Watson_Early Ag Period in the Sonoran Desert_Mortuary and Biological Data

Creator(s): James Watson

Year: 2011

Summary

In this data set, Watson presents mortuary and biological data for a sample (n = 431) of Early Agriculural period (1,600 B.C - 150 A.D.) burial features excavated at 12 archaeological sites in southeastern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico. Variables include age, sex, body position, body orientation, material accompaniments, trauma, and several paleopathological conditions.

Cite this Record

Watson_Early Ag Period in the Sonoran Desert_Mortuary and Biological Data. James Watson. 2011 ( tDAR id: 5953) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8708087

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Data Set Structure

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

Table Information: Early Ag. Data

Column Name Data Type Type Category Coding Sheet Ontology Search
SITE NO. VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
SITE NAME VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
FEATURE NO. VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
AGE GROUP VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
BURIAL TYPE VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
BODY POSITION VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
BODY ORIENTATION VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
GRAVE ACCOMPANIMENTS VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
NON-SPECIFIC INFECTION BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
INFECTIOUS LESIONS BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
DEGENERATIVE DISEASE BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ORAL DISEASE BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
PHASE VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
SEX VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
POROSITY BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
TRAUMA BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true

Keywords

Culture
Early Agricultural

Material
Fauna • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Mineral • Shell

Site Name
Clear • Coffee Camp • Donaldson • La Playa • Las Capas • Los Ojitos • Los Pozos • Pantano • Rillito Fan • Santa Cruz Bend • Stone Pipe • Valley Farms • Wetlands

Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature • Agricultural or Herding • Canal or Canal Feature • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Settlements • Water Control Feature

Investigation Types
Bioarchaeological Research • Collections Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

Geographic Keywords
Cienaga Creek • northern Sonora • Sonoran Desert • southeastern Arizona • Tucson Basin

Temporal Keywords
Cienaga phase • Early Agricultural period • San Pedro phase

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: -1600 to 150

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.566; min lat: 29.698 ; max long: -109.182; max lat: 32.473 ;

File Information

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