Cline Mesa Data: Decorated Ceramics 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 Decorated Ceramics from Screened Contexts presents a summary of decorated ceramic vessels recovered from excavated, screened contexts at Cline Mesa (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 individual vessels assigned to different decorated ceramic types for each stratum. Note that the table presents a count of individual vessels (i.e., groups of sherds or single sherds assigned to individual vessels) identified to decorated ceramic type. More specifically, it presents a count of rim sherds that were assigned to a single vessel (The Stage 2 Ceramic Decorated/Intrusive analysis examined rim sherds to determine ceramic type for individually designated vessels).

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

克莱因梅萨（Cline Mesa）考古遗址是通托盆地（Tonto Basin）西北端沿通托溪（Tonto Creek）东岸分布的大型定居复合体——克莱因台地复合体（Cline Terrace Complex）的组成部分。
亚利桑那州立大学（Arizona State University）文化资源管理办公室开展的罗斯福台地丘研究（Roosevelt Platform Mound Study, RPMS）将克莱因台地复合体划分为三个管理单元：丘组、班多莱罗组与印第安角组。克莱因台地丘组包含复合体中规模最大、位于核心位置的克莱因台地丘遗址，以及周边7处遗址。该丘组遗址的相关研究已单独成册，关联数据亦另行发布（详见https://core.tdar.org/project/394032）。克莱因梅萨遗址则包含沿通托溪东岸台地分布、延伸至该溪与格林巴克溪（Greenback Creek）汇流处的其余35处考古遗址。需注意，这些遗址未必能完整代表克莱因梅萨定居复合体的时间跨度，其中多数为分布于通托国家森林土地上的霍霍坎文化晚古典期居住遗址。《克莱因梅萨遗址》报告册及相关数据汇总了该复合体35处遗址的地表采集与发掘成果。

《克莱因梅萨：筛洗堆积出土装饰陶瓷器数据表》汇总了克莱因梅萨遗址（克莱因台地丘遗址除外，其相关数据已另行发布）经发掘、筛洗后出土的装饰陶瓷容器遗存。该表以亚利桑那州立博物馆（Arizona State Museum, ASM）的遗址编号（所有ASM编号均省略前缀“AZ”，例如U:8:205即对应ASM编号AZ U:8:205）列出各考古遗址，随后标注各遗址对应的考古堆积单元——地层。地层代表了主要的自然或文化沉积事件，例如侵蚀堆积、屋顶塌落、居住面堆积与无菌底土。在哈里斯矩阵（Harris Matrix）中，地层以横向排列的相互连接方块形式呈现。本数据表中，考古堆积单元（地层）通过编号组合进行标识：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）。在单个遗迹内部，各地层以遗迹编号（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，字母按逆序分配。混合堆积与脱离原生层位采集的遗物以“？”标识。各遗迹（或混合堆积）出土的遗物将按地层进行统计。详见列元数据以获取更多细节。如需获取各地层的详细信息（包括地层类型赋值），请参阅以下tDAR数据库链接中的克莱因梅萨地层数据表：
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

该数据表同时提供了各地层对应不同装饰陶瓷类型的单体容器计数。需注意，本表统计的是经鉴定归属于装饰陶瓷类型的单体容器数量，即归属于同一单体容器的陶片群或单块陶片的计数。更具体而言，本表统计的是被归为单个容器的口沿陶片数量（第二阶段装饰陶瓷/侵入遗存分析通过口沿陶片来确定单体容器的陶瓷类型）。

克莱因梅萨数据表最初发表于《罗斯福台地丘专著系列》第9号，标题为《通托溪沿岸的萨洛多文化居住遗址：罗斯福台地丘研究：克莱因梅萨遗址、克莱因台地复合体报告（第一、二部分）》。该数据表作为附录刊载于该报告册末尾（即第二部分末尾）。详见以下tDAR数据库链接获取该报告册：https://core.tdar.org/document/394299