Artifacts
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Table 49. Debitage Sample Reanalysis by Arakawa, Sand Canyon Pueblo: Cortex and Size, by Material Type
  Cortex Size Total
>1" 1/2" 1/4" <1/4"
N % N % N % N % N %
Local Materials
Dakota/Burro Canyon silicified sandstone absent     11 4.0 30 11.8 3 21.4 44 7.4
Dakota/Burro Canyon silicified sandstone present 4 7.8 3 1.1 7 2.7     14 2.4
Burro Canyon chert absent     2 0.7 3 1.2     5 0.8
Burro Canyon chert present     2 0.7         2 0.3
Morrison silicified sandstone not recorded     39 14.3 32 12.5     71 12.0
Morrison silicified sandstone absent 10 19.6 33 12.1 27 10.6 4 28.6 74 12.5
Morrison silicified sandstone present 8 15.7 15 5.5 10 3.9     33 5.6
Morrison mudstone not recorded     114 41.8 85 33.3     199 33.6
Morrison mudstone absent 4 7.8 28 10.3 39 15.3 7 50.0 78 13.2
Morrison mudstone present 20 39.2 13 4.8 7 2.7     40 6.7
Morrison chert absent     1 0.4 3 1.2     4 0.7
Igneous absent     1 0.4 4 1.6     5 0.8
Igneous present     2 0.7         2 0.3
Sandstone present 1 2.0             1 0.2
Semilocal Materials
Agate/chalcedony absent     3 1.1 2 0.8     5 0.8
Agate/chalcedony present         1 0.4     1 0.2
Brushy Basin chert/siltstone absent     2 0.7 1 0.4     3 0.5
Brushy Basin chert/siltstone present 2 3.9 3 1.1 1 0.4     6 1.0
Nonlocal Materials
Obsidian absent         2 0.8     2 0.3
Unknown Materials
Unknown chert/siltstone present 2 3.9 1 0.4 1 0.4     4 0.7
TOTAL 51 100.0 273 100.0 255 100.0 14 100.0 593 100.0

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