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Upper Térraba Regional Dataset |
This dataset complements the dissertation Religious Organization and Political Structure in Pre-hispanic Southern Costa Rica by Felipe Sol C. (which can be freely downloaded from the University of Pittsburgh's Electronic Theses and Dissertations Database). It provides detailed data on archaeological remains recovered during a systematic full-coverage survey of the Upper Térraba Basin of southern Costa Rica. The data are discussed in full in the dissertation, whose contents are as follows:
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Methodology
- Chapter 3: Chronology
- Chapter 4: Regional Demographic Reconstruction
- Chapter 5: Social Organization
- Chapter 6: Factors Affecting Social Organization
- Chapter 7: Conclusions
- Appendix A: Ceramic Modes from the Upper Térraba Basin
- Appendix B: Petroglyph Design Groups from the Upper Térraba Basin
- Bibliography
Funding to collect the data presented here was provided by a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (Award No. BCS-1125540) and a Leslie Holdridge Scientific Research Grant from the Tropical Science Center.
Sol C., Felipe (2014a) Religious Organization and Political Structure in Pre-hispanic Southern Costa Rica. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh.
Sol C., Felipe (2014b) Upper Térraba Regional Dataset. Comparative Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh. URL: <http://www.cadb.pitt.edu>.
Questions or comments about this dataset or the Comparative Archaeology Database can be directed to cadb@pitt.edu via email.
Spatial information is provided as AutoCAD (Release 12) DXF and Esri SHP files. AutoCAD drawing units are in meters. The coordinate system for all maps is the Costa Rica national mapping grid system current at the time the fieldwork was carried out: CRTM05.
| Collection lots: Location, extents, and identification number for each artifact collection lot within the study region. | Survey Limits |
| Quebradas Period occupation map. | Aguas Buenas Period occupation map. |
| Chiriquí Period occupation map. | Petroglyphs: Location of petroglyphs located within the study area. |
| Funerary lots: Location of lots containing evidence of funerary activity. |
Numeric data are provided in two file formats. Comma-delimited text files should be easy to import into spreadsheet, database, and statistical programs for manipulation and analysis. Excel spreadsheets are easier to browse, and can also be imported into many programs. The numeric data files are as follows:
| Collection information: ID number, locational data, and volume or area for each surface collection or shovel test probe. | Ceramic information by period: Breakdown of ceramic counts by period and associated sherd densities for every surface collection or shovel test probe. |
| Lithic inventory: Breakdown of lithic material by type for each surface collection or shovel test probe. |
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