The Context Catalog contains basic information about all of the excavated contexts at the Fredricks site. The catalog 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 Context Catalog.
| Heading | Description |
| CODE | The name of the file containing the artifact information for this context (see artifact data files). |
| PROV | The name of the context. |
| TYPE | The type of the context. |
| ASSOC | Associated contexts. |
| PICT | A technical field used by the report software on the original CD-ROM. |
| ARTPGNO | A technical field used by the report software on the original CD-ROM. |
| LENGTH | The length of the context in feet. |
| WIDTH | The width of the context in feet. |
| DEPTH | The depth of the context in feet. |
| AREA | The overall surface area of the context in feet squared. |
| VOL | The volume of the context in feet cubed. |
| CENTERX | The east-west component (i.e., x-ordinate on the site grid) of the center position of the context in feet. |
| CENTERY | The north-south component (i.e., y-ordinate on the site grid) of the center position of the context in feet. |
| SQCENTER | A technical field used by the report software on the original CD-ROM. |
| HOURS | An estimate, based on actual data, of the man-hours it might take to excavate this context. Used by the Electronic Dig chapter, the numbers are based on an abstract calculation involving the type of context and its volume. |