The site of Pausa was somewhat atypical of Block 2 raised corral features due to the size and diversity of materials found there. The material types in use indicate that, while a variety of material types were available, obsidian was more intensively processed in this area than other material types.
|
Ob1 |
Ob2 |
Volcanics |
Chert |
Total |
|
|
Cores |
1 |
1 |
2 |
||
|
Flakes |
52 |
7 |
5 |
10 |
74 |
|
Points & Tools |
8 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
|
|
Total |
61 |
9 |
5 |
11 |
86 |
Table 6-51. Counts of lithics from surface collection at Pausa [A02-39].
Table 6-51 can be compared with the surface collection at Taukamayo in Block 3 (Table 6-54) where surface materials point to a greater availability of chert and quartzite in Block 3. While Pausa is somewhat deflated and eroded in places, it did not have a landslide like the site of Taukamayo exposing quantities of obsidian.