Latin American Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh
URL: http://www.pitt.edu/~laad
Email: laad@pitt.edu
Prehispanic Chiefdoms in the Valle de la Plata:
Vertical Economy Dataset
Dale W. Quattrin

Artifacts from the Excavations -- EXCART.TXT

The file EXCART.TXT contains information about the analized artifacts from the large scale excavations. These data are in the form of an ASCII text file that can be read directly or easily imported to an application program such as a database manager or statistics package. The file contains 472 lines, one for each lot number. On each line are 28 numbers and text strings separated by commas. These are:

1
 Site Number
2
 Lot Number
3
 Number of Barranquilla Buff Sherds
4
 Weight of Barranquilla Buff Sherds (g)
5
 Presence of Barranquilla Buff Diagnostics (1=present 0=absent)
These are sherds with unequivocal diagnostic features.
6
 Number of Guacas Reddish Brown Sherds
7
 Weight of Guacas Reddish Brown Sherds (g)
8
 Presence of Guacas Reddish Brown Diagnostics (1=present 0=absent)
These are sherds with unequivocal diagnostic features.
9
 Number of Lourdes Red Slipped Sherds
10
 Weight of Lourdes Red Slipped Sherds (g)
11
 Presence of Lourdes Red Slipped Diagnostics (1=present 0=absent)
These are sherds with unequivocal diagnostic features.
12
 Number of Planaditas Burnished Red Sherds
13
 Weight of Planaditas Burnished Red Sherds (g)
14
 Presence of Planaditas Burnished Red Diagnostics (1=present 0=absent)
These are sherds with unequivocal diagnostic features.
15
 Number of Tachuelo Burnished Sherds
16
 Weight of Tachuelo Burnished Sherds (g)
17
 Presence of Tachuelo Burnished Diagnostics (1=present 0=absent)
These are sherds with unequivocal diagnostic features.
18
 Number of Flakes
19
 Weight of Flakes (g)
20
 Number of Obsidian Flakes
21
 Weight of Obsidian Flakes (g)
22
 Color of Obsidian (N=Black, Ca=Brown, B=White)
23
 Other Prehistoric Artifacts
24
 Description of Other Prehistoric Artifacts
25
 Number of Fire Cracked Rock Fragments
26
 Weight of Fire Cracked Rock Fragments (g)
27
 Modern Artifacts
28
 Description of Modern Artifacts

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

817,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,"",0,"",0,0,0,""

It contains the data on artifacts from site VP817, collection lot number 1, and there are no artifacts in this collection lot.

The last (or 472nd) line of the file is:

447,111,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,4.8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,"",0,"",0,0,0,""

It contains the data on artifacts from site VP447, collection lot number 111, there are no Barranquilla Buff sherds (weighing 0g), no Barranquilla Buff diagnostics, no Guacas Reddish Brown sherds (weighing 0g), no Guacas Reddish Brown diagnostics, no Lourdes Red Slipped sherds (weighing 0g), no Lourdes Red Slipped diagnostics, 2 Planaditas Burnished Red sherds (weighing 4.8g), no Planaditas Burnished Red diagnostics, and no other artifacts.

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