Artifacts

by Scott G. Ortman

Table 28. Percents of Chipped-Stone Debris and Tools by Material, Castle Rock Pueblo

Material Class
Raw Material
Chipped-Stone Debris
Cores and Core Tools
Expedient Tools
Formal Tools
Local
Dakota Formation
10.61
12.39
12.10
35.62
Morrison Formation
81.85
64.60
67.74
8.22
conglomerate
0.71
1.77
0.00
0.00
igneous
2.72
6.19
4.84
0.00
slate/shale
0.02
1.33
0.81
0.00
sandstone
1.04
0.88
1.61
0.00
Semilocal
agate/chalcedony
0.95
0.44
1.61
19.18
jet
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
petrified wood
0.05
0.00
0.00
5.48
Nonlocal
obsidian
0.05
0.00
0.00
2.74
Washington Pass chert
0.00
0.00
0.81
0.00
nonlocal chert/siltstone
0.26
0.00
0.00
4.11
Unknown
unknown chert/siltstone
0.77
9.29
8.87
24.66
unknown quartzite
0.95
3.10
1.61
0.00
TOTAL
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00

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