Artifact abbreviations used in maps

Survey data and lab results from survey collections are presented in this chapter using a series of maps that strive to maintain spatial associations while representing the archaeological significance of particular artifacts and features. In order to convey lab results in their spatial context the following abbreviations were used.

Code	Material Description
Ob1	Homogeneous obsidian with conchoidal fracture
Ob2	Variable obsidian with heterogeneities such as bubbles and inclusions.
Ob1c, Ob2c	…Clear
Ob1cb, Ob2cb	…Clear banded
Ob1g, Ob2g	…Grey
Ob1gb, Ob2gb	…Grey banded
Ob1b, Ob2b	…Black
Ob1br, Ob2br	…Brown
Che	Chert
Cal	Chalcedony
Qtz	Quartzite
Vol	Aphanitic volcanic (andesite, basalt, rhyolite)

Table 6-1. Abbreviations for lithics used in maps, figures, and tables.

Characteristics of the Ob1 and Ob2 groups of obsidian raw material are described in more detail in Section 4.5.1. The decoration and origin tags are appended on other abbreviations as needed. The abbreviations are combined into label codes as in the following example

25.2Ob1g 4d, L.Arch

ArchID.Artifact#:Material Projectile Pt Type, Period

Table 6-2. Example of a map abbreviation label for a diagnostic lithic.

Ceramics were likewise abbreviated for efficient presentation in map form. The following condensed codes were used in maps and tables throughout the document to display lab results from ceramics analysis.

Group	Abbreviation	Description
Measure	D: #	Diameter: Rim diameter in centimeters
Style	Ql	Possible Qaluyu
	Ca	Colla
	Ch	Chiquero
	Cg	Collagua
	Cg1,2,3	Collagua1, 2, or 3
	Cg-Ik	Collagua-Inka
	Ik	Inka
Period	MF	Middle Formative
	F-MH	Formative - Middle Horizon
	MH	Middle Horizon
	LIP	Late Intermediate Period
	LH	Late Horizon
	Hs	Historic
	Md	Modern
Part	Rm	Rim
	Bd	Body
	Hdl	Handle
	Hdl-Rm	Handle and Rim
	Bs	Base
Form	Ol	Olla
	Osc	Olla sin Cuello (Neckless Olla)
	Jr	Jar
	Pl	Plate
	Bw	Bowl
	Bk	Beaker
	Tt	Tortero (grittle)
Decoration	-p	Painted
	-i	Incised
Origin	-l	Local
	-nl	Non-local

Table 6-3. Abbreviations for ceramics used in maps, figures, and tables.

54.2:Cg2,LIP D16: Rm,Bw

ArchID.Artifact#:Style,Period Diameter(cm): Part, Form

Table 6-4. Example and explanation of a map label for a diagnostic ceramic.

Conventions used in site descriptions, cartography, and scale in field photos

Sites, loci and point locations were used to record archaeological features in the course of this survey. The presentation of survey data in this chapter will be organized around set of site typologies by time period were generated from fieldwork observations and through subsequent data analysis. The hierarchy of presentation is generally as follows: (1) larger time period, (2) site type grouping with general data, (3) individual site descriptions with ArchID numbers listed, (4) particular loci, points, or data tables relevant to the site. Thus, individual features were assigned ArchID numbers, but in the process of interpretation for this report the features (loci and points) were assigned to sites which were, in turn, assigned to a larger typology and time period. In this presentation, each principal site description will begin with the ArchID number for a given site followed by its text name in quotes, and finally in brackets the range of ArchID numbers associated with the site.

Maps in this dissertation are all in the modern WGS 1984 datum and UTM zone 19 South metric coordinate system and the Transverse Mercator projection. Most existing maps in the central Andes are in the Provisional South American Datum of 1956 (PSAD56) or "La Canoa" and transformations between these coordinate systems for the Central Andes were discussed in Chapter 5 (Mugnier 2001;Mugnier 2006). By using WGS1984 datum, the spatial data conform to the native GPS coordinate system, as well as to newly available spatial data available from government agencies and private data sources.

Another convention used consistently throughout this research involves photos. In photos of features where the tape measure is visible, the visible tape is always stretched to exactly one meter unless otherwise indicated. In artifact photos, the grid behind the artifacts consists of one centimeter squares.