Artifacts
by Jonathan D. Till and Scott G. Ortman

Table 49. Debitage Sample Reanalysis by Arakawa, Sand Canyon Pueblo: Cortex and Size, by Material Type

Cortex

Size

Total

>1"

1/2"

1/4"

<1/4"

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Local Materials

Dakota/Burro Canyon silicified sandstone

absent

 

 

11

4.0

30

11.8

3

21.4

44

7.4

Dakota/Burro Canyon silicified sandstone

present

4

7.8

3

1.1

7

2.7

 

 

14

2.4

Burro Canyon chert

absent

 

 

2

0.7

3

1.2

 

 

5

0.8

Burro Canyon chert

present

 

 

2

0.7

 

 

 

 

2

0.3

Morrison silicified sandstone

not recorded

 

 

39

14.3

32

12.5

 

 

71

12.0

Morrison silicified sandstone

absent

10

19.6

33

12.1

27

10.6

4

28.6

74

12.5

Morrison silicified sandstone

present

8

15.7

15

5.5

10

3.9

 

 

33

5.6

Morrison mudstone

not recorded

 

 

114

41.8

85

33.3

 

 

199

33.6

Morrison mudstone

absent

4

7.8

28

10.3

39

15.3

7

50.0

78

13.2

Morrison mudstone

present

20

39.2

13

4.8

7

2.7

 

 

40

6.7

Morrison chert

absent

 

 

1

0.4

3

1.2

 

 

4

0.7

Igneous

absent

 

 

1

0.4

4

1.6

 

 

5

0.8

Igneous

present

 

 

2

0.7

 

 

 

 

2

0.3

Sandstone

present

1

2.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

0.2

Semi-local Materials

Agate/chalcedony

absent

 

 

3

1.1

2

0.8

 

 

5

0.8

Agate/chalcedony

present

 

 

 

 

1

0.4

 

 

1

0.2

Brushy Basin chert/siltstone

absent

 

 

2

0.7

1

0.4

 

 

3

0.5

Brushy Basin chert/siltstone

present

2

3.9

3

1.1

1

0.4

 

 

6

1.0

Nonlocal Materials

Obsidian

absent

 

 

 

 

2

0.8

 

 

2

0.3

Unknown Materials

Unknown chert/siltstone

present

2

3.9

1

0.4

1

0.4

 

 

4

0.7

TOTAL

51

51

100.0

273

100.0

255

100.0

14

100.0

593

100.0

* Rank, from highest to lowest ratio of items per kilogram of corrugated pottery, of site subdivisions with sufficient sample sizes.

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