Early Nohalk'ax

Grouped Debitage
Record details
Operation
11
Zone(s)
2
Square
C
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early Nohalk'ax
NBC Chert
NBC Chert: Flake and Flake Fragment, No Cortex
29
NBC Chert: Flake and Flake Fragment, With Cortex
2
NBC Chert: Fire Shatter and Angular Debris
7
NBC Chert: Blank, Core, and Cobble
1
Chalcedony
Chalcedony: Flake and Flake Fragment, No Cortex
3
Chalcedony: Flake and Flake Fragment, With Cortex
1
Chalcedony: Fire Shatter and Angular Debris
3
Unknown
Unknown: Fire Shatter and Angular Debris
5
Other Chert
Other Chert: Flake and Flake Fragment, No Cortex
5
Totals
Total Quantity
56
Weight (g)
334.50
Grouped Debitage
Record details
Operation
11
Zone(s)
2
Square
B
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early Nohalk'ax
NBC Chert
NBC Chert: Flake and Flake Fragment, No Cortex
11
NBC Chert: Fire Shatter and Angular Debris
2
Unknown
Unknown: Fire Shatter and Angular Debris
1
Totals
Total Quantity
14
Weight (g)
53.20
Grouped Debitage
Record details
Operation
11
Zone(s)
2
Square
A
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early Nohalk'ax
NBC Chert
NBC Chert: Flake and Flake Fragment, No Cortex
14
NBC Chert: Flake and Flake Fragment, With Cortex
1
NBC Chert: Fire Shatter and Angular Debris
7
Chalcedony
Chalcedony: Flake and Flake Fragment, No Cortex
2
Chalcedony: Fire Shatter and Angular Debris
2
Unknown
Unknown: Flake and Flake Fragment, Without Cortex
1
Other Chert
Other Chert: Flake and Flake Fragment, No Cortex
3
Totals
Total Quantity
30
Weight (g)
86.70
Ground and Polished Tool
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Operation
13
Zone(s)
7
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early Nohalk'ax
Type
Large stone (fragment)
Subtype
Smoother?
Raw material
limestone
Length (mm)
100.20
Width (mm)
62.90
Thickness (mm)
58.90
Comments

Has one smooth surface, probably ground down.

Ground and Polished Tool
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Operation
13
Zone(s)
5
Deposit type
tumble
Ceramic complex
Early Nohalk'ax
Type
Small stone (fragment)
Raw material
quartzite with calcite cement
Length (mm)
38.10
Width (mm)
29.70
Thickness (mm)
22.10
Comments

Probably was once part of a metate; has one clearly worked surface.

Ground and Polished Tool
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Operation
13
Zone(s)
3
Deposit type
B-horizon
Ceramic complex
Early Nohalk'ax
Type
Large stone (fragment)
Raw material
limestone
Length (mm)
73.40
Width (mm)
61.60
Thickness (mm)
50.10
Comments

Has two smoothed surfaces; possibly a metate fragment.

Ground and Polished Tool
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Operation
13
Zone(s)
3
Deposit type
B-horizon
Ceramic complex
Early Nohalk'ax
Type
Metate
Subtype
Turtle-back
Raw material
silcrete/quartzite
Length (mm)
111.70
Width (mm)
53.90
Thickness (mm)
40.60
Ground and Polished Tool
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Operation
13
Zone(s)
2
Square(s)
B
Deposit type
B-horizon
Ceramic complex
Early Nohalk'ax
Type
Metate
Subtype
Turtle-back
Raw material
quartz
Length (mm)
138.20
Width (mm)
123.10
Thickness (mm)
51.10
Comments

Two fragments that fit together, #104 and #105.

Ground and Polished Tool
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Operation
12
Zone(s)
32
Square(s)
H
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early Nohalk'ax
Type
Small stone (fragment)
Subtype
Polisher?/ smoother?
Raw material
limestone
Length (mm)
32.40
Width (mm)
29.60
Thickness (mm)
14.60
Comments

Fragment of a pebble similar to artifact #82. It was part of Burial 12-2.

Ground and Polished Tool
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Operation
11
Zone(s)
4
Square(s)
B
Deposit type
construction fill-sascab
Ceramic complex
Early Nohalk'ax
Type
Metate
Subtype
Turtle-back
Raw material
silcrete/quartzite
Length (mm)
88.30
Width (mm)
77.80
Thickness (mm)
37.60
Comments

Burnt fragment (?)