Pueblo Grande (AZ U:9:1(ASM)): Unit 14, Washington Park Development Area: SSI SunAmerica, Inc. Data Recovery, Ceramic Rough Sort (RS_CERAMICS) Data

Creator(s): David Abbott; Maria Martin

Year: 2007

Summary

The Sun America Data Recovery and Burial Removal project Ceramic Rough Sort (RS_CERAMICS) Data sheet contains data from the rough sort analysis of ceramics recovered during the Sun America data recovery project. It contains information on ceramic types, tempers and counts; it also records vessel and rim forms where applicable. The data sheet also contains rim circumference and rim diameter measurements for some ceramic specimens.

Cite this Record

Pueblo Grande (AZ U:9:1(ASM)): Unit 14, Washington Park Development Area: SSI SunAmerica, Inc. Data Recovery, Ceramic Rough Sort (RS_CERAMICS) Data. David Abbott, Maria Martin. 2007 ( tDAR id: 374222) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8M907R5

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Data Set Structure

Measurement Column
Count Column
Coded Column
Filename Column
Integration Column (has Ontology)

Table Information: 97-24-sun-america_rs_ceramics_data_with-feature-no-and-artifact-type

Column Name Data Type Type Category Coding Sheet Ontology Search
FS The field specimen (FS) number assigned to given ceramics in the field. It is essential that the PD # and the FS # remain associated to identify a given ceramic artifact. For each PD #, the FS #s range from 1 to n.
BIGINT  Uncoded Value Provenience and Context : Item/Slash none none true
PD The provenience designation (PD) number that identifies the unit from which a given ceramic artifact was recovered. It is essential that the PD # and the FS # remain associated to identify a given ceramic artifact. For each PD #, the FS #s range from 1 to n.
BIGINT  Uncoded Value Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location none none true
PROJECT The Soil Systems, Inc. project number that resulted in the recovery of the ceramic assemblage in the data set.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Provenience and Context : Project none none true
FEATURE_TYPE The inferred type (i.e., function and/or cultural use, significance) of a given feature. Please refer to Soil Systems, Inc. Feature Type Coding Sheet for a list of all available feature types.
BIGINT  Coded Value Provenience and Context : Feature ID/Number Soil Systems, Inc. Feature Type Coding Sheet none true
ARTIFACT_TYPE The general artifact type of a given artifact specimen from a particular PD unit. Please refer to the Soil Systems, Inc. Artifact Type Coding Sheet for a list of all available artifact types.
BIGINT  Coded Value Ceramic : Form Soil Systems, Inc. Artifact Type Coding Sheet none true
COUNT For each PD and FS #, the number of pottery sherds that have the same ceramic ware type, temper type, and vessel form.
BIGINT  Count Ceramic none none true
TYPE The name of the ceramic ware and type that best describes the design style of a given ceramic artifact. Please refer to the Soil Systems, Inc. Ceramic Ware and Type Coding Sheet for a list of all available ceramic wares and types.
BIGINT  Coded Value Ceramic : Type Soil Systems, Inc. Ceramic Ware and Type Coding Sheet none true
VESSEL_FORM A basic description of the inferred or observed form (e.g., bowl, jar, scoop, etc.) of a ceramic vessel.
BIGINT  Coded Value Ceramic : Form Soil Systems, Inc. Vessel Form Coding Sheet none true
FEATURE_NUMBER The ID number that SSI archaeologists assigned to a feature in the field
DOUBLE  Uncoded Value Provenience and Context : Feature ID/Number none none true
ANALYSIS_DATE The date on which the ceramics in a given FS were analyzed.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Storage : Other none none true
SITE The Arizona State Museum (ASM) number of the site under investigation.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Provenience and Context : Site none none true
RIM_FILLET The presence/absence and basic description of a fillet on a vessel's rim.
BIGINT  Coded Value Ceramic : Form Soil Systems, Inc. Vessel Rim Fillet Coding Sheet none true
RIM_LIP The form or shape (e.g., round, flat, tapered, etc) of a vessel's lip.
BIGINT  Coded Value Ceramic : Form Soil Systems, Inc. Vessel Rim Lip Shape Coding Sheet none true
AUDIT_VERSION The Soil Systems, Inc. relational database originally contained audit tables for each artifact/analysis type to track updates/changes made to the primary data tables. Database managers recorded changes to particular data values in these audit tables. The changes were then passed on to the main data table (e.g., RS_CERAMICS). The AUDIT_VERSION number refers to the "audit number" for that particular row. Thus, if a data row contains an AUDIT_VERSION value of "2", then that row has been updated/changed with the audit-version number 2 (i.e., it has been updated two times).
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
RIM_ANGLE The form or shape (e.g., straight, outcurved, flared, etc.) of a pottery vessel's (or sherd's) rim. The shape description is based on the appearance of the rim in profile view.
BIGINT  Coded Value Ceramic : Form Soil Systems, Inc. Vessel Rim Angle Coding Sheet none true
RIM_CIRCUMFERENCE The estimated or measured total circumference of a pottery vessel's rim.
BIGINT  Measurement (centimeter) Ceramic : Form none none true
RIM_DIAMETER The estimated or measured greatest diameter between two opposite endpoints on a vessel's rim.
BIGINT  Measurement (centimeter) Ceramic : Form none none true
TEMPER A basic description of the temper type identified in a ceramic artifact, predominantly pottery sherds and vessels. Many of the temper types describe particular types of geologic types and/or raw materials (e.g., schist, phyllite, micah and quartz sand, etc.). Some temper type designations include geographic source information with a raw material description (e.g., Squaw Peak schist).
BIGINT  Coded Value Ceramic : Other Soil Systems, Inc. Ceramic Temper Coding Sheet none true
SHERD_TEMPER A presence/absence designation to code for the use of crushed sherds as a tempering agent
BIGINT  Coded Value Ceramic : Temper/Inclusions Soil Systems, Inc. Sherd Temper Coding Sheet none true

Keywords

Culture
Hohokam

Material
Ceramic

Site Name
AZ U:9:1(ASM) • AZ U:9:7(ASM) • Pueblo Grande

Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature • Ancient Communal / Public Structure • Ancient Earthwork • Canal or Canal Feature • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Platform Mound • Plaza • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo

Investigation Types
Bioarchaeological Research • Data Recovery / Excavation • Ground Disturbance Monitoring • Site Evaluation / Testing

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.004; min lat: 33.43 ; max long: -111.97; max lat: 33.461 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Principal Investigator(s): Cory D. Breternitz

Project Director(s): Banks L. Leonard

Record Identifiers

Soil Systems Project No.(s): 97-24

Notes

General Note: Soil Systems analysts stored all provenience and artifact data for post-Hohokam Expressway Pueblo Grande projects in a relational database program called Advanced Revelations (AREV). The provenience and artifact data tables were standardized within this database. Thus, the ceramic data tables from this project and other Pueblo Grande projects were created in a table named RS_CERAMICS_DATA, and saved in this table. The data sheet presented here has been extracted from the RS_CERAMICS_DATA table in SSI's AREV database.

General Note: The ceramic data from this project should be directly compatible with the ceramic data from all other Soil Systems, Inc. Pueblo Grande projects, because the data were created in a standardized format (see above). Users can easily integrate this ceramic data with the data from other SSI projects.

General Note: Please note that SSI recorded the Pueblo Grande number as AZ U:9:7(ASM), which is the designation for a portion of Pueblo Grande. The correct number for the site as a whole is AZ U:9:1(ASM).

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