Soil Systems, Inc. Faunal Remains Modification Coding Sheet

Year: 2008

Summary

Soil Systems, Inc faunal analysts used this coding scheme to record natural and/or cultural processes that modified the condition of the recovered faunal elements. Analysts recorded up to three separate processes in three data columns: MODIFICATION1, MODIFICATION2, and MODIFICATION3.

Cite this Record

Soil Systems, Inc. Faunal Remains Modification Coding Sheet. 2008 ( tDAR id: 365101) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8DB8025

Category: Fauna

Subcategory: Modification

Coding Rules

Code Term Description Mapped Ontology Node
1 Present (see Comments)
2 Caliche Coated Natural Process
3 Carnivore Gnawed Natural Process
4 Carnivore Gnawed, Questionable Natural Process
6 Eroded from soil Natural Process
7 Fresh Color and/or Recent Natural Process
8 Gnawed (Carnivore or Rodent) Natural Process
9 Mineral Stained Natural Process
10 Root Etched Natural Process
11 Rodent Gnawed Natural Process
12 Weathered Natural Process
13 Non‑cultural Stria Natural Process
14 Salt Crystals Adhering to Bone Natural Process
17 Diseased Natural Process
20 Raptor Gnawed Natural Process
21 Carnivore Digestion (by stomach acid) Natural Process
22 Carnivore Digestion: Polished Natural Process
23 Carnivore Digestion: Eroded Natural Process
24 Carnivore Digestion: Polished and Eroded Natural Process
25 Natural Bone Natural Process
30 Cut mark(s) Cultural Process
35 Stria Cultural Process
40 Polished‑Artifact Cultural Process
41 Drilled Cultural Process
42 Ground Cultural Process
43 Scored and snapped Cultural Process
44 Flaked Cultural Process
45 Historic Saw Cuts Cultural Process
55 Recently broken (during excavation or in lab) Cultural Process
60 See Comments
Code Term Description
Special Coding Rules: These entries are not in the coding-sheet, but represent edge-cases in Data Integration that may benefit from custom mappings

This Coding Sheet is Used by the Following Datasets:

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