Artifacts
by Jonathan D. Till and Scott G. Ortman

Table 52. Debitage Sample Reanalysis by Arakawa, Sand Canyon Pueblo: Size by Material Type

Size

Total

>1"

1/2"

1/4"

<1/4"

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Local Materials

Burro Canyon chert

 

 

4

1.5

3

1.2

 

 

7

1.2

Dakota/Burro Canyon silicified sandstone

4

7.8

14

5.1

37

14.5

3

21.4

58

9.8

Morrison chert

 

 

1

0.4

3

1.2

 

 

4

0.7

Morrison mudstone

24

47.1

155

56.8

131

51.4

7

50.0

317

53.5

Morrison silicified sandstone

18

35.3

87

31.9

69

27.1

4

28.6

178

30.0

Igneous

 

 

3

1.1

4

1.6

 

 

7

1.2

Sandstone

1

2.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

0.2

Semi-local Materials

Agate/chalcedony

 

 

3

1.1

3

1.2

 

 

6

1.0

Brushy Basin chert/siltstone

2

3.9

5

1.8

2

0.8

 

 

9

1.5

Nonlocal Materials

Obsidian

 

 

 

 

2

0.8

 

 

2

0.3

Unknown Materials

Unknown chert/siltstone

2

3.9

1

0.4

1

0.4

 

 

4

0.7

TOTAL

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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