"Artifacts," by Scott G. Ortman

Table 40. Unusual Stone Objects Associated With the Floor of Structure 1201, Yellow Jacket Pueblo

PD

FS

PL

Artifact Category

Material

Weight (g)

Description

Fill/Assemblage Position

Fill/Assemblage Type

759

1

8

other modified stone

unknown stone

1,768.8

large limestone sphere with red jasper veins; crumbly; pecked and polished to shape

surface contact and fill above

mixed deposit: other

759

2

10

unmodified stone

conglomerate

918.5

irregular, waterworn cobble with large (approximately 10 cm) red jasper inclusion and smaller white and black quartz inclusions

surface contact and fill above

mixed deposit: other

759

7

7

other modified stone

fossil

320.1

large fossil bivalve shell; highly polished surface opposite fossil impression

surface contact and fill above

mixed deposit: other

760

1

11

other modified stone

unknown quartzite

1,132.2

large, irregular-shaped stone; minimal modification; possible fossil dinosaur bone fragment

surface contact: prepared floor surface

mixed deposit: other

PD = Provenience Designation; FS = Field Specimen; PL = Point Location.

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