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

Table 48. Debitage Type by Material Type, Sand Canyon Pueblo
  Flakes Flake Fragments Edge-Damaged Flakes Angular Debris Total Debitage
N % N % N % N % N %
Local Materials
Dakota chert/siltstone             1 0.15 1 0.00
Dakota quartzite 1,364 8.75 969 13.51 55 7.94 63 9.71 2,451 10.17
Morrison chert/siltstone 2,674 17.15 937 13.07 47 6.78 184 28.35 3,842 15.94
Morrison quartzite 10,938 70.14 4,923 68.66 567 81.82 321 49.46 16,749 69.48
Igneous 111 0.71 59 0.82 3 0.43 7 1.08 180 0.75
Conglomerate 2 0.01 1 0.01         3 0.01
Quartz 1 0.01             1 0.00
Sandstone 122 0.78 48 0.67 3 0.43 8 1.23 181 0.75
Slate/shale 1 0.01             1 0.00
Local 6 0.04 8 0.11         14 0.06
Semilocal Materials
Agate/chalcedony 34 0.22 23 0.32 3 0.43 1 0.15 61 0.25
Petrified wood 1 0.01 2 0.03     5 0.77 8 0.03
Nonlocal Materials
Obsidian 4 0.03 1 0.01 1 0.14     6 0.02
Washington Pass chert 4 0.03 3 0.04         7 0.03
Nonlocal chert/siltstone 39 0.25 33 0.46 5 0.72 4 0.62 81 0.34
Nonlocal 2 0.01 3 0.04 2 0.29 3 0.46 10 0.04
Unknown Materials
Unknown chert/siltstone 197 1.26 73 1.02 3 0.43 33 5.08 306 1.27
Unknown quartzite 17 0.11 12 0.17     1 0.15 30 0.12
Unknown stone 77 0.49 75 1.05 4 0.58 18 2.77 174 0.72
TOTAL 15,594 100.00 7,170 100.00 693 100.00 649 100.00 24,106 100.00

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