WSU Museum of Anthropology Archaeological Repository
CODING GUIDE
2007
Field Contains
Smithsonian site number
inventory/catalog number
former catalog number
unit N or S
N/S unit bearings
unit E or W
E/W unit bearings
beginning level/strata
ending level/strata
object group (OG)
object type (OT)
raw material (RM)
count
weight
condition
box number
comments
10. OBJECT GROUPS (OG)
Object Group (OG)
CS
GS
BN
PR
SH
OO
SP
HM
LB
MW
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Description
chipped stone
ground stone
bone
project records
shell
other organic
samples
historic materials
level bag
modified wood
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11. OBJECT TYPES (OT)
Chipped Stone (CS) Object Type
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Description
projectile point
hafted drill
projectile point tip or midsection
preform
other biface
endscraper
side scraper
flake drill/perforator
composite scraper
unidirectional core
cobble core w cutting and/or scraping edge
cobble core w/o cutting and/or scraping edge
other core
flake debitage w. cortex (with bulb and part of platform)
flake debitage w. no cortex (with bulb and part of platform)
cobble spall
flake shatter (flakes without bulbs or platforms)
blocky shatter (not part of a broken flake)
unimarginal retouch on cobble spall
bimarginal retouch on cobble spall
uni/bimarginal retouch on cobble spall
unimarginal retouch on flake
bimarginal retouch on flake
uni/bimarginal retouch on flake
unsorted debitage (may include other rocks)
other core w/cutting scraping edge
Ground Stone (GS) Object Type
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
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pestle
mortar
net sinker
hammerstone
abrader
FCR
ground stone other
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Bone (BN) Object Type
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
Project Record (PR) Type
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
Description
other modified bone/antler
harpoon
awl/needle
bead
antler (unmodified)
fish remains
bird remains
mammal remains
other bone (e. g., reptile and amphibian bones, nids)
insect remains
Description
background records
survey records
excavation records
field catalogues
analysis records
report records
photos/negatives
photo catalogues
Shell (SH) Object Type
61
62
63
Description
bead
ornament
remains
Other Organic (OO) Object Type
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
Description
hide
hair
mat
basket
other (includes plant remains)
cordage
c-14 (includes charcoal)
pollen
soil (including volcanic ash)
flotation
fine screen (includes CVS samples)
other (includes bag residue, natural rock, caliche)
ochre
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Historic Material (HM) Object Type
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
120
125
126
129
130
131
135
136
140
141
142
143
144
145
150
151
155
160
165
166
170
175
Level Bag (LB) Object Type
91
92
93
94
95
Description
metal other
glass other
ceramic other
trade beads, other beads except shell or bone
historic other (includes clinker)
wood other
leather other
plastic other
complex composite
tin can
silverware
dishes
bottle
notions
safety pin
belt beaded
clothing
jewelry other
bracelet
necklace
earring
ring
mirror
bell
thimble
coin
tack
gun
cartridge
knife
nail
Description
cataloged item bag with object
cataloged item bag without object
level or other unit bags with objects
level or other unit bags without their associated objects
unopened level bag
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Modified Wood (MW) Object
Type
100
101
102
105
106
Description
modified wood other
digging stick
cradle board
bow
arrow
12. RAW MATERIAL TYPES (RM)
Raw Material (RM) Type
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
10
20
30
31
32
40
50
55
60
70
75
76
Description
other (includes charcoal, clinker, caliche, bag residue, mixed beads)
bone
wood
shell
glass
metal
ceramic
leather
obsidian
basalt
other cryptocrystalline/cherts
quartz
quartzite
granite
other stone (includes petrified wood)
misc. stone (unsorted debitage and rocks)
paper
plastic
film
textile
15. CONDITION
Condition Code
G
P
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good condition
poor condition
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CHIPPED STONE TOOL FLOW CHARTS
CHART 1
chipped stone (1)
tool (2a)
biface (3a)
debitage (2b)
nonbiface (3b)
flake (3c)
nonflake (3d)
haft element (4a)
on flake (4c) not on flake (4d)
no haft element (4b)
with cortex (4e)
point
hafted drill
point tips
preform
other
bifaces
(1)
(2a)
(2b)
(3a)
(3b)
(3c)
(3d)
(4a)
(4b)
(4c)
(4d)
(4e)
(4f)
see CHART 2
cortical flake
shatter
blocky or
chunky shatter
no cortex (4f)
non-cortical
flake shattter
Human modification (yes = tools; no = debitage).
Bifacial flaking (yes = bifaces; no = nonbifaces).
On flake (yes = flake debitage, no = nonflake debitage).
Contains haft element (yes = hafted biface; no = unhafted biface).
On flake (yes = flake tool; no = core tool).
Contains cortex (yes = flakes with cortex; no =f lakes with no cortex).
Blocky or chunky shatter.
Hafted biface types.
Unhafted biface types.
Flake tool types.
Core types.
Flakes and flakes shatter (flakes = recognizable bulb of force, dor sal and ventral surfaces).
Flakes and flake shatter (flake shatter = recognizable dorsal and ventral surfaces).
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CHART 2
On
flake
Classic
forms
Not on
flake
Other
retouched
flakes
On cobble
spall
End scraper;
Side scraper;
Composite
scraper;
Flake
drill/perforator
On river
cobble
Not on river
cobble
Not on
cobble spall
Unimarginal
Bimarginal
Uni/bimarginal
Unimarginal
Bimarginal
Uni/bimarginal
Unidirectional
core;
Other core
Cobble core
w/cutting or
scraping edge;
Cobble core w/o
cutting or
scraping edge
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