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Table 7.18. Navajo and historic feature types by time period with number of general functional categories. Components occupied during two or more time periods are excluded.

Time Period/Feature Type # of Features Food/ Food Prep./ Stor. Personal/ Health Care Hardware/ Domestic Mainten. Furnishings Transport. Animal Husbandry Child’s Play Hunting Other/ Unknown Total Categories1
Unknown
Refuse Features
Sherd Scatter 1 1 1
Sherd and Lithic Scatter 2 2 1
General Site Scatter 11 7 1 1 2 7 5
Refuse Scatter 1 1 1
Sub-total Frequency 15 10 1 1 2 8
Sub-total Column % 68.2 66.7 6.7 6.7 13.3 53.3
 
Non-refuse Features
Hearth 2 1 1 2
Unknown Structure 1 1 1
Slab/FCR Scatter 1 1 1
Rock Art 1 1 1
Stairs 1 1 1
Stone Feature 1 1 1
Sub-total Frequency 7 2 1 4
Sub-total Column % 31.8 28.6 14.3 57.1
Total Unknown Freq. 22 12 1 2 2 12 5
Total Unknown % 100 54.5 4.5 9.1 9.1 54.5
 
1600-1700
Refuse Features
Sherd Scatter 1 1 1
Lithic Scatter 1 1 1 1 1 4
General Site Scatter 1 1 1 1 3
Total Frequency 3 2 2 2 2 4
Total 1600-1700 % 100 66.7 66.7 66.7 66.7
 
1700-1863
Refuse Features
Pot Drop 8 8 1 2
Sherd Scatter 7 7 1 2
Lithic Scatter/Conc. 3 2 2 2 3 4
Sherd and Lithic Scatter 3 3 1 2 3
Ash Heap 4 3 2 2
General Site Scatter 10 8 2 1 6 4
Sub-total Frequency 35 31 6 3 14
Sub-total Column % 53.8 88.6 17.1 8.6 40
 
Non-refuse Features
Hogan 11 11 4 3 7 4
Camp 1 1 1
Rockshelter 3 3 2 2
Unknown Structure 1 1 1
Storage Room 1 1 1 2
Hearth 5 5 2 2
Cist 1 1 1 2
Trail 1 1 1
Wall 1 1 1
Burial 1 1 1
Sweat Lodge 2 1 1 2
Check Dam 1 1 1
Slab/FCR Scatter 2 2 1 2 3
Sub-total Frequency 31 30 5 4 15
Sub-total Column % 47 96.8 16.1 12.9 48.4
Total 1700-1863 Freq. 66 61 11 7 29 4
Total 1700-1863 % 100 92.4 16.7 10.6 43.9
 
1868-1930
Refuse Scatters
Pot Drop 6 6 1 1 1 4
Sherd Scatter 1 1 1
Lithic Scatter 2 1 1 2
Sherd and Lithic Scatter 2 2 1 1 1 1 5
Ash Heap 1 1 1 1 1 4
Refuse Scatter 2 1 1 1 1 4
General Site Scatter 30 25 10 6 1 2 1 1 4 8 9
Sub-total Frequency 44 36 11 10 3 2 2 1 6 13
Sub-total Column % 73.3 81.8 25 22.7 6.8 4.5 4.5 2.3 13.6 29.5
 
Non-refuse Features
Hogan 6 4 2 3 2 1 2 6
Storage Room 1 1 1
Fieldhouse 1 1 1 2
Ramada/Lean-to 1 1 1 2
Corral 3 3 1 2
Oven 1 1 1
Road 2 1 1 1 1 4
Slab/FCR Scatter 1 1 1
Sub-total Frequency 16 12 4 6 1 3 1 2
Sub-total Column % 26.7 75 25 37.5 6.2 18.7 6.2 12.5
Total 1868-1930 Freq. 60 48 15 16 3 3 5 1 7 15 9
Total 1868-1930 % 100 80 25 26.7 5 5 8.3 1.7 11.7 25
 
1930-1980
Refuses Features
Pot Drop 3 3 1
Lithic Scatter 1 1 1 2
Sherd and Lithic Scatter 3 3 1 2 1 4
Ash Heap 1 1 1 2
Euro-American Refuse 1 1 1
Refuse Scatter 1 1 1
General Site Scatter 38 33 6 8 1 2 6 1 19 8
Sub-total Frequency 48 43 8 10 1 2 6 1 21
Sub-total Column % 81.4 89.6 16.7 20.8 2 4.2 12.5 2 43.8
 
Non-refuse Features
Hogan 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 6
Hearth 1 1 1
Sweat Lodge 4 2 1 2 1 2 5
Rock Art 1 1 1
Road 1 1 1
Slab Scatter 1 1 1
Coal Mine 1 1 1
Sub-total Frequency 11 8 2 4 1 1 1 3
Sub-total Column % 18.6 72.7 18.2 36.4 9.1 9.1 9.1 27.3
Total 1930-1980 Freq. 59 51 10 14 1 3 7 2 24 8
Total 1930-1980 % 100 86.4 16.9 23.7 1.7 5.1 11.9 3.4 40.7
Abbreviations: Prep.= Preparation; Stor.= Storage; Mainten.= Maintenance; Transport.=Transportation; FCR= Fire-cracked rock; Conc.= Concentration.

1Total categories indicates the number of artifact categories represented at a feature of a given type. For example, at sites of Unknown date, three categories of artifacts were found in general site scatters.