Chipped-Stone Debris, Fields and Codes, Research Database, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center

Chipped-Stone Debris Search - Data Fields and Codes

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Site No.: Site number with state and county designation, e.g., 5MT1825

SU Type: Study unit type

ARB - Arbitrary Unit
BHT - Backhoe Trench
COL - Collections Research
GEN - General Site
ISO - Isolated Occurrence
NST - Nonstructure
OTH - Other
STR - Structure
VOI - Void
WAL - Wall

SU No.: Study unit number

SU Description: Study unit descriptive type

10 - subterranean kiva
11 - aboveground kiva
12 - kiva, type unknown
13 - kiva corner room
14 - earth-walled pit structure
15 - subterranean structure, type unknown
20 - subterranean room
21 - masonry surface structure
22 - nonmasonry surface room
23 - masonry structure, type unknown
24 - other masonry structure
30 - midden
31 - extramural surface
32 - reservoir
33 - road
34 - cultural deposit, type unknown
35 - noncultural
36 - extramural pit feature
50 - multiple study unit types
99 - not further specified

FAP: Fill/assemblage position

10 - surface contact: prepared floor surface
11 - surface contact: ash or other accumulation on a floor
12 - surface contact: capped surface
13 - surface contact: and fill above
14 - surface contact: bench surface
15 - surface contact: other feature surface
16 - surface contact: ephemeral or reuse surface in fill
17 - surface contact: modern ground surface
18 - surface contact: natural or bedrock surface
19 - surface contact: other
20 - fill: surface feature contents
30 - fill: wall fall
31 - fill: roof fall
32 - fill: wall fall and roof fall
33 - fill: below wall fall
34 - fill: below roof fall
35 - fill: below wall and roof fall
36 - fill: above wall/roof fall
37 - fill: below wall fall and above roof fall
38 - fill: upper
39 - fill: lower
40 - fill: below a cultural surface
41 - fill: prehistoric ground surface or buried A horizon
48 - fill: not further specified
49 - fill: other
60 - architectural deposit: construction
90 - sterile: undisturbed sediment or geologic deposit
97 - not applicable: fill/assemblage position is not applicable
98 - indeterminate: fill/assemblage position cannot be determined
99 - other: fill/assemblage position is not in this list

FAT: Fill/assemblage type

10 - cultural deposit: not further specified
11 - cultural deposit: primary refuse
12 - cultural deposit: secondary refuse
13 - cultural deposit: de facto refuse
14 - cultural deposit: mixed refuse
15 - cultural deposit: recently disturbed
19 - cultural deposit: other
20 - collapsed structure: not further specified
21 - collapsed structure: with de facto refuse
22 - collapsed structure: with mixed refuse
29 - collapsed structure: other
30 - postabandonment deposit: not further specified
31 - postabandonment deposit: natural processes
39 - postabandonment deposit: other
40 - natural deposit: during occupation
50 - mixed deposit: not further specified
51 - mixed deposit: postabandonment and cultural refuse
52 - mixed deposit: recent disturbance
53 - mixed deposit: sampling column
59 - mixed deposit: other
70 - construction deposit: not further specified
71 - construction deposit: refuse fill
72 - construction deposit: clean fill
73 - construction deposit: rubble fill
74 - construction deposit: masonry
79 - construction deposit: other
90 - noncultural deposit: not further specified
91 - noncultural deposit: other
97 - not applicable: fill/assemblage type is not applicable
98 - indeterminate: fill/assemblage type cannot be determined
99 - other deposit: fill/assemblage type is not in this list

PD: Provenience designation number

FS: Field specimen number

PL: Point location number

Material Code: Artifact material

Size: Mesh/screen dimensions

1 - 1-inch screen
2 - 1/2-inch screen
4 - 1/4-inch screen
5 - smaller than 1/4-inch screen

Cortex: Presence/absence of cortex

A - absent
P - present

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