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Chapter Contents, Artifacts
Introduction
Processing and Analysis of Artifacts in the Laboratory
Disposition of Materials
Curation
Repatriation
Destructive Analyses
Other Studies of Sand Canyon Pueblo Artifacts
Organization and Use of This Chapter
Pottery Sherds
Analysis and Data-Recording Protocol
Unmodified Sherds
By Ware and Type
Period of Site Occupation
Length of Site Occupation
Occupation History
By Ware and Form
By Type and Paint
Rim Sherds by Ware and Type
Rim Sherds by Ware and Form
White Ware Rim Sherds by Type and Form
White Ware Rim Sherds by Form and Paint
Summary of the Unmodified-Sherd Analysis
Modified and Shaped Sherds
By Type and Form
Locations and Contexts
Pottery Vessels
By Form and Ware
Vessel Analysis Data
Vessel Provenience Data
Undocumented Reconstructible Vessels
Functional Analyses of Pottery
Vessel Size Class
Volumetric Relationships Among Vessel Size Classes
Rim-Arc Analysis
Studies of Painted Designs on White Ware Bowls
Discussion of Functional Analyses
Pottery Production and Exchange
Direct Evidence of Production
Polishing Stones
Modified Sherds
Potting Clay and Unfired Sherds
Sherd Containers
Summary of Pottery-Production Evidence
Evidence of Local Pottery Exchange
Temper Data
Paste Data: Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA)
Local Red Ware
Evidence of Nonlocal Pottery Exchange
Discussion of Pottery Production and Exchange
Summary of the Pottery Data for Sand Canyon Pueblo
Chipped-Stone Artifacts
Lithic Raw Materials
Raw Material Types
Local Raw Materials
Semilocal Raw Materials
Nonlocal Raw Materials
Artifact Type by Raw Material
Raw Materials Identified in the Chipped-Stone Tool and Debitage Assemblages
Distribution of Semilocal and Nonlocal Lithic Raw Materials
Intrasite Distribution of Extralocal Lithic Raw Materials
Intersite Distribution of Extralocal Lithic Raw Materials
Summary and Discussion of Lithic Raw Materials
Debitage Studies
Methods of Analysis
Analysis Results
Intersite Comparisons
Formal Chipped-Stone Tools
Bifaces and Drills
Projectile Points
Summary and Discussion of Formal Chipped-Stone Tools
Summary of Chipped-Stone-Artifact Data
Ground-Stone Artifacts
Methods of Analysis
Inventory
Artifact Type by Raw Material
Artifact Type by Condition
Summary and Discussion of Ground-Stone Tools
Battered and/or Polished Stone Tools
Methods of Analysis
Inventory
Artifact Type by Raw Material
Artifact Type by Condition
Axes and Mauls
Summary and Discussion of Battered and/or Polished Stone Tools
Other Stone Artifacts and Minerals
Animal Remains
Eggshell
Bulk Animal Bone
Bone Tools
Intrasite Analyses
Results of Midden Analysis
Midden Assemblages and Community Organization
Midden Assemblages and Functional Change
Results of Abandonment-Context Analysis
Identification of Abandonment Contexts
Abandonment Assemblages and Community Organization
Abandonment Assemblages and Abandonment
Abandonment Assemblages and Functional Change
Postabandonment Assemblages
Summary and Conclusions: The Sand Canyon Archaeological Project Research Design
Community Organization
Differentiation
Integration
Intensity
Abandonment and Change
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