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Below is a list of the data fields and codes that will appear in your search results. Changes in codes and analytical procedures are noted.

Site No.: Site number with state and county designation, e.g., 5MT1825
42SA22760 - Hedley Site Complex
5DL2333 - Champagne Springs, Study Area 1
5DL2334 - Champagne Springs, Study Area 2
5MT0000 - Hawkins Preserve Property
5MT1000 - 7 Towers
5MT10246 - Lester's Site
5MT10459 - Lookout House
5MT10508 - Stanton's Site
5MT10627 -
5MT10631 - Mueller Little House
5MT10632 - Agatha Site
5MT10637 -
5MT10647 - Dillard Site
5MT10651 -
5MT10673 -
5MT10674 -
5MT10678 - 5MT10678
5MT10683 -
5MT10684 - Dry Ridge site
5MT10685 -
5MT10686 - Badger Den
5MT10687 - Sagebrush House Site
5MT10704 -
5MT10709 - Portulaca Point
5MT10711 - Ridgeline Site
5MT10718 - 5MT10718
5MT10719 - 5MT10719
5MT10721 -
5MT10726 - KK lot 5
5Mt10730 -
5MT10736 - TJ Smith Site
5MT11338 - G & G Hamlet
5MT11842 - Woods Canyon Pueblo
5MT12086 - Woods Canyon Reservoir
5MT12205 - Payne Site
5MT123 - Albert Porter Site
5MT136 - Bass Ruin Complex
5MT1541 - no name
5MT1690 - Cougar Cub Alcove
5MT181 - Mad Dog Tower
5MT1825 - Castle Rock Pueblo
5MT18596 -
5MT18629 -
5MT18632 -
5MT19106 -
5MT2032 - Switchback site
5MT2037 - Pasquin Site
5MT262 - Saddlehorn Hamlet
5MT3807 - Shields Pueblo
5MT3875 - Shepherd Site
5MT3890 - Windrow Ruin
5MT3891 - Wheatfield Island
5MT3901 - Green Lizard Site
5MT3918 - Shorlene's Site
5MT3930 - Roy's Ruin
5MT3936 - Lillian's Site
5MT3951 - Troy's Tower
5MT3967 - Catherine's Site
5MT4469 - Hawkins Preserve Site
5MT4700 - 5MT4700
5MT5 - Yellow Jacket Pueblo
5MT5152 - Kenzie Dawn Hamlet
5MT765 - Sand Canyon Pueblo

SU Type: Study unit type
ARB - Arbitrary Unit
BHT - Backhoe Trench
COL - Collections Research
GEN - General Site
ISO - Isolated Occurrence
NST - Nonstructure
OTH - Other
STR - Structure
VOI - Void
WAL - Wall

SU No.: Study unit number

SU Description: Study unit descriptive type
10 - subterranean kiva
11 - aboveground kiva
12 - kiva, type unknown
13 - kiva corner room
14 - earth-walled pit structure
15 - subterranean structure, type unknown
20 - subterranean room
21 - masonry surface structure
22 - nonmasonry surface room
23 - masonry structure, type unknown
24 - other masonry structure
30 - midden
31 - extramural surface
32 - reservoir
33 - road
34 - cultural deposit, type unknown
36 - extramural pit feature
50 - multiple study unit types
99 - not further specified
35 - noncultural

FAP: Fill/assemblage position
10 - surface contact: prepared floor surface
11 - surface contact: ash or other accumulation on a floor
12 - surface contact: capped surface
13 - surface contact: and fill above
14 - surface contact: bench surface
15 - surface contact: other feature surface
16 - surface contact: ephemeral or reuse surface in fill
17 - surface contact: modern ground surface
18 - surface contact: natural or bedrock surface
19 - surface contact: other
20 - fill: surface feature contents
30 - fill: wall fall
31 - fill: roof fall
32 - fill: wall fall and roof fall
33 - fill: below wall fall
34 - fill: below roof fall
35 - fill: below wall and roof fall
36 - fill: above wall/roof fall
37 - fill: below wall fall and above roof fall
38 - fill: upper
39 - fill: lower
40 - fill: below a cultural surface
41 - fill: prehistoric ground surface or buried A horizon
48 - fill: not further specified
49 - fill: other
60 - architectural deposit: construction
90 - sterile: undisturbed sediment or geologic deposit
97 - not applicable: fill/assemblage position is not applicable
98 - indeterminate: fill/assemblage position cannot be determined
99 - other: fill/assemblage position is not in this list

FAT: Fill/assemblage type
10 - cultural deposit: not further specified
11 - cultural deposit: primary refuse
12 - cultural deposit: secondary refuse
13 - cultural deposit: de facto refuse
14 - cultural deposit: mixed refuse
15 - cultural deposit: recently disturbed
19 - cultural deposit: other
20 - collapsed structure: not further specified
21 - collapsed structure: with de facto refuse
22 - collapsed structure: with mixed refuse
29 - collapsed structure: other
30 - postabandonment deposit: not further specified
31 - postabandonment deposit: natural processes
39 - postabandonment deposit: other
40 - natural deposit: during occupation
50 - mixed deposit: not further specified
51 - mixed deposit: postabandonment and cultural refuse
52 - mixed deposit: recent disturbance
53 - mixed deposit: sampling column
59 - mixed deposit: other
70 - construction deposit: not further specified
71 - construction deposit: refuse fill
72 - construction deposit: clean fill
73 - construction deposit: rubble fill
74 - construction deposit: masonry
79 - construction deposit: other
90 - noncultural deposit: not further specified
91 - noncultural deposit: other
97 - not applicable: fill/assemblage type is not applicable
98 - indeterminate: fill/assemblage type cannot be determined
99 - other deposit: fill/assemblage type is not in this list

PD No.: Provenience designation number

FS No.: Field specimen number

PL No.: Point location number

Item No.: Item number (links to special analysis, where appropriate)

Note: Prior to the 1993 field season, item numbers were assigned only on an as-needed basis, when individual sherds received additional analysis. Beginning with the 1993 field season, every rim sherd has been itemized and weighed individually. In some older collections, rims have been retroactively separated from other sherds and given their own line of data in the database. In these cases, the count was changed to 1, and the weight was estimated as the mean weight of all the rims in the original group. Such cases are labeled with "*" in the "Comments" column. Item numbers are also assigned to sherds with basketry impressions. In these cases, a notation has been made in the "Comments" column.

Type: Pottery type
AGR - Mancos Gray
ARO - Abajo Red-on-orange
BMW - Basketmaker Mudware
BRE - Bluff Black-on-red
CBW - Chapin Black-on-white
CGR - Chapin Gray
CRG - Indeterminate Local Corrugated Gray
DRE - Deadmans Black-on-red
EBW - McElmo Black-on-white
ECR - Early Local Corrugated
EWU - Early White Unpainted
GRA - Indeterminate Local Gray
HBW - Pueblo III White Painted
IBW - Indeterminate Local White Painted
IND - Indeterminate Local White Unpainted
ING - Indeterminate Neckbanded Gray
INR - Indeterminate Local Red Unpainted
LBW - Late White Painted
LWU - Late White Unpainted
MBW - Mancos Black-on-white
MGR - Moccasin Gray
MLG - Mummy Lake Gray
MRG - Mancos Corrugated Gray
MSG - Middle San Juan Gray Ware
MSJ - Middle San Juan White Ware
NON - Nonlocal Pottery
OBW - Other White Nonlocal
OGR - Other Gray Nonlocal
ORE - Other Red Nonlocal
PAC - Partial Corrugated
PBW - Piedra Black-on-white
PLY - Polychrome
RBW - Early White Painted
RED - Indeterminate Local Red Painted
SJR - San Juan Red Ware
TBW - Pueblo II White Painted
TOW - Tsegi Orange Ware
UNG - Unknown Gray
UNP - Unknown Pottery
UNR - Unknown Red
UNW - Unknown White
VBW - Mesa Verde Black-on-white
VRG - Mesa Verde Corrugated Gray
ZBW - Cortez Black-on-white

Form: Pottery form
B - bowl
C - canteen
J - jar
K - kiva/seed jar
L - ladle
M - mug/pitcher
N - Narrow-mouthed jar
O - other
U - unknown
W - Wide-mouthed jar

Note: Prior to the 1998 field season, no codes existed for canteen, kiva/seed jar, ladle, and mug forms, so they were noted only in the "Comments" column. The current codes for these forms were used in analyses beginning with the 1998 field season.

Part: Pottery part
B - body
H - handle
R - rim

Note: Prior to the 1998 field season, handles were coded as "body."

Finish: Pottery finish
C - carbon paint
G - Glaze paint
I - indeterminate paint
M - mineral paint
S - slipped
U - unslipped
X - mixed paint

Note: Coding of "indeterminate" and "mixed" paint as pottery finishes began with the 1995 field season. Prior to this, all paint on white ware sherds was classified as either "carbon" or "mineral," with mixed paint usually being called "carbon."

Count: Quantity

Weight: Weight (grams)

Note: In some older collections (prior to 1993), the weight of individual rims has been estimated as a mean weight of all rims in an original bag. A "*" in the "Comments" column indicates that the weight is estimated. See "Item No.," above, for more information.

Vessel: Number assigned to vessel into which sherd(s) refits

Comments: Comments about pottery analysis

Note: In some older collections (prior to 1993), a "*" was placed in this field to indicate that the weight provided for a rim sherd had been estimated. See "Item No.," above, for more information.

Collection Date: Date artifacts were collected in the field