Cline Mesa Data: Shell Taxa from All 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 Data table Shell Taxa from All Contexts presents a summary of the shell taxa of the shell artifacts recovered from all investigated contexts (both screened and unscreened) at Cline Mesa sites (except Cline Terrace Mound, which is reported separately). 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 shell artifacts with different shell taxon designations. Note that it provides a count of artifacts (NOT individual shell pieces) identified to individual taxa. Thus, a shell bracelet in 3 pieces identified to a shell taxon will count as 1 artifact for that taxon.

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

克莱因台地（Cline Mesa）考古遗址群隶属于位于通托盆地（Tonto Basin）西北端、沿通托溪（Tonto Creek）东岸分布的大型聚落综合体——克莱因台地聚落群（Cline Terrace Complex）。亚利桑那州立大学文化资源管理办公室（Office of Cultural Resource Management, Arizona State University）开展的罗斯福台地丘研究（Roosevelt Platform Mound Study, RPMS）将克莱因台地聚落群划分为三个管理组：台地丘（Mound）、班德洛里奥（Bandolero）以及印第安角（Indian Point）管理组。克莱因台地丘组包含复合体中规模最大、位于中心位置的克莱因台地丘遗址，以及周边7处遗址。该丘组遗址另有单独报告分册刊载，相关数据亦单独发布（详见https://core.tdar.org/project/394032）。克莱因台地遗址群则涵盖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。需注意，这些遗址未必能代表克莱因台地聚落群的全部时间跨度，其中多数为通托国家森林（Tonto National Forest）土地范围内的霍霍卡姆（Hohokam）晚古典期居住遗址。《克莱因台地遗址报告》分册及相关数据汇总了该聚落群35处遗址的地表采集与发掘成果。
《克莱因台地数据集：全遗存软体动物分类群》（Cline Mesa Data table Shell Taxa from All Contexts）汇总了在克莱因台地遗址群（不含单独刊载的克莱因台地丘遗址）所有调查遗存（包括过筛与未过筛遗存）中出土的贝壳制品所属软体动物分类群信息。该表格以亚利桑那州博物馆（Arizona State Museum, ASM）遗址编号（省略所有ASM编号共通的前缀“AZ”，例如U:8:205即对应ASM遗址编号AZ U:8:205）标注各考古遗址，随后列出各遗址内的指定考古遗存层位——地层。这些地层代表主要自然或文化沉积事件，例如侵蚀堆积、屋顶塌落、居住面遗存以及无菌底土层。地层在哈里斯矩阵（Harris Matrix）中以相互连接的横向方框阵列呈现。本表格中，考古遗存层位（地层）采用复合编号体系标识：ASM遗址编号、冒号、遗迹编号以及地层字母标识（例如U:3:198:006A、U:3:198:006B）。在同一遗迹内，每个地层以遗迹编号（如10、11、12等）及代表特定地层的字母（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）出土的制品将按地层进行统计。详细信息请参见列元数据。如需了解各地层的详细数据（包括指定地层类型），可参阅以下tDAR数据集链接对应的克莱因台地地层数据表：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。
本表格随后列出了不同软体动物分类群对应的贝壳制品出现频次（计数）。请注意，此处统计的是制品数量（而非单个贝壳碎片），即一件被鉴定为某一分类群的3片式贝壳手镯，将计为该分类群下的1件制品。
克莱因台地数据集表格最初刊载于《罗斯福台地丘专论系列第9号：通托溪沿岸的萨洛洛居住聚落：罗斯福台地丘研究：克莱因台地遗址群报告，克莱因台地聚落群 第1、2部分》（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."），作为附录刊载于该报告分册末尾（即第2部分末尾）。该报告分册详见以下tDAR链接：https://core.tdar.org/document/394299