Contents: Handstone Analysis
Description: Handstone is a category that describes tools that do not have specific attributes to allow them to be grouped with artifacts such as manos, polishing stones, or pestles. Pottery anvils, however, are included in this category. 42% of the 335 handstones were analyzed. Microscopic evidence of use-wear damage and macroscopic evidence of motor habits were used to identify specific attributes that could be linked to behavior.
Reference: Mark D. Elson and Jeffrey J. Clark, 1995, The Roosevelt Community Development Study, vol. 1: Stone and Shell Artifacts, Anthropological Papers no. 14, Center for Desert Archaeology, pp.73.
Primary Key: Site + Prov + Bag + Analnum
Parent Table: RCDGSIND ( Site + Prov + Bag + Analnum )
Columns:
| Name | Type | Size | Contents | Value |
| SITE | NUMBER | Integer | ASM site number | |
| FEATNUM | NUMBER | 10,3 | Feature number | |
| PROV | NUMBER | Integer | Provenience/Field number for spatial location | |
| BAG | NUMBER | Integer | Bag number of artifact collection | |
| ANALNUM | NUMBER | Integer | Analysis number | |
| ARTTYPE | NUMBER | Integer | Artifact type | GSIND_ARTTYPE_RCD |
| FINGER | NUMBER | Integer | Finger grooves in handstone | HSTON_FINGER_RCD |
| CONDT | NUMBER | Integer | Handstone condition | HSTON_CONDT_RCD |
| SURFNUM | NUMBER | Integer | Surface number | |
| SURFCON | NUMBER | Integer | Surface configuration | HSTON_SURFCON_RCD |
| LENGTH | NUMBER | 10,3 | Handstone length | centimeters |
| WIDTH | NUMBER | 10,3 | Handstone width | centimeters |
| WRLEVEL | NUMBER | Integer | Wear level on handstone | HSTON_WRLEVEL_RCD |
| WRTYPE | NUMBER | Integer | Wear type on handstone | HSTON_WRTYPE_RCD |
| CONTTYPE | NUMBER | Integer | Contact type (what handstone is closed to) | HSTON_CONTTYPE_RCD |
| STROKE | NUMBER | Integer | Stroke used | HSTON_STROKE_RCD |
| RESIDUE | NUMBER | Integer | Types of residues found on handstone | HSTON_RESIDUE_RCD |
| COMMENTS | VARCHAR | 65 | Additional comments about artifacts |