Cline Mesa Data: Special Artifacts from Screened Contexts

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 table Special Artifacts from Screened Contexts presents a summary of fine, elaborate, rare, and/or otherwise special goods recovered from excavated, screened contexts at Cline Mesa sites (except Cline Terrace Mound, which is reported separately). In general, it presents a list of fine goods and other artifacts that received a Stage 3 Special analysis. The table lists archaeological sites designated by Arizona State Museum (ASM) site numbers (without the "AZ" common to all ASM numbers) (e.g., U:8:205 = ASM site number AZ U:8:205). It then lists designated archaeological contexts - strata - at each site. The 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. Please see column metadata for further detail. Please also see the Cline Mesa strata data tables for further data about each stratum, including the assigned stratum type, at the following tDAR urls: http://core.tdar.org/dataset/394488 http://core.tdar.org/dataset/394486 http://core.tdar.org/dataset/394487 http://core.tdar.org/dataset/394489 http://core.tdar.org/dataset/394490 http://core.tdar.org/dataset/394485 http://core.tdar.org/dataset/394484 The table then provides the frequency (count) of different special artifacts for each stratum. The table presents counts of special artifacts in the following artifact categories: bifaces, drills, and projectile points; large stone implements; ceramic manufacturing materials; disks and whorls (ceramic and stone); stone jewelry; shell jewelry; manuports (rare minerals or other stone objects); grinding implements, mortars, and pestles; and miscellaneous artifacts. The Cline Mesa Data tables were originally published in the Roosevelt Platform Mound Monograph Series No. 9 titled “Salado Residential Settlements on Tonto Creek, Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Report on the Cline Mesa Sites, Cline Terrace Complex, Parts 1 and 2.” The tables were published in an appendix at the end of the volume (end of Part 2). Please see the report volume at the following tDAR URL: https://core.tdar.org/document/394299克莱恩梅萨（Cline Mesa）考古遗址群隶属于通托盆地（Tonto Basin）西北端一处名为克莱恩台地综合体（Cline Terrace Complex）的大型定居点复合体，坐落于通托溪（Tonto Creek）东岸。亚利桑那州立大学（Arizona State University）文化资源管理办公室（Office of Cultural Resource Management）开展的罗斯福台地丘研究（Roosevelt Platform Mound Study, RPMS）将克莱恩台地综合体划分为三个管理群组：丘群、班德洛罗群与印第安角群管理组。克莱恩台地丘群组包含复合体中规模最大、地处中心的克莱恩台地丘遗址，以及周边7处遗址。该群组的遗址已在独立报告卷册中单独阐述，相关数据亦单独发布（详见https://core.tdar.org/project/394032）。克莱恩梅萨遗址群由沿通托溪东岸台地分布、延伸至通托溪与格林巴克溪（Greenback Creek）汇流处的其余35处考古遗址组成。需注意，这些遗址未必能代表克莱恩梅萨定居复合体的时间跨度，其中多数为位于通托国家森林（Tonto National Forest）土地上的霍霍坎（Hohokam）晚古典时期居住遗址。本克莱恩梅萨遗址群报告卷册与数据汇总了该复合体35处遗址的地表采集与发掘成果。 《克莱恩梅萨筛洗遗存单元特殊器物》汇总了从克莱恩梅萨遗址（克莱恩台地丘遗址除外，该遗址已单独报告）的发掘、筛洗遗存单元中出土的精美、精致、稀有及其他特殊器物。总体而言，本报告列出了接受第三阶段专项分析的精美器物与其他遗存。 本表格以亚利桑那州立博物馆（Arizona State Museum, ASM）遗址编号（省略所有ASM编号共有的前缀“AZ”，例如U:8:205即代表ASM遗址编号AZ U:8:205）标注考古遗址，随后列出各遗址的指定考古遗存单元——地层。这些地层代表主要的自然或文化沉积事件，例如侵蚀堆积、屋顶垮落、居住面遗存与无菌基岩。地层在哈里斯矩阵（Harris Matrix）中以相互连接的水平箱形行呈现。本表格中，考古遗存单元（地层）的编号由以下要素组合而成：ASM遗址编号、冒号、遗迹编号与地层字母标识（例如：U:3:198:006A、U:3:198:006B）。单个遗迹内的各层位以遗迹编号（如10、11、12等）与代表特定层位的字母（如A、B、C）标识，字母按降序分配。混合层位与脱离原生层位采集的遗存以“？”标注。各遗迹（或混合遗存单元）的遗存将按地层进行统计。详见列元数据以获取更多细节。另可通过以下tDAR数据集链接查看各地层的详细数据，包括分配的地层类型： http://core.tdar.org/dataset/394488 http://core.tdar.org/dataset/394486 http://core.tdar.org/dataset/394487 http://core.tdar.org/dataset/394489 http://core.tdar.org/dataset/394490 http://core.tdar.org/dataset/394485 http://core.tdar.org/dataset/394484 本表格随后提供了各地层不同特殊器物的出现频次（计数）。表格按以下器物类别统计特殊器物的数量：两面器、钻器与投射器尖；大型石器工具；陶瓷制作原料；陶瓷与石质圆盘及纺轮；石质饰品；贝饰；转运石块（稀有矿物或其他石质器物）；研磨工具、磨盘与磨杵；以及杂项器物。 克莱恩梅萨数据集表格最初发表于《罗斯福台地丘专论系列第9号》，标题为《通托溪上的萨洛洛人居遗址：罗斯福台地丘研究：克莱恩台地综合体克莱恩梅萨遗址报告 第1、2部分》。该表格作为附录刊载于该卷册末尾（第2部分末尾）。详见以下tDAR文档链接获取报告卷册：https://core.tdar.org/document/394299