"Artifacts," by Scott G. Ortman

Table 17. Occupational Histories of Architectural Blocks, Yellow Jacket Pueblo
  Architectural Block Total Site
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 2000 2100 2200 2300 2400 2500 2600 3200 3300 3400
A. Corrugated Sherd Deposition  
Number of midden test units 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 5 3 3 2 7 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 3
Mean weight (g) of corrugated gray sherds per midden test unit 3,206.4 4,652.8 3,071.6 2,297.4 3,905.4 2,145.6 3,039.0 834.4 1,828.4 277.6 1,275.9 425.5 2,658.1 268.8 654.0 646.5 1,202.3 1,091.1 1,335.3 565.2 431.8 43.5
SD, weight (g) of corrugated gray sherds per midden test unit 886.2 2,298.2 1,786.7 1,822.3 2,081.9 2,339.7 3,565.8 770.4 523.2 223.1 954.7 724.5 – 62.4 295.6 382.1 816.2 1,125.1 1,402.1 591.2 505.9 33.3
Occupation span estimatea 158.1 229.7 151.4 113.1 192.7 105.6 149.8 40.6 89.8 13.1 62.5 20.4 130.9 12.6 31.7 31.3 58.9 53.4 65.4 27.3 20.7 1.5
 
B. Posterior Probability Distributionsb
A.D. 1020–1060 .059 .020 .007 .015 .111 .045 .100 .018 .038 .069 .036 .003 .023 .034 .086 .060 .062 .018 .123 .200 .108 .035 .016
A.D. 1060–1100 .127 .031 .009 .013 .161 .075 .127 .023 .032 .081 .046 .000 .031 .056 .103 .067 .096 .047 .191 .219 .153 .054 .024
A.D. 1100–1140 .170 .079 .041 .034 .215 .072 .181 .044 .069 .097 .079 .006 .066 .088 .148 .093 .142 .073 .206 .243 .166 .065 .058
A.D. 1140–1180 .112 .080 .074 .056 .203 .117 .202 .064 .134 .110 .095 .022 .090 .106 .154 .099 .114 .110 .222 .155 .126 .067 .074
A.D. 1180–1225 .233 .324 .304 .300 .095 .320 .170 .277 .289 .213 .245 .191 .282 .255 .200 .223 .241 .288 .128 .082 .173 .208 .312
A.D. 1225–1260 .164 .277 .255 .283 .074 .231 .120 .290 .251 .222 .266 .325 .280 .245 .168 .244 .195 .242 .074 .054 .150 .300 .295
A.D. 1260–1280 .136 .190 .310 .301 .141 .140 .100 .284 .188 .208 .234 .454 .228 .216 .142 .215 .150 .222 .056 .047 .123 .271 .221
SD = standard deviation.

aCalculated from the regression formula: years = .0495 x (mean weight [g] of corrugated gray sherds per midden test unit) – .656.

bTable entries in boldface type represent inferred periods of occupation.
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