Maps

Maps

Part of the Dolores Archaeological Program project

Year: 1985

Summary

A small percentage of the maps reproduced from field data can be found in the series of published DAP reports, but a much larger collection of original material can be accessed via the Anasazi Heritage Center, Colorado. The maps dataset allows users to easily know what maps are available for any provenience. Maps were sequentially numbered within each site and later classified as one of 47 taxa, according to the type of information the map was meant to convey. Documenting the contents of a site was often a preliminary aspect of fieldwork, but multiple maps were often used to convey important stratigraphic and temporal information throughout the course of excavation. The dataset itself is not particularly robust and should be used as a catalog; having a well-formed idea about the kind of information one is looking for among the map documents will enable users to ascertain the availability of drawings on the subject and their provenience. Variables in the maps dataset have been described by Wilshusen et al. (1999); see the section in Chapter 4 by Michael P. Larkin. In most cases, his descriptions are suitable for use as metadata and have been repeated almost verbatim here. Selected resources from the collection of published and unpublished DAP reports may have been used for clarification in some cases and will be appropriately referenced.

Cite this Record

Maps. 1985 ( tDAR id: 6207) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8J9655B

Data Set Structure

Measurement Column

Count Column

Coded Column

Filename Column

Integration Column (has Ontology)

Table Information: dap-map10

Column Name	Data Type	Type	Category	Coding Sheet	Ontology	Search
mapnum	This variable designates the order in which each map was created for a given site.
mapnum	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Lookup : Code	none	none	true
sunum	Study unit numbers were sequentially assigned to unique culturally or arbitrarily defined provenience contexts within each site.
sunum	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location	none	none	true
sstype	The special specimen type indicates whether items were recovered as isolated finds, or while processing samples such as bulk soil collections. It is unclear how this information should be used in the context of the DAP maps dataset.
sstype	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Lookup : Description	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
origin	This variable indicates whether a map was created in the field, produced for publication from field data, or is of unknown origin.
origin	VARCHAR	Uncoded Value	Lookup : Description	none	none	true
sufap	This variable describes the depositional context from which data was collected with respect to its position within the study unit being examined.
sufap	VARCHAR	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location	none	none	true
code	Wilshusen et al. (1999) indicate that this variable comes from the Anasazi Heritage Center's ARGUS system, but additional information is not provided.
code	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Lookup : Code	none	none	true
area	Up to nine numerical designations were available for designating excavation subsections within a site.
area	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location	none	none	true
caccnid	The Anasazi Heritage Center has given each specimen unique codes, including caccnid, to facilitate management of their DAP collections. The first digits of this value indicate the year that it was accessioned.
caccnid	DOUBLE	Uncoded Value	Lookup : Code	none	none	true
cdept	The Anasazi Heritage Center has given each specimen unique codes, including cdept, to facilitate management of their DAP collections. This value specifies the tool department to which each record belongs.
cdept	VARCHAR	Uncoded Value	Lookup : Description	none	none	true
stco	To obtain a full site designation for any entry, append the Smithsonian site number to this variable.
stco	VARCHAR	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location	none	none	true
csiteid	The Anasazi Heritage Center has given each specimen several unique codes, including csiteid, to facilitate management of their DAP collections. This value denotes the entry's corresponding Smithsonian site number.
csiteid	VARCHAR	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location	none	none	true
numcopy	This variable is similar to the map number variable and is used by the Anasazi Heritage Center to locate a particular object in the ARGUS database.
numcopy	BIGINT	Uncoded Value	Lookup : Code	none	none	true
sutype	The DAP study unit type represents culturally or arbitrarily defined provenience contexts that are sequentially numbered by occurrence within each site.
sutype	VARCHAR	Uncoded Value	Provenience and Context : Horizontal Location	none	none	true
taxon	DAP personnel were able to select from 47 options when describing the general type of information conveyed by each map.
taxon	VARCHAR	Uncoded Value	Lookup : Description	none	none	true
cobjectid	The Anasazi Heritage Center has given each specimen several unique codes, including cobjectid, to facilitate management of their DAP collections. Since this value is used in association with the AHC ARGUS database for tracking the location of a record, it is important for any researcher requesting objects from the curator.
cobjectid	VARCHAR	Uncoded Value	uncategorized	none	none	true
copy	This variable indicates the number of revisions each map has undergone.
copy	VARCHAR	Uncoded Value	Lookup : Description	none	none	true
storage	This variable describes the location of each map within the various records of DAP fieldwork.
storage	VARCHAR	Uncoded Value	Lookup : Description	none	none	true