Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 16 - History, Humanities and Arts › Part 3 - Historic Preservation Division › Chapter 12 - Mississippi Standards and Guidelines for Archaeological Investigations › Rule 16-3-12.7.4 - Historic Artifact Analysis using DAACS cataloging manual descriptions

Current through June 25, 2024
Beads
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Describe the
				  bead(s) with the following: artifact count, completeness, material,
				  manufacturing technique, bead structure, bead form, bead shape, complex shape,
				  kidd and kidd type, bead color, end treatment, heat treated, diaphaneity,
				  mended, decoration, number of facets, post-manufacturing modification,
				  conservation, casing information, decoration (color and description), image,
				  and object
Buckles
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Describe
				  the buckle(s) with the following: artifact count, buckle type, completeness,
				  object weight, mended, post-manufacturing modification, conservation, marks,
				  frames, hooks, pins, tongues, marks, buckle frame plating, decorative
				  technique, decorative motif, burned, etc.
Buttons
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Describe
				  the button(s) with the following: Artifact count, completeness, material,
				  manufacturing technique, button type, button shape, button color, button metal
				  color, decoration, eye, shank material, shank style, shank condition, button
				  weight, button height, button diameter, button length, button width, button
				  back stamp, decorative technique, jewel/inlay material, decorative technique
				  color, decorative motif, button face material, button face manufacturing
				  technique, button join method, burned, post-manufacturing modification, and
				  conservation.
Ceramics
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Describe
				  the ceramic(s) with the following: count, ware, material, manufacturing
				  technique, vessel category, form, completeness, decoration, mended, exterior
				  surface, exterior color, exterior glaze opacity, interior surface, interior
				  color, interior glaze opacity, detached glaze, missing glaze, sherd thickness,
				  maximum sherd measurement, sherd weight, mended sherd weight, rim length, rim
				  diameter, mended rim diameter, base length, base diameter, mended base
				  diameter. Decoration - genre, pattern name, pattern notes, interior/exterior,
				  location, decorative technique, decoration color, stylistic element, motif,
				  etc. Wear/condition- evidence of burning, post-manufacturing modification, wear
				  location, ceramic completeness, wear pattern. Base Mark - base mark, base mark
				  color, base mark reference. Coarse earthenware protocols: Paste color, oxidized
				  vs reduced fabric, paste inclusions. Please refer to DAACS on how to catalog
				  specific ware types including (but not limited to) colonowares, redwares,
				  delftware, faience, wedgewood, creamware, whiteware, pearlware, ironstone,
				  yellow ware, porcelains, and stonewares.
Faunal
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All faunal remains/artifacts should include
				  the following: count, reliability, taxon name, element name, symmetry, NISP,
				  weight, location, description, fusion, relative size, sex, chewing type,
				  chewing location, fresh break, identifier, date identified, notes. Teeth should
				  have tooth type and tooth wear. Condition should include disease or trauma,
				  weathered, burned, and condition. Butcher cut and info should include: butcher
				  method, butcher location, butcher direction, number of marks, cut type, cut
				  location, cut direction. Measurements should include a measuring
				  description.
Glass-
Glass artifact(s) should
				  include the following: artifact count, color, vessel form, completeness,
				  manufacturing techniques and mold types, mended, decoration, thickness
				  [primarily for windowpane glass], base diameter (if applicable), pontil mark,
				  total height [if intact or nearly intact], shape, manufacturing technique,
				  decoration technique, applied color, stylistic elements, marks, burned,
				  patination, solarization, etc.
Tobacco
				  Pipe
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Tobacco pipe(s) should
				  include the following: artifact count, completeness, material, manufacturing
				  technique, paste color, non-plastic paste inclusions, mended, decoration, text
				  mark, glaze type, glaze color, note about burning, stem length, exterior stem
				  diameter, metric bore diameter, 64ths bore diameter, bowl height, maximum bowl
				  diameter, bowl volume, maximum sherd measurement, weight, bowl form, bowl base
				  type mouthpiece form, decorative motif, motif manufacturing method, motif
				  location, mark description, mark specifics, pipe maker, production dates,
				  manufacture location, post-manufacturing modification, conservation, etc.
Utensil
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Any utensil
				  artifact(s) recovered should include the following: artifact count,
				  completeness, utensil form, fork-number of tines, mended, decoration, utensil
				  length, utensil width, utensil weight, part, shape, spoon bowl shape,
				  manufacturing technique, material, marks, plating, handle description, burned,
				  post-manufacturing modification, conservation, etc.
All Other
				  Artifacts
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These artifacts
				  should include the following: artifact count, category, general artifact form,
				  completeness, flotation samples, mended, decoration, coin dates, material and
				  manufacturing technique, notes, object length, width, height and weight, object
				  diameter, brick size, marks, decoration, burned, post-manufacturing
				  modification, conservation, etc.