Table 15.36. Debitage Raw Material Characteristics for Samples Analyzed from Four of the Tested Sites, Sand Canyon Archaeological Project: Site Testing

Table 15.36. Debitage Raw Material Characteristics for Samples Analyzed from Four of the Tested Sites^a

	Morrison Formation		Dakota Formation		Local Sandstone		Local Igneous		Nonlocal		Unknown		Total
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Grain
Fine	110	4.6	9	1.0					22	95.7	101	62.0	242	6.9
Medium	2,061	86.1	424	48.1			1	100.0			51	31.3	2,537	72.2
Coarse	164	6.8	399	45.3	49	100.0					8	4.9	620	17.7
Mixed	15	0.6	10	1.1					1	4.3	2	1.2	28	0.8
Indeterminate	45	1.9	39	4.4							1	0.6	85	2.4
Color
Green	363	15.2	2	0.2							1	0.6	366	10.4
Brown	48	2.0	5	0.6	5	10.2					19	11.7	77	2.2
Purple	702	29.3	1	0.1	1	2.0					1	0.6	705	20.1
Red	2	0.1									4	2.5	6	0.2
Yellow	1	0.0	13	1.5									14	0.4
Gray	931	38.9	88	10.0	33	67.3			1	4.3	27	16.6	1,080	30.8
White	105	4.4	658	74.7	3	6.1			2	8.7	72	44.2	840	23.9
Black	60	2.5	8	0.9	1	2.0			15	65.2	4	2.5	88	2.5
Mixed	181	7.6	104	11.8	6	12.2	1	100.0	2	8.7	30	18.4	324	9.2
Other	2	0.1	2	0.2					3	13.0	5	3.1	12	0.3
TOTAL	2,395	68.2	881	25.1	49	1.4	1	0.0	23	0.7	163	4.6	3,512	100.0

^aG and G Hamlet, Roy's Ruin, Lester's Site, and Stanton's Site.