Figure 1 Map showing the location of Callar Creek Quarry.
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Figure 2. Stratigraphic profile indicating the location of the Paleosol. Table 1. Chi-square statistic for raw material choice from Paleosol and non-Paleosol contexts. Table 2. Analysis of Variation (ANOVA) of scalar variables from paleosol and non-paleosol contexts lithics from the paleosol and _ preceding stratigraphic levels suggest that these materials are distinct from later time periods. The greatest differences in lithic materials came from the type of chert utilized and the size of the lithic materials (Table 1). Material color shows that, in the paleosol, the use of brown chert, which is generally planar and found in large beds, and is of lower quality, was more frequently used than the white chert, found in rounder nodules and is of higher quality, which was more commonly utilized in the non-paleosol levels. This may suggest selection for specific qualities of the raw material - such as the planar shape and large available size - or might suggest utilization of specific areas of the quarry - as the brown linear bands of chert are found in different areas of the quarry than the white chert. Choice of raw material for specific physical properties implies a difference in the intended end product of the lithic reduction and, as there are no major differences in the aim of production, we would argue that it is more probable that different raw materials within the quarry, and thus different areas, were being exploited in the Archaic than in later time periods. Figure 3. The quarry cut for quarrying chert from Callar Creek Quarry. Figure 4. The preliminary reduction sequence for chert from Callar Creek Quarry. Table 4. Percentages of flake terminations demonstrating the similarities in reduction technique between the quarry and adjacent households. quarry was controlled by local residents, occurred at Callar Creek Quarry. Cn a a i, iy a , , i Table 3. Analysis of Variation (ANOVA) demonstrating the similarities in reduction technique between the quarry and adjacent households. Figure 5. Ceramics indicating the relative wealth of occupants of the structures around Callar Creek Quarry. Table 5. Table showing the percentages and numbers of types of cores from the quarry and adjacent households distribution of chert materials increased their participation in the regional economy and encouraged regional identities, during the Late to Terminal Classic.
