"Artifacts," by Scott G. Ortman

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Table 36. Chipped-Stone Debris in Heavy Fractions of Flotation Samples, Yellow Jacket Pueblo

Size Grade

Cortex Category

<1 inch

1/2 inch

1/4 inch

<1/4 inch

Total

Local Materials

Dakota quartzite

primary refuse

1

3

4

secondary refuse

14

14

Burro Canyon chert

primary refuse

0

secondary refuse

2

2

Morrison chert/siltstone

primary refuse

4

4

secondary refuse

2

5

39

46

Morrison quartzite

primary refuse

1

2

13

16

secondary refuse

2

2

36

40

Sandstone

primary refuse

0

secondary refuse

1

1

Slate/shale

primary refuse

1

1

secondary refuse

1

11

12

Semilocal Materials

Agate/chalcedony

primary refuse

1

1

secondary refuse

5

5

Nonlocal Materials

Red jasper

primary refuse

0

secondary refuse

1

1

Total

primary refuse

0

1

3

22

26

secondary refuse

1

4

8

108

121

NOTE: Numeric table entries are counts.

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