Artifacts
by Jonathan D. Till and Scott G. Ortman 		Crow Canyon Home

Table 43. Chipped-Stone Tools by Material Type, Sand Canyon Pueblo
  Biface Drill Projectile Point Core Modified Core Peckingstone Chipped-Stone Tool Modified Flake Total
N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N %
Local Materials
Dakota quartzite 56 60.9 11 31.4 54 49.1 32 8.8     26 6.9 7 8.3 64 15.0 250 16.6
Morrison chert/siltstone 9 9.8 8 22.9 9 8.2 202 55.6 11 45.8 70 18.7 35 41.7 195 45.7 539 35.7
Morrison quartzite 3 3.3 1 2.9 6 5.5 99 27.3 13 54.2 267 71.2 30 35.7 141 33.0 560 37.1
Igneous                     2 0.5         2 0.1
Quartz                     1 0.3         1 0.1
Semilocal Materials
Agate/chalcedony 11 12.0 4 11.4 15 13.6 2 0.6         2 2.4 2 0.5 36 2.4
Petrified wood 3 3.3 1 2.9 3 2.7             1 1.2 4 0.9 12 0.8
Nonlocal Materials
Obsidian         4 3.6                     4 0.3
Washington Pass chert     1 2.9 1 0.9                 2 0.5 4 0.3
Nonlocal chert/siltstone 3 3.3 3 8.6 5 4.5 1 0.3         4 4.8 2 0.5 18 1.2
Unknown Materials
Unknown chert/siltstone 7 7.6 5 14.3 12 10.9 22 6.1     2 0.5 5 6.0 15 3.5 68 4.5
Unknown quartzite     1 2.9 1 0.9 4 1.1     5 1.3     2 0.5 13 0.9
Unknown stone                     2 0.5         2 0.1
Unidentified lithic material             1 0.3                 1 0.1
TOTAL 92 100.0 35 100.0 110 100.0 363 100.0 24 100.0 375 100.0 84 100.0 427 100.0 1,510 100.0

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