Cline Mesa Data, AZ U:3:128(ASM): Strata

The Cline Mesa archaeological sites are part of an extensive settlement complex called the Cline Terrace Complex at the northwestern end of the Tonto Basin, along the eastern bank of Tonto Creek. The Arizona State University, Office of Cultural Resource Management, Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) divided the Cline Terrace Complex into three management groups: the Mound, Bandolero, and Indian Point management groups. The Cline Terrace Mound group included the Cline Terrace mound, which is the largest site in the complex and located at the center of the complex, and seven nearby sites. The mound group sites are treated in a separate report volume and the associated data are reported separately (Please see https://core.tdar.org/project/394032). The Cline Mesa sites consist of the remaining 35 archaeological sites along the terraces forming the eastern bank of Tonto Creek and extending to the creek’s confluence with Greenback Creek. Please note that these sites are not necessarily representative of the temporal range in the Cline Mesa settlement complex, as many are Hohokam Late Classic period residential sites on Tonto National Forest land. The Cline Mesa Sites report volumes and data summarize results from the surface collections and excavations at the 35 sites in the complex. The Cline Mesa, Site AZ U:3:128(ASM) Strata data table provides a summary of the features and associated strata (as well as strata type) identified during RPMS investigations at archaeological site AZ U:3:128(ASM) (AR-03-12-06-758(USFS)) on Cline Mesa in the Cline Terrace Management Group. The table identifies each archaeological site by its Arizona State Museum (ASM) site number and its USFS Tonto Forest site number (ASM number/last three digits of Tonto Forest number) (e.g., U:8:23/177). It then lists features and designated archaeological contexts - strata - at each site. Features are designated by combining two numbering systems: the ASM site number, a colon, and the feature number (Note that the "AZ" common to every ASM site number is not used in this table.). Feature numbers begin with the number "1" at each site and progress sequentially (EX: U:8:384:005 = site AZ U:8:384, Feature 5; U:8:384:006 = site AZ U:8:384, Feature 6). Strata represent major natural or cultural depositional events such as erosional fill, roof fall, floor contexts, and sterile substrate. Strata are depicted as horizontal rows of interconnected boxes on a Harris Matrix. In this table, the archaeological contexts - strata - are identified by a combination of numbering systems: the ASM site number, a colon, the feature number, and the stratum letter designation (EX: U:3:198:006A, U:3:198:006B). Within a feature, each stratum is designated by the feature number (e.g., 10, 11, 12, etc.) and a letter that designates a particular stratum (e.g., A, B, C). The letters are assigned in descending order. Mixed levels and artifacts collected out of context are designated by a "?". Artifacts from each feature (or mixed context) are tallied according to strata. The table also lists, for each feature and stratum, associated subfeatures. For example, a pit house might be associated with the following subfeatures: post holes, a hearth, and storage pits. Associated sub-features are designated by the feature number and a decimal number. For each feature, subfeature numbers begin with .01 and increase sequentially. The example pit house might be numbered Feature 1 and its subfeatures might be numbered 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, etc. The table provides a description of each subfeature. Finally, the table provides two volume measurements for each designated context. It provides a volume of total fill for a context and a volume of screened fill for each context. These volumes may be useful for calculating relative artifact densities for archaeological contexts.克莱因台地（Cline Mesa）考古遗址群隶属于坐落于通托盆地（Tonto Basin）西北端、沿通托溪（Tonto Creek）东岸分布的大型聚落综合体——克莱因台地聚落复合体（Cline Terrace Complex）。亚利桑那州立大学（Arizona State University）文化资源管理办公室下属的罗斯福台地冢研究项目（Roosevelt Platform Mound Study, RPMS）将克莱因台地聚落复合体划分为三个管理组：台地冢组、班多列罗组与印第安角组。克莱因台地冢组包含复合体中规模最大、位于核心位置的克莱因台地冢遗址，以及周边7处附属遗址。该组遗址的相关研究已单独成册，配套数据亦另行发布（详见https://core.tdar.org/project/394032）。克莱因台地遗址群则包含沿通托溪东岸台地分布、延伸至通托溪与格林巴克溪汇流处的其余35处考古遗址。需注意的是，这批遗址未必能完整代表克莱因台地聚落复合体的时间跨度，其中多数为通托国家森林（Tonto National Forest）辖区内的霍霍坎（Hohokam）晚古典期居住遗址。《克莱因台地遗址》报告册及配套数据汇总了该复合体35处遗址的地表采集与发掘成果。 《克莱因台地遗址AZ U:3:128(ASM)地层数据表》汇总了RPMS对克莱因台地管理组内考古遗址AZ U:3:128(ASM)（编号AR-03-12-06-758(USFS)）开展调查时识别出的遗迹、关联地层（含地层类型）相关信息。该数据表以亚利桑那州立博物馆（Arizona State Museum, ASM）遗址编号与美国林务局（United States Forest Service, USFS）通托森林遗址编号（格式为：ASM编号/通托森林编号末三位，例如U:8:23/177）对每处考古遗址进行标识。随后数据表将列出每处遗址的遗迹与指定考古遗存背景——即地层。遗迹编号采用两套编号系统组合而成的格式：ASM遗址编号加冒号，再加上遗迹编号（注意：本表中省略了所有ASM遗址编号共有的前缀“AZ”）。每处遗址的遗迹编号均从“1”开始按顺序递增（示例：U:8:384:005 对应遗址AZ U:8:384的第5号遗迹；U:8:384:006 对应遗址AZ U:8:384的第6号遗迹）。 地层代表了主要的自然或文化沉积事件，例如侵蚀堆积、屋顶坍塌、居住面遗存与无菌底土。在地层学哈里斯矩阵（Harris Matrix）中，地层被表示为横向排列的相互连接的方格。在本数据表中，考古遗存背景（即地层）的编号采用组合格式：ASM遗址编号加冒号、遗迹编号再加地层字母标识（示例：U:3:198:006A、U:3:198:006B）。在单个遗迹内部，每层地层以遗迹编号（例如10、11、12等）加代表特定地层的字母（例如A、B、C）进行标识，字母按降序分配。混合层位与脱离原生埋藏环境采集的人工遗存以“？”标注。各遗迹（或混合遗存背景）出土的人工遗存将按地层进行统计。 该数据表还会为每个遗迹与地层列出相关联的亚遗迹。例如，一座坑式住宅可能关联以下亚遗迹：柱洞、灶台与储藏坑。亚遗迹的编号采用遗迹编号加小数的格式。每个遗迹的亚遗迹编号均从.01开始按顺序递增。以上述坑式住宅为例，若其为第1号遗迹，则其亚遗迹编号依次为1.01、1.02、1.03等。数据表将对每个亚遗迹进行描述。 最后，该数据表为每个指定遗存背景提供两项体积测量数据：遗存背景的总填充物体积与过筛填充物体积。这些体积数据可用于计算各考古遗存背景的相对人工遗存密度。