Cline Mesa Data: Shell 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 Data table Shell Artifacts from Screened Contexts presents a summary of the shell artifacts recovered from excavated, screened contexts 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 different shell artifact types for each stratum. Note that it provides a count of shell artifacts, and not individual pieces of shell.
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）考古遗址隶属于通托盆地西北端一处名为克莱因台地复合体（Cline Terrace Complex）的大型聚落复合体，该复合体沿通托溪（Tonto Creek）东岸分布。亚利桑那州立大学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组别：丘群组、班德洛雷罗（Bandolero）群与印第安角（Indian Point）群。克莱因台地丘群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，该群遗址已在独立报告分册中详述，相关数据亦单独公开（详见https://core.tdar.org/project/394032）。
克莱因台地遗址群包含沿通托溪东岸台地分布、延伸至通托溪与格林巴克溪（Greenback Creek）汇流处的剩余35处考古遗址。需注意，这些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）晚期古典期居住遗址。克莱因台地遗址群报告分册与数据集汇总了该复合体35处遗址的地表采集与考古发掘成果。
本次刊载的《克莱因台地数据集：过筛发掘单位出土贝壳遗物》数据表汇总了克莱因台地遗址群（克莱因台地丘群除外，该群组数据已单独公开）经发掘、过筛的发掘单位中出土的贝壳遗物。数据表以亚利桑那州立博物馆（Arizona State Museum, ASM）遗址编号（省略所有ASM编号共通的前缀“AZ”，例如U:8:205对应ASM遗址编号AZ U:8:205）标注各考古遗址，随后列出各遗址对应的考古发掘单位——地层。地层代表主要的自然或文化沉积事件，例如侵蚀堆积、屋顶坍塌、居住面堆积与无菌基质。地层在哈里斯矩阵（Harris Matrix）中以相互连接的横向方格阵列呈现。本数据表中，考古发掘单位（地层）的编号由三部分组合而成：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，各地层以遗迹编号（如10、11、12等）与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物以“？”标注。各遗迹（或混合层位）出土的遗物将按地层进行统计计数。详细说明请参见列元数据。如需了解各地层的详细信息（包括指定地层类型），可通过以下tDAR数据集链接查阅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
数据表随后列出了各地层出土的不同类型贝壳遗物的频次（计数）。请注意，此处统计的是贝壳遗物的类别数量，而非单个贝壳标本。
克莱因台地数据表最初收录于《罗斯福台地丘专论系列第9号：通托溪沿岸萨拉多（Salado）居住聚落——罗斯福台地丘研究：克莱因台地遗址群报告，克莱因台地复合体 第1、2部分》，该数据表作为附录刊载于分册末尾（第2部分末尾）。完整报告分册可通过以下tDAR文档链接查阅：https://core.tdar.org/document/394299