Data from: New approaches to ceramic use and discard: cooking pottery from the Peruvian Andes in ethnoarchaeological perspective

Data were obtained both on ceramic vessels and metal pots. In general, files pertaining to ceramic vessels end with the letter 'b' (barro or clay) and files pertaining to metal end with the letter 'm'. Pottery Classes for cooking vessels: First letter is type of pottery o = olla c = chata d = tostadera f = fiesta (used for special occasion) k = alternate for chata r = tetera (tea pot) x = unknown Second letter is size c = chico (small) m = media (medium) f = familia (family) g = grande (large) x = unknown Classes for water transport and storage jars - Porongos: First letter is the type of jar: p = porongo (narrow mouth jars) u = ulpus (medium mouth jars) t = tinajas (wide mouthed jars) n = unknown blank line means household lacked porongos Second letter is size c = chico (small) m = media (medium) g = grande (large) x = unknown Classes for blades - buckets: First letter b = balde (bucket) Second letter m = metal p = plastic Directories: use has use survey data discard has the discard survey data Files within use directory ______________________________________ uollab = use of ollas de barro (clay) format: village house-in-village cumulative-house number-vessels type-vessel age comment 01 01 001 02 of 1.00 01 01 001 04 of 0.08 01 01 001 02 cx 1.50 uollam = use of ollas de metal format same as above 01 01 001 01 rc 3.00 01 01 001 01 og 2.00 01 02 002 01 rc 3.00 01 02 002 03 fg 15.00 01 03 003 01 om 6.00 01 03 003 02 og 6.00 01 04 004 01 rx 1.00 upor = use of porongos, these are ceramic water storage jars, same format as for ollas 01 01 001 01 um 6.00 01 01 001 01 tg 3.00 01 02 002 01 pg 20.00 01 02 002 01 um 3.00 01 02 002 02 tm 4.00 01 03 003 03 pc 12.00 ubal = use of metal or plastic buckets for water storage and carrying, same format .. ufam = family information 199 total village house-in-vil cum-house in-kitchen female age cook type-fuel cummensal-number i=in f=female l=straw, wood or dung? e=ext. m=male k=kerosene g=gas 01 01 001 i f 50 y lxx 06 01 02 002 i f 60 y lxx 03 01 03 003 e f 48 y lkx 07 ufambset = best families 96 total families where information was collected from the cook(female) inside the kitchen(i) and they used only straw, wood or dung? fuel Files within discard directory _____________________________________ dollab = discard of ollas Format of file: Village Household CumHousehold PotType Size Age HOWBROKE USED MEMO o=olla c=chico yrs a=accident b=basura m=medio s=wear u=used f=familila g=grande 01 01 001 01 og 12.00 a b *drunken fiesta**no location 01 01 001 01 dc 1.83 s b *mucho uso**no location 01 02 002 01 cg 20.00 a b *wind blew kitchen roof down**left in place 01 02 002 01 of 2.00 a b *wind blew kitchen roof down**left in place 01 02 002 01 oc 1.00 a b *wind blew kitchen roof down**left in place dporo = discard of porongos 1 1 1 01 0.00 *no rompo todavia mis poronguitos 1 2 2 01 pc 15.00 a b *kitchen fell in in wind breaking all pots; left in the heap 1 2 2 01 nc 12.00 a b *as above dfam = discard by family VILL HOUSE TTL In-Kitchen SEX AGE Primary-Cook FUEL-USED f=female l=wood?? m=male k=kerosene g=gas 01 01 001 + f 43 ? lxx 01 02 002 + f 78 y lxx 01 03 003 + f 25 y lxx 01 04 004 + m 40 n lkx 01 05 005 + f 36 y lxx 01 06 006 + f 51 y lxx 01 07 007 + f 20 y lxx 01 08 008 + f 48 y lxg 01 09 009 + f 72 y lxx In the discard survey data, 01 12 012 01 cc 2.00 a b *grandson broke**no location 01 12 012 01 oc 1.00 a b *broke wasing**no location 01 13 013 01 og 15.00 a b *robber stole grains and broke ollas**in corral The sixth column is the age of the vessel at the time of breakage.