Artifacts
by Jonathan D. Till and Scott G. Ortman

Table 34. Temper and Paint Types for Rim Sherds from White Ware Bowls, Sand Canyon Puebloa

Mineral Paint

Carbon Paint

Mixed Paint

Total

Temper

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Crushed sandstone

10

11.8

30

13.0

 

 

40

12.6

Igneous rock

3

3.5

23

10.0

 

 

26

8.2

Quartz sand

1

1.2

5

2.2

 

 

6

1.9

Sherd

71

83.5

170

73.6

2

100.0

243

76.4

Mixed

 

 

3

1.3

 

 

3

0.9

TOTAL

85

100.0

231

100.0

2

100.0

318

100.0

Percent of Total Sample

 

26.7

 

72.6

 

0.6

 

100.0

a The paint types reported here are based on a reanalysis of these sherds and therefore may be at variance with the results presented in Table 9. The "mixed" category, used here, was not a part of the original paint-type analysis.

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