Contents: Shaft Straighteners
Description: This is a stage III analysis which includes a the subset of groundstone artifacts classified as shaft straighteners in the S1G analysis. Shaft Straightnerers are hand-held artifacts of steatite (talc or soapstone) that have one or more deep U-shaped grooves in their upper surfaces. These tools were heated and used to straighten arrow shafts. Some grooves may have been used to polish beads. Variables measured focused on documenting the morphological characteristics of the grooves and overall shape of the tools.
Reference: Jacobs, David, 1994, Archaeology of the Salado in the Livingston Area of Tonto Basin, Roosevelt Platform Mound Study, Report on the LIvingston Management Group, Pinto Creek Complex, Part 2, Roosevelt Monograph Series 3, Anthropological Field Studies 32, pg. . Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University.
Primary Key: None
Parent Table: SPEC
Columns:
| Name | Type | Size | Contents | Units/Value |
| SPECIMEN | Number (Long) | 4 | Specimen no. | |
| ANALYST | VARCHAR | 3 | Analyst | |
| DATE | Date/Time | 8 | Date | |
| ARTIFACT | VARCHAR | 10 | Artifact no. | |
| GROOVES | Number (Integer) | 2 | Number of Grooves | |
| VESTRIDG | Number (Integer) | 2 | Number of Vestigial ridges | presence/absence |
| INCISION | Number (Integer) | 2 | Number of Deep Incision | presence/absence |
| WEIGHT | Number (Integer) | 2 | Weight | g |
| TEXTURE | Number (Integer) | 2 | Stone texture | TEXTURE |
| RIDGPLAN | Number (Integer) | 2 | Ridges | RIDGPLAN |
| FIRE | Number (Integer) | 2 | Fire | presence/absence |
| LENGTH | Number (Single) | 4 | Length | cm |
| WIDTH | Number (Single) | 4 | Width | cm |
| XSECTION | Number (Integer) | 2 | Cross section | |
| PLANVIEW | Number (Integer) | 2 | Plan view of artifact | |
| INCISED | Number (Integer) | 2 | Incising | presence/absence |
| PECKED | Number (Integer) | 2 | Pecking | presence/absence |