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Table 43. Chipped-Stone Tools by Material Type, Sand Canyon Pueblo
Biface
Drill
Projectile Point
Core
Modified Core
Pecking Stone
Chipped-Stone Tool
Modified Flake
Total
N
%
N
%
N
%
N
%
N
%
N
%
N
%
N
%
N
%
Local Materials
Dakota quartzite
56
60.9
11
31.4
54
49.1
32
8.8
26
6.9
7
8.3
64
15.0
250
16.6
Morrison chert/siltstone
9
9.8
8
22.9
9
8.2
202
55.6
11
45.8
70
18.7
35
41.7
195
45.7
539
35.7
Morrison quartzite
3
3.3
1
2.9
6
5.5
99
27.3
13
54.2
267
71.2
30
35.7
141
33.0
560
37.1
Igneous
2
0.5
2
0.1
Quartz
1
0.3
1
0.1
Semi-local Materials
Agate/chalcedony
11
12.0
4
11.4
15
13.6
2
0.6
2
2.4
2
0.5
36
2.4
Petrified wood
3
3.3
1
2.9
3
2.7
1
1.2
4
0.9
12
0.8
Nonlocal Materials
Obsidian
4
3.6
4
0.3
Washington Pass chert
1
2.9
1
0.9
2
0.5
4
0.3
Nonlocal chert/siltstone
3
3.3
3
8.6
5
4.5
1
0.3
4
4.8
2
0.5
18
1.2
Unknown Materials
Unknown chert/siltstone
7
7.6
5
14.3
12
10.9
22
6.1
2
0.5
5
6.0
15
3.5
68
4.5
Unknown quartzite
1
2.9
1
0.9
4
1.1
5
1.3
2
0.5
13
0.9
Unknown stone
2
0.5
2
0.1
Unidentified lithic material
1
0.3
1
0.1
TOTAL
92
100.0
35
100.0
110
100.0
363
100.0
24
100.0
375
100.0
84
100.0
427
100.0
1,510
100.0
a The paint types reported here are based on a reanalysis of these sherds and therefore may be at variance with the results presented in Table 9. The "mixed" category, used here, was not a part of the original paint-type analysis.
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