Artifacts
by Jonathan D. Till and Scott G. Ortman

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Table 75. Other Stone and Mineral Artifacts by Material Type, Sand Canyon Pueblo

Material Type

Modified Cobble

Other Modified Mineral

Other Modified Stone/Mineral

Stone Disk

Unmodified Stone

Total

Agate/chalcedony

 

 

1

 

 

1

Caliche

 

1

 

 

 

1

Clay

 

1

 

 

 

1

Conglomerate

 

 

5

 

5

10

Dakota quartzite

1

 

3

 

 

4

Gypsum/calcite/barite

 

31

1

 

 

32

Igneous

12

 

8

 

2

22

Jet

 

1

 

 

 

1

Morrison chert/siltstone

 

 

8

 

 

8

Morrison quartzite

 

 

19

 

1

20

Nonlocal chert/siltstone

 

 

1

 

 

1

Other mineral

 

4

 

 

 

4

Petrified wood

 

1

 

 

 

1

Quartz

 

 

1

 

 

1

Sandstone

 

 

139

23

29

191

Shale

 

 

3

 

 

3

Slate

 

 

1

 

 

1

Slate/shale

 

 

11

 

1

12

Unknown chert/siltstone

 

2

8

 

1

11

Unknown material

 

 

 

 

1

1

Unknown quartzite

9

 

6

 

1

16

Unknown silicified sandstone

 

 

1

 

 

1

Unknown stone

 

1

9

 

 

10

Material not recorded

 

 

6

 

 

6

TOTAL

22

42

225

23

41

353

NOTE: All values are counts.

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