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Table 35. Mass Analysis of Chipped-Stone Debris, Yellow Jacket Pueblo

Size Grade

Cortex Category

<1 inch

1/2 inch

1/4 inch

<1/4 inch

Total

Local Materials

Dakota quartzite

absent

6

110

157

3

276

present

26

94

30

 

150

Burro Canyon chert

absent

3

120

168

2

293

present

7

56

19

 

82

Morrison chert/siltstone

absent

53

841

2,963

135

3,992

present

321

868

459

7

1,655

Morrison quartzite

absent

50

1,124

3,639

180

4,993

present

807

1,645

734

5

3,191

Sandstone

absent

2

34

105

3

144

present

47

108

34

2

191

Slate/shale

absent

 

4

14

1

19

present

4

7

5

 

16

Semilocal Materials

Agate/chalcedony

absent

 

26

88

1

115

present

 

8

3

 

11

Brushy Basin chert/siltstone

absent

5

51

77

1

134

present

12

26

7

 

45

Conglomerate

absent

 

4

7

 

11

present

4

2

 

 

6

Igneous

absent

 

4

5

 

9

present

1

 

 

 

1

Petrified wood

absent

 

3

1

 

4

present

 

2

 

 

2

Nonlocal Materials

Obsidian

absent

 

6

10

 

16

present

1

 

2

 

3

Red jasper

absent

 

4

10

 

14

present

 

2

1

 

3

Washington Pass chert

absent

 

4

9

 

13

present

 

 

 

 

0

Unknown Materials

Unknown chert/siltstone

absent

1

13

29

2

45

present

 

7

4

 

11

Unknown quartzite

absent

 

8

12

3

23

present

1

5

1

 

7

Total

absent

120

2,356

7,294

331

10,101

present

1,231

2,830

1,299

14

5,374

NOTE: Numeric table entries are counts.

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