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Comparative Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh
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Fushanzhuang Community Dataset |
The data files CERAMICS.TXT and CERAMICS.XLS provide ceramic sherd counts for each of the 19 intensive surface collection grids. The locations of the grids are given in Peterson (2006:37). Counts are for Hongshan sherds only; sherds of other periods, if present, are excluded. Intensive surface collections were carried out in three phases (Peterson 2006:24); the counts presented here are the sums for all three collection phases. Since different ceramic attributes were counted separately, this dataset does not contain information on how attributes (such as paste, vessel form, or decoration) combined on individual sherds. Incidences of decoration and surface treatment are not mutually exclusive; combinations were observed for some sherds. See Peterson (2006) for more details. CERAMICS.TXT is an ASCII text file; CERAMICS.XLS contains the same data in the form of an Excel spreadsheet. Each line represents one collection grid. There are 19 lines in the text file, each with 23 variables separated by commas. The variables are, in the following order:
| 1 | Intensive surface collection grid number |
| 2 | Total small fraction sherds |
| 3 | Number of small fraction coarse paste sherds |
| 4 | Number of small fraction fine paste sherds |
| 5 | Total large fraction sherds |
| 6 | Number of large fraction coarse paste sherds |
| 7 | Number of large fraction fine paste sherds |
| 8 | Number of jar (guan) sherds |
| 9 | Number of urn (weng) sherds |
| 10 | Total cooking/storage vessels (sum of variables 8 and 9) |
| 11 | Number of bowl (bo) sherds |
| 12 | Number of basin (pen) sherds |
| 13 | Total serving vessels (sum of variables 11 and 12) |
| 14 | Number of sherds indeterminate as to vessel type |
| 15 | Incidence of appliqué/punctate rims (duiwen) |
| 16 | Incidence of rocker-stamped decoration (zhiziwen) |
| 17 | Incidence of incised decoration (kehuawen) |
| 18 | Total incidences of decoration (sum of variables 15 through 17) |
| 19 | Number of sherds with slipped and painted surfaces (caitao) |
| 20 | Number of sherds with slipped and burnished surfaces (moguang/cailiang) |
| 21 | Total sherds with labor-intensive surface treatments (sum of variables 19 and 20) |
| 22 | Number of mat-impressed bases |
| 23 | Total sherds without decoration or special surface treatments (variable 5 minus the sum of variables 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, and 22) |
The first line of the ASCII text file, for example, looks like this:
F01,196,48,148,516,189,327,21,0,21,14,1,15,36,9,0,4,13,48,59,107,1,396
This indicates that the sherds come from collection grid F01. There are a total of 196 small fraction sherds, which includes 48 small fraction coarse paste sherds and 148 small fraction fine paste sherds. There are a total of 516 large fraction sherds, of which 189 have coarse paste and 327 have fine paste. There are 21 jar (guan) sherds and 0 urn (weng) sherds, for a total of 21 cooking/storage vessel sherds (the sum of variables 8 and 9). There are 14 bowl (bo) sherds and 1 basin (pen) sherd for a total of 15 serving vessel sherds (the sum of variables 11 and 12). There are 36 sherds of indeterminate vessel forms. There are 9 sherds that exhibit appliqué/punctate rims (duiwen), 0 with rocker-stamped decoration (zhiziwen), and 4 with incised decoration (kehuawen), for a total of 13 incidences of decoration (the sum of variables 15 through 17). There were a total of 48 sherds with slipped and painted surfaces (caitao) and 59 with slipped and burnished surfaces (moguang/cailiang) for a total of 107 sherds with labor-intensive surface treatments (the sum of variables 19 and 20). There was 1 mat-impressed base and 396 sherds without decoration or special surface treatments (variable 5 minus the sum of variables 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, and 22).
The last (19th) line of the ASCII text file is:
F16A-B,67,29,38,366,183,183,4,0,4,1,0,1,5,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,364
This indicates that the sherds come from collection grid F16A-B. There are a total of 67 small fraction sherds, which includes 29 small fraction coarse paste sherds and 38 small fraction fine paste sherds. There are a total of 366 large fraction sherds, of which 183 have coarse paste and 183 have fine paste. There are 4 jar (guan) sherds and 0 urn (weng) sherds, for a total of 4 cooking/storage vessel sherds (the sum of variables 8 and 9). There is 1 bowl (bo) sherds and 0 basin (pen) sherds for a total of 1 serving vessel sherd (the sum of variables 11 and 12). There are 5 sherds of indeterminate vessel forms. There are 0 sherds that exhibit appliqué/punctate rims (duiwen), 1 with rocker-stamped decoration (zhiziwen), and 0 with incised decoration (kehuawen), for a total of 1 incidences of decoration (the sum of variables 15 through 17). There were 0 sherds with slipped and painted surfaces (caitao) and 0 with slipped and burnished surfaces (moguang/cailiang) for a total of 0 sherds with labor-intensive surface treatments (the sum of variables 19 and 20). There was 1 mat-impressed base and 364 sherds without decoration or special surface treatments (variable 5 minus the sum of variables 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, and 22).
Click here to download the file CERAMICS.TXT (2 KB) or the file CERAMICS.XLS (31 KB).