Polished Stone Image Dataset

Year: 2025

Summary

Polished stone dataset used for the Polished Stone Advanced Image Search additional metadata.

Cite this Record

Polished Stone Image Dataset. 2025 ( tDAR id: 517413) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8517413

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Data Set Structure

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

Table Information: ArtifactCatalog_tDAR_Query_N_PolishedStones_20250926

Column Name Data Type Type Category Coding Sheet Ontology Search
Year Excavated excavation year when the artifact was recovered
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Width width of artifact
DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
tDAR Resource VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
tDAR Creators name of person(s) who created the IMAGE resource (e.g., Illustration Mads Leatherman; Photo Andrea Torvinen)
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Title VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Type artifact type (e.g., mano, axe, polisher, knife) assigned in Reference Collection
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Tipo INAH artifact type assigned by INAH for inclusion in the Registro Nacional
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
tDAR General Keywords must include CatalogName (e.g., A-001 or F-013); could also include Site Name Unit # (e.g., El Potrerito Unit 1) to link all artifacts from a specific site and unit
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
tDAR Site Type metadata terms used to describe the intrasite context where the artifact was found
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
tDAR Material will differ depending on artifact class; this variable differs from raw material in the project specific metadata because it is more generalized
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
tDAR Abstract description of the resource using inclusive language (e.g., Photographs and illustrations of a bowl awl (A-20) found at the site of Los Pilarillos. Illustration Mads Leatherman; Photo Andrea Torvinen)
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Reference Collection Bag Name LQ-MVAP Reference Collection bag number in which artifact is curated at the Museo Regional de Guadalupe
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Reference Collection Box Number LQ-MVAP Reference Collection box number in which artifact is curated at the Museo Regional de Guadalupe
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Photogrammetry photogrammetry model file; file name format: CatID_CatalogName_Photogrammetry.odt
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
FileName VARCHAR  Filename uncategorized none none true
Raw Material material used to manufacture artifact
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Wear determination of amount of wear on artifact surface (e.g., heavy, light, spent, none)
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Weight weight of artifact in grams
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Thickest measurement of thickest point along artifact profile
DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Thinnest measurement of thinnest point along artifact profile
DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Length DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Percent Present estimation of percentage of artifact preserved
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Condition condition of artifact (e.g., whole, fragmentary, unknown)
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Seriation Phase results of seriation published in Torvinen and Nelson 2020
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Slash Number point provenience XYZ coordinates (# assigned in field; letter assigned in lab)
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ULL provenience given as unit-level-locus designation
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Unit unit number where an artifact was found
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Full Description description of the analytical unit (e.g., floor contact in Room 1, wall fall in Room 14)
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
AU Number combination of ULLs representing an excavated portion of a stratigraphic unit
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Relative Stratigraphy grouping of AUs in report area that represents a depositional event that is unrelated to sitewide chronology (e.g. Early Patio B or Midden Midden 11)
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Report Area ID descriptor assigned to groups of AUs that represent activity spaces (e.g., Patio A or Midden 21)
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
MiddenNon VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Sector applies to LQ only; grouping of report areas into monumental core or western flank
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Site ID La Quemada, Los Pilarillos, or El Potrerito
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Description INAH description of artifact written by INAH for inclusion in the Registro Nacional
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Description description of the artifact using inclusive language
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Catalog Name combination of artifact class (letter) and item number
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Catalog Id unique identifier in LQ-MVAP Access DB Artifact Catalog
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true

Keywords

Material
Bone • Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Mineral • Pollen • Shell • Wood

Site Name
El Potrerito • La Quemada • Malpaso Valley

Site Type
Ancient Church / Religious Structure • Ancient Communal / Public Structure • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Ball Court • Building Substructure • Burial Pit • Causeway • Church / Religious Structure • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Encampment • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Hearth • House • House Mound • Midden • Mound / Earthwork • Non-Domestic Structures • Ossuary • Palace • Platform Mound • Plaza • Pyramid • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo • Settlements • Sheet Midden • Stairway • Temple • Terrace • Tomb • Town / City • Trash Midden Show More

Investigation Types
Architectural Documentation • Architectural Survey • Bioarchaeological Research • Collections Research • Data Recovery / Excavation • Environment Research • Ethnographic Research • Ethnohistoric Research • Geophysical Survey • Heritage Management • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Reconnaissance / Survey • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

General
AMS Radiocarbon Dating • Archaeobotanical Analysis • Archaeomagnetic Dating • Bioarchaeology/Skeletal Analysis • Built Environment • Built Landscapes • Ceramic Figurine • Ceramic Petrography • Ceramic Production and Exchange • Charcoal Analysis • Chronological Seriation • Climate Change • Collective Action • Craft Production • Craft Specialization • Economic Specialization • Electron Microprobe Analysis • Ethnographic Analogy • Faunal Analysis • Figurines, West Mexico • Food Processing • Food Production • Groundstone & Lithic Analysis • Human-Environmental Interactions • Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis • Isotope Analysis • Long-Distance Exchange Networks • Macrobotanical Analysis • Monumentality • Northern expansion of Mesoamerica • Obsidian Source Analysis • Resilience and Sustainability • ritual practice • Social Complexity • Social Identification • Social Status Show More

Geographic Keywords
Frontera Septentrional • Malpaso Valley • Mesoamerica • Mesoamerica: Northern • Mesoamerica: Western • Mesoamerican Northern Periphery • Northern Mesoamerica • North West Mexico • Occidente • West Mexico

Temporal Keywords
Epiclassic • Epi-Classic

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 450 to 1000

Spatial Coverage

min long: -102.879; min lat: 22.41 ; max long: -102.796; max lat: 22.491 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Andrea Torvinen

Principal Investigator(s): Ben Nelson; Andrea Torvinen

Sponsor(s): Arizona State Universtity

Source Collections

The LQ-MVAP collections are housed in the ASU Archaeology Laboratory in Zacatecas, Mexico until December 2025. Thereafter, the collections will be transferred to the Museo Regional de Guadalupe.

File Information

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