Latin American Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh
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Chipped Stone Evidence from the Copan Valley and the La Entrada Region
Database
Kazuo Aoyama 
 
 
  TABLE A10
  Obsidian Availability Indices for the Late Classic Period, Copan Valley

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    ASCII FORMAT- TAB_A10.TXT

This file contains the data from 123 contexts with obsidian availability indices from the Copan valley. The contents for every context are presented in one line, the data file TAB_A10.TXT has 123 lines with 33 variables separated with commas. The 33 variables are, in the following order:
 
 

Physiographic zone
Sub-community  
Group
Site Type
Structure
Operation
Context
Total of all obsidian chipped stone artifacts
Total of obsidian artifacts analyzed
10 
Percentage of artifacts analyzed from the total number of obsidian artifacts
11 
Ixtepeque (N)
12 
Ixtepeque (% from the total of artifacts analyzed)
13 
La Esperanza (N)
14 
La Esperanza (% from the total of artifacts analyzed)
15 
El Chayal (N)
16 
El Chayal (% from the total of artifacts analyzed)
17 
San Martin Jilotepeque (N)
18 
San Martin Jilotepeque (% from the total of artifacts analyzed)
19 
Ucareo (N)
20 
Ucareo (% from the total of artifacts analyzed)
21 
Unidentified source (N)
22 
Unidentified source (% from the total of artifacts analyzed)
23 
Prismatic blades (N)
24 
Prismatic blades (% from the total of artifacts analyzed)
25 
Ixtepeque with cortex (N)
26 
Ixtepeque with cortex (% from the total of Ixtepeque artifacts analyzed)
27 
Excavated volume (m3)
28 
Obsidian density (N/m3)
29 
Obsidian weight (g)
30 
Obsidian density (g/m3)
31 
Ceramic sherds (N)
32 
Obsidian(N)/ceramics Index
33 
Obsidian(g)/ceramics Index
  

The first line of the file, for example, looks like this:

"Montanas","","","","","IV/25","secondary context",41,21,51.2,21,100.0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,33.3,2,9.5,"","",31.7,"","","",""

It belongs to the first context analyzed, which indicates the physiographic zone "Montanas"; there is no subcommunity, nor group, site type or structure. The operation is "IV/25" and it belongs to the context "secondary context". This context has a total of 41 obsidian artifacts, 21 artifacts (51.2%) were analyzed. Then obsidian artifacts are presented according to their sources: Ixtepeque, 21 artifacts (100.0% of the obsidian analyzed); La Esperanza, 0 (0%); El Chayal, 0 (0%); San Martin Jilotepeque, 0 (0%); Ucareo, 0 (0%); unidentified sources, 0 (0%). The line continues with the total of prismatic blades from the context, 7 blades (33.3%); Ixtepeque with cortex, 2 artifacts (9.5% of the total of Ixtepeque artifacts); excavated volume, 0; obsidian density (artifacts per cubic meter), 0; obsidian weight, 31.7 grs; obsidian density (g per cubic meter), 0; ceramic sherds, 0; obsidian number / ceramics ratio: 0.0, obsidian weight / ceramics ratio: 0.0. The quotation marks around "Montanas" and "IV/25" indicate that these variables are alphanumeric and "" indicates the absence of data.

The last (123th) line is:

"Vega","Principal Group","10L-1","5","10L-22A","44/3","midden",114,112,98.2,110,98.2,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,1.8,0,0,71,63.4,0,0,3.4,32.9,431.3,126.9,"","",""

This indicates the physiographic zone "Vega", subcommunity "Principal Group", group 10L-1, site type: 5, structure: 10L-22A. It belongs to the operation "44/3" and the context "midden". This context has a total of 114 obsidian artifacts, 112 artifacts (98.2%) were analyzed. Then obsidian artifacts are presented according to their sources: Ixtepeque, 110 artifacts (98.2% of the obsidian analyzed); La Esperanza, 0 (0%); El Chayal, 0 (0%); San Martin Jilotepeque, 0 (0%); Ucareo, 2 (1.8%); unidentified sources, 0 (0%). The line continues with the total of prismatic blades from the context, 71 blades (63.4%); Ixtepeque with cortex, 0 artifacts (0% of the total of Ixtepeque artifacts); excavated volume, 3.4m3; obsidian density (artifacts per cubic meter), 32.9; obsidian weight, 431.3 grs; obsidian density (g per cubic meter), 126.9; ceramic sherds, 0; obsidian number / ceramics ratio: 0.0, obsidian weight / ceramics ratio: 0.0. The quotation marks around "Vega" and "Principal Group" indicate that these variables are alphanumeric and "" indicates the absence of data.

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