Contents: Stage I Ceramic Analysis
Description: Objectives of Stage I analysis was to obtain a count of all ceramic sherds and to sort these by major ceramic wares and vessel parts. This analysis also identified potentially reconstructible vessels. In many instances individual artifact numbers were assigned to sets of sherds from common vessels.
Reference: Simon, Arleyn W., 1990, A Laboratory Plan for Salado Research, Roosevelt Platform Mound Study, Arizona State University. (Reference is to original which was updated throughout the project. Most recent information was updated in 1996 and is on file at the Archaeological Research Institute.).
Primary Key: none
Parent Table: SPEC
Columns:
| Name | Type | Size | Contents | Units/Values |
| SPECIMEN | Number (Long) | 4 | Specimen number | |
| ANALYST | VARCHAR | 3 | Analyst | |
| DATE | Date/Time | 8 | Date Analyzed | |
| ARTIFACT | VARCHAR | 15 | Artifact | |
| VESSPART | Number (Integer) | 2 | Vessel part | VESSPART |
| S1CSTREA | Number (Integer) | 2 | Surface treatment | S1CSTREA |
| LUSTER | Number (Integer) | 2 | Degree of sherd polish | presence/absence |
| S1CSCOUNT | Number (Integer) | 2 | Number of sherds |