PART III: MATERIAL REMAINS

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CERAMICS

LITHICS
BONES
PLANT REMAINS
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS


INTRODUCTION


The summary counts of the material remains recovered from both the 1993 and 1994 summer excavations are listed in Appendix A. A grand total of 89,307 pieces of material culture were collected during both years. The vast majority of these artifacts are affiliated with the Oliver Phase occupation of the site. The artifact class of highest frequency was pottery, followed by chert debitage, limestone fragments, and sandstone fire-cracked rock. Organic remains such as bone and shell were found to be very poorly preserved, and, consequently, are extremely under-represented in the sample of material remains recovered from the site. This section of the report will summarize the major categories of cultural material and provide descriptions of diagnostic examples of the artifacts.