Linked Provenience-Feature Class

Linked Provenience-Feature Class

Part of the Dolores Archaeological Program project

Year: 2000

Summary

The linked provenience category is an organized way to describe how a feature was excavated, and where artifacts were found within that feature. The categories are numerically based in order to systematically define excavation strategy and the execution of that strategy. Each vertical and horizontal strategy is denoted with a corresponding number---for example horizontal excavation strategies are broken down into whole study unit, locus, segment, half, strip, quadrant, etc. (Wilshusen et al. 1999: 153). This dataset is also used to record the general dimensions of an observed feature, as well as the current existing measurements and the three main materials utilized in the construction of that specific feature. Further explanations of the grid system used to segment an excavation unit are available in the metadata, as well as in Wilshusen et al. 1999: 152-5.

Cite this Record

Linked Provenience-Feature Class. 2000 ( tDAR id: 366756) ; doi:10.6067/XCV83B613V

Data Set Structure

Measurement Column

Count Column

Coded Column

Filename Column

Integration Column (has Ontology)

Table Information: dap-linked-provenience-feature-class

Column Name	Data Type	Type	Category	Coding Sheet	Ontology	Search
exlngth	The existing length of the feature, measured in centimeters.
exlngth	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location	none	none	true
fefat	The fill/assemblage type designations are essentially attempting to identify the primary formation processes contributing to the deposition of materials within each study unit, or feature in this case.
fefat	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Volume	none	none	true
fegrid	A subdivision of the Feature horizontal—a value which denotes excavation strategy—and is only used when the Feature Horizontal value begins with “6” or “7,” measured east in meters.
fegrid	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Lookup : Code	none	none	true
fehoriz	This variable indicates the horizontal excavation strategy employed in the recovery of a non-flaked-lithic tool item from a feature context. Locus and segments are assigned a sequential number within each study unit. Half, strip, and quadrant designations are associated with one of eight cardinal directions. Coordinates in meters south are provided for grid square excavations. In some cases, excavations were conducted within grid squares tied to a numbered local datum.
fehoriz	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Recovery Method	none	none	true
fevert	This variable indicates the vertical excavation strategy employed in the recovery of a non-flaked-lithic tool item from a feature context. Vertical excavation of each feature may have been conducted with respect to natural strata, arbitrary levels, cultural surfaces, or full cuts.
fevert	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Recovery Method	none	none	true
inlngth	The inferred length of the feature, measured in centimeters.
inlngth	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location	none	none	true
inwidth	The inferred width of the feature, measured in centimeters.
inwidth	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location	none	none	true
mater1	One of ten values to denote the material of which the feature is constructed. This value represents the most dominant material of the feature.
mater1	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Lookup : Code	none	none	true
mater3	One of ten values to denote the material of which the feature is constructed. This value represents the third-most dominant material of the feature.
mater3	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Lookup : Code	none	none	true
profile	One of ten values to denote the shape of the feature when in profile view.
profile	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Lookup : Code	none	none	true
site	Site number refers only to the sequential position of a site within a single Smithsonian state and county designation. To obtain a full site number for any entry, this value must be appended to the Smithsonian state and county designation.
site	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location	none	none	true
stco	Denotes the state and county in which the site is located.
stco	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location	none	none	true
subarea	Sites excavated by subsections were given corresponding area designations. If further horizontal control was required, subarea numbers were sequentially assigned within each excavation area at each site.
subarea	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Recovery Method	none	none	true
sufat	The study unit fill/assemblage type variable is used to indicate whether a particular provenience is associated with cultural, post-abandonment, or mixed deposits. Upon determining the origin of the deposits, DAP field personnel were able to select from a standard set of descriptions when providing their interpretation of how each recovered item was deposited.
sufat	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Volume	none	none	true
sugrid	Used only when study units were excavated by grid squares, this number represents the coordinate value east in meters.
sugrid	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location	none	none	true
suhoriz	This variable indicates the horizontal excavation strategy employed at any provenience excavated by study unit. Locus and segments are assigned a sequential number within each study unit. Half, strip, and quadrant designations are associated with one of eight cardinal directions. Coordinates in meters south are provided for grid square excavations. In some cases, excavations were conducted within grid squares tied to a numbered local datum.
suhoriz	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Recovery Method	none	none	true
sulevel	The Study Unit Level, a subdivision of the Study Unit Vertical—a value which denotes excavation strategy—and is only used when the excavation strategy is stratum, level, or surface.
sulevel	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Vertical Position	none	none	true
susurf	This variable specifies the study unit surface type, but is not necessarily applicable to each provenience.
susurf	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location	none	none	true
sutype	The DAP study unit type represents a culturally or arbitrarily defined provenience context that is also sequentially numbered by occurrence within each site.
sutype	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location	none	none	true
suvert	This variable indicates the vertical excavation strategy employed at any provenience excavated by study unit. Vertical excavation of each study unit may have been conducted with respect to natural strata, arbitrary levels, cultural surfaces, or full cuts.
suvert	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Context	none	none	true
exdepth	The existing depth of the feature, measured in centimeters.
exdepth	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location	none	none	true
area	Area numbers were sequentially assigned within each site when excavation by subsection was required.
area	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Lookup : Code	none	none	true
sunum	Instances of the same study unit type were sequentially numbered within a site.
sunum	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location	none	none	true
fetype	This variable describes the feature associated with each line of provenience data.
fetype	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location	none	none	true
sufap	One of forty values to describe the assemblage position of deposits; for example, whether fill is inside or outside a structure.
sufap	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Volume	none	none	true
felevel	A subdivision of the Feature vertical—a value which denotes excavation strategy—and is only used when the excavation strategy is stratum, level, or surface.
felevel	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Recovery Method	none	none	true
plan	One of ten values to denote the shape of the feature when in plan view.
plan	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Lookup : Code	none	none	true
indepth	The inferred depth of the feature, measured in centimeters.
indepth	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Vertical Position	none	none	true
mater2	One of ten values to denote the material of which the feature is constructed. This value represents the second-most dominant material of the feature.
mater2	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Lookup : Code	none	none	true
exwidth	The existing width of the feature, measured in centimeters.
exwidth	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location	none	none	true
fenum	Since features within a site are sequentially numbered, this variable allows enables users to identify the exact feature from which a non-flaked lithic tool was recovered.
fenum	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Recovery Method	none	none	true
flag	This letter code corresponds to a specific project, site, or level of work conducted. Probability sampling, for instance, is the most commonly used code and is denoted by P.
flag	VARCHAR	Uncoded Value	Lookup : Code	none	none	true
fs	The most basic type of provenience data recorded for all information obtained during DAP fieldwork is the field specimen number. These values are sequentially assigned to unique vertical and horizontal locations within each site.
fs	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Lookup : Code	none	none	true
collect	This variable describes the manner in which an item was collected from the provenience described. Methods of screening, the size of mesh used, and sampling are conveyed here.
collect	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Recovery Method	none	none	true