacts, no other stone artifacts, no stone production artifacts, 6 stone maintenance artifacts, no finished stone tools, no stone axes, no grinding stones, and no ceramic kiln wasters.

The last (681st) line of the file looks like this:

BU19,8,323365,977272,6.4,11,general,9,2,0,8,0,9,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,0

This indicates that this test belongs to site BU19, was the eighth collection made in the site, occupies an UTM Easting coordinate of 323365 and a UTM Northing coordinate of 977272, had a GPS error of 6.4 meters, contained 11 total artifacts, was a general collection, contained 9 sherds, 2 lithics, no unidentifiable sherds, 8 sherds of Cerro Punta Orange (or generally assignable to the Early Bugaba Phase), no sherds of Valbuena or Plain ware (or generally assignable to the Late Bugaba Phase), 9 undecorated sherds, no decorated sherds, no Zoned Bichrome sherds, no Bugaba Engraved sherds, 1 rim or base, 1 cooking vessel sherd, no serving vessel sherds, 1 andesite artifact, 1 basalt artifact, no other stone artifacts, 1 stone production artifact, 1 stone maintenance artifact, no finished stone tools, no stone axes, no grinding stones, and no ceramic kiln wasters.

Click here to download the file COLLECTIONS.TXT (51 KB) or the file COLLECTIONS.XLS (154 KB).

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