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

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Table 86. Artifact Frequencies, by Count, for Selected Midden Assemblages, Sand Canyon Pueblo
Study Units with Midden Deposits Associated Kiva Suite/Context Formal Chipped-Stone Toolsa Informal Chipped-Stone Toolsb Cores Food-Grinding Toolsc Abraders Indeterminate Ground-Stone Artifacts Axes/
Mauls		 Hammerstones Peckingstones Bone Toolsd Gizzard Stones Corrugated Gray
Jar Sherds		 White Ware Jar Sherds White Ware Bowl Sherds Pottery-Production Itemse Modified Sherds Shaped Sherds Personal-Adornment Itemsf Total
103 Kiva Suite 102 12 17 4   1       2 8   593 202 370   12 2 4 1,227
108 and 109 Kiva Suite 108       1           3   112 38 49   2   1 206
204, 209, and 210 Kiva Suite 208 4 29 18 3 5 3 3 1 8 20 3 1,089 319 833 2 17 5 10 2,372
515 and 518 Kiva Suite 501 9 18 14 1 4 3     8 18 2 1,328 293 537 1 26 2 2 2,266
803 great kiva 1 8 6 1   10     9 19 1 756 254 564 3 10 1 5 1,648
1000 and 1006 Kiva Suite 1004 10 42 23 11 20 38 3 2 32 48 2 4,224 1,589 2,036 9 88 5 16 8,198
1207 and 1214 Kiva Suite 1206 5 25 35 4 2 2 2 3 15 38 10 1,835 287 522 4 39 8 14 2,850
1500 and 1506 outside D-shaped building (Block 1500) 6 22 26 2   35   3 12 11 7 1,648 396 764 2 13   5 2,952
1507, 1511, 1513, and 1519 inside D-shaped building (Block 1500) 4 4 11 3   6   2 4 11 6 961 181 261 1 3 2 1 1,461
NOTE: Debitage is excluded because a large portion of it was not analyzed.
a Bifaces, projectile points, and drills.
b Modified cores, modified flakes, and other chipped-stone tools.
c Manos, metates, mortars, and pestles.
d Bone awls, needles, and scrapers.
e Polishing stones, other ceramic artifacts, and unfired sherds.
f Beads, pendants, other modified shell, and bone tubes.

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