Artifacts
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Table 87. Artifact Frequencies, by Percentage, 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		 Hammer-
stones		 Pecking-
stones		 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 0.98 1.39 0.33 0.00 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.65 0.00 48.33 16.46 30.15 0.00 0.98 0.16 0.33 100.00
108 and 109 Kiva Suite 108 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.49 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.46 0.00 54.37 18.45 23.79 0.00 0.97 0.00 0.49 100.00
204, 209, and 210 Kiva Suite 208 0.17 1.22 0.76 0.13 0.21 0.13 0.13 0.04 0.34 0.84 0.13 45.91 13.45 35.12 0.08 0.72 0.21 0.42 100.00
515 and 518 Kiva Suite 501 0.40 0.79 0.62 0.04 0.18 0.13 0.00 0.00 0.35 0.79 0.09 58.61 12.93 23.70 0.04 1.15 0.09 0.09 100.00
803 great kiva 0.06 0.49 0.36 0.06 0.00 0.61 0.00 0.00 0.55 1.15 0.06 45.87 15.41 34.22 0.18 0.61 0.06 0.30 100.00
1000 and 1006 Kiva Suite 1004 0.12 0.51 0.28 0.13 0.24 0.46 0.04 0.02 0.39 0.59 0.02 51.52 19.38 24.84 0.11 1.07 0.06 0.20 100.00
1207 and 1214 Kiva Suite 1206 0.18 0.88 1.23 0.14 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.11 0.53 1.33 0.35 64.39 10.07 18.32 0.14 1.37 0.28 0.49 100.00
1500 and 1506 outside D-shaped building (Block 1500) 0.20 0.75 0.88 0.07 0.00 1.19 0.00 0.10 0.41 0.37 0.24 55.83 13.41 25.88 0.07 0.44 0.00 0.17 100.00
1507, 1511, 1513, and 1519 inside D-shaped building (Block 1500) 0.27 0.27 0.75 0.21 0.00 0.41 0.00 0.14 0.27 0.75 0.41 65.78 12.39 17.86 0.07 0.21 0.14 0.07 100.00
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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