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Chipped Stone Tools
Record details
Operation
Zone(s)
Square
Deposit type
Ceramic complex
Lithic type
Chunky biface
Raw material
Chalcedony
Condition
Burned
Cortex
Absent
Scar type
Shallow scars truncated by deep scars
Tool part
Distal fragment
Polish
Absent
Striations
None
Use-wear
Battering and step-flaking
Length (mm)
98.00
Width (mm)
44.00
Thickness (mm)
37.00
Weight (g)
222.80
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
Zone(s)
Subzone(s)
Deposit type
Ceramic complex
Ceramic type
Chicago Orange
Shape
Jar
Rim diameter (cm)
17.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.68
Munsell slip color
5YR 6/6
Munsell paste color
5YR 6/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, grog, oxides, dolomite
Aplastic spacing
Double
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Diagonal
B-Fabric
Streams, micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Merging calcite, quartz
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
Zone(s)
Deposit type
Ceramic complex
Ceramic type
Society Hall Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
15.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.82
Munsell paste color
7.5YR 5/8
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, micrite
Aplastic spacing
Single to double
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Well
Aplastic boundaries
Distinct from b-fabric
Void pattern
Diagonal
B-Fabric
Rounded calcite
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Quartz, rounded calcite
Cache
Record details
Operation
Zone(s)
Deposit type
Ceramic complex
Comments

1 pair of "lip-to-lip" Sierra Red vessels

Comments

Cache of two lip-to-lip Sierra Red tetrapodal bowls, Construction Phase 5.


Cache
Record details
Operation
Zone(s)
Deposit type
Ceramic complex
Comments

"triadic cache" - 3 vessels with 7 limestone balls and shell and jade accoutrements

Comments

Cache deposit before excavation showing the one of the limestone yuntun perched above an upright flanged bowl (V#028). The lower barrel-shaped vessel (V#025) that contained the triadic coded elements is barely visible below the flanged bowl, Construction Phase 9.


Pottery Vessel
Record details
Operation
Zone(s)
Deposit type
Vessel Number

082

Specific context
Cache
Ceramic complex
Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)
Type
Sierra Red
Variety
Sierra
Form
bowl
Secondary characteristics
nubbin feet
Kill hole?
No
Cross motif?
No
Position
Percentage of vessel
95% - 99%
Number of sherds
4
Rim diameter (cm)
28.0
Height (cm)
7.0
Weight (g)
1220.5
Comments

The second of two similar vessels (with V# 081), it is a rounded bowl with a slightly incurved rim and four nubbin feet. The feet (0.8 in height) were added after the vessel was formed and do not support the body. Red (2.5YR 4/8) slip covers the interior and half of the vesselÕs exterior. The paste is gray (10YR 5/1). This bowl was the bottom vessel of a lip-to-lip cache.

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety bowl with nubbin feet from a cache.


Pottery Vessel
Record details
Operation
Zone(s)
Deposit type
Vessel Number

081

Specific context
Cache
Ceramic complex
Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)
Type
Sierra Red
Variety
Sierra
Form
bowl
Secondary characteristics
nubbin feet
Kill hole?
No
Cross motif?
No
Position
Percentage of vessel
95% - 99%
Number of sherds
16
Rim diameter (cm)
29.5
Height (cm)
7.5
Weight (g)
1071.5
Comments

One of two similar vessels (with V# 082), the bowl has round incurving sides, a round base, and a direct round lip. Four nubbin feet were added after the vessel was formed and provide support (unlike V# 082). The nubbins are each 1.5 cm in height. Red (2.5YR 5/8) slip covers interior and exterior surfaces, and the paste is a yellowish red (7.5R 5/8). The bowl was the upper vessel in a lip-to-lip cache.

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety bowl with nubbin feet from a cache.


Pottery Vessel
Record details
Operation
Zone(s)
Deposit type
Vessel Number

028

Specific context
Cache
Ceramic complex
Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)
Type
Ixcanrio Orange Polychrome
Variety
Ixcanrio
Form
bowl
Kill hole?
No
Cross motif?
No
Position
Percentage of vessel
75% - 94%
Number of sherds
59
Rim diameter (cm)
24.0
Height (cm)
6.6
Weight (g)
1122.0
Comments

This bowl features flared sides, a Z-angle flange, and an eroded slightly rounded base. The height of the wall above the basal flange is 2.8 cm. This was the uppermost vessel of the triadic cache.

Comments

Vessel: Ixcanrio Orange Polychrome: Ixcanrio Variety flanged bowl from Triadic cache.


Pottery Vessel
Record details
Operation
Zone(s)
Deposit type
Vessel Number

025

Specific context
Cache
Ceramic complex
Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)
Type
Sierra Red
Variety
Sierra
Form
cylinder
Kill hole?
No
Cross motif?
No
Percentage of vessel
100%
Number of sherds
152
Rim diameter (cm)
13.0
Height (cm)
0.0
Weight (g)
1086.0
Comments

This eroded, rounded cylinder with a direct rim and a rounded lip has a slightly incurved base with a diameter of 16 cm. The cylinder was found beneath an upright bowl: V# 028 of the triadic cache.

Comments

Cache deposit of shell and greenstone objects found inside of upright Vessel #025. Arrangement shows triadic schema of contents, Construction Phase 9.


Pottery Vessel
Record details
Operation
Zone(s)
Deposit type
Vessel Number

024

Specific context
Cache
Ceramic complex
Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)
Type
Sierra Red
Variety
Sierra
Form
plate
Kill hole?
No
Cross motif?
No
Position
Percentage of vessel
95% - 99%
Number of sherds
6
Rim diameter (cm)
14.0
Height (cm)
2.7
Weight (g)
223.0
Comments

This highly eroded plate contains flared sides. The slightly rounded base has a direct rim and rounded lip. Paste color is within the characteristic attributes of the Sierra Red type: a light gray (2.5Y 7/2). Although the slip has not been well preserved, remnants suggest it belongs to the Sierra Red group. Wall thickness of the vessel is 0.7-1 cm. One of three vessels of the triadic cache, the plate was found inside the V# 025 cylinder.

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety plate from Triadic cache.