Pipe Data

The Pipe Database contains observations and measurements for all analyzed native-made and European-made pipes and pipe fragments recovered at the Fredricks site. The database is in dBase III format (*.dbf) and can be accessed using most quality database and spreadsheet applications.

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Description of the field headings used in the Pipe Database.

Heading Description
PKEY A technical field used by the report software on the original CD-ROM.
CATALOG_NO The Research Laboratories of Archaeology's catalog number of the artifact.
RAW_MATERI Raw material type.
MORPHOLOGY Pipe morphology.
PORTION Portion of pipe represented.
BOWL_RIM Bowl rim presence or absence (this field is not displayed in the report software, but does exist in the data file for analysis purposes).
BOWL_BODY Bowl body presence or absence (this field is not displayed in the report software, but does exist in the data file for analysis purposes).
BOWL_BASE Bowl base presence or absence (this field is not displayed in the report software, but does exist in the data file for analysis purposes).
STEM_BASE Stem base presence or absence (this field is not displayed in the report software, but does exist in the data file for analysis purposes).
STEM_MIDS Stem midsection presence or absence (this field is not displayed in the report software, but does exist in the data file for analysis purposes).
STEM_TIP Stem tip presence or absence (this field is not displayed in the report software, but does exist in the data file for analysis purposes).
RIM_FORM Bowl rim form (this field is not displayed in the report software, but does exist in the data file for analysis purposes).
BOWL_FORM Bowl form.
STEM_FORM Stem form (this field is not displayed in the report software, but does exist in the data file for analysis purposes).
DECORATION Decoration.
RIM_DECORA Rim decoration (this field is not displayed in the report software, but does exist in the data file for analysis purposes).
BOWL_DECOR Bowl decoration (this field is not displayed in the report software, but does exist in the data file for analysis purposes).
STEM_DECOR Stem decoration (this field is not displayed in the report software, but does exist in the data file for analysis purposes).
COUNT Count.
STEM_DIAME Stem diameter in millimeters (this field is not displayed in the report software, but does exist in the data file for analysis purposes).
BORE_DIAME Bore diameter in millimeters (this field is not displayed in the report software, but does exist in the data file for analysis purposes).
ORIFICE_DI Orifice diameter in millimeters (this field is not displayed in the report software, but does exist in the data file for analysis purposes).
BOWL_WALL_ Bowl wall thickness in millimeters (this field is not displayed in the report software, but does exist in the data file for analysis purposes).
BOWL_HEIGH Bowl height in millimeters (this field is not displayed in the report software, but does exist in the data file for analysis purposes).
STEM_LENGT Stem length in millimeters (this field is not displayed in the report software, but does exist in the data file for analysis purposes).
BOWLTOSTEM Length from bowl to stem in millimeters (this field is not displayed in the report software, but does exist in the data file for analysis purposes).
PIPE_NO Pipe number (this field is not displayed in the report software, but does exist in the data file for analysis purposes).
COMMENT Comment.
OADINFO A technical field used by the report software on the original CD-ROM.
ADINFO Context.