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Seven appendices present the databases used to write TR. 27B. These data are found on the accompanying CD-ROM which has seven folders, one for each of the appendices. Appendix A—a text document—presents the structure of the combined artifact and provenience databases, which comprises 17 variables. The artifact database includes type and variety, catalogue number, number of items included, material category, material or species, condition, comment or modification, and figure reference. The provenience database includes recovery context, date, structure group type, structure group number, structure type, structure number, and half-kilometer zone. Lot number and special deposit number are common to both databases. Appendix B—a text document—provides the codes used for the artifact and provenience database variables. Appendix C—a database—gives the proveniences of all defined lots that produced material other than potsherds. Appendix D—a database—gives the proveniences of all lots defined as special deposits, that is, all burials, caches, and problematical deposits. Appendix E—a database—lists the excavated structure groups and number of excavated lots by halfkilometer zone. Appendix F—containing seven databases—lists all the artifacts and materials reported in TR. 27B. Note that all seven databases are contained within the single Microsoft Access file. Appendix G—the 217 tables generated from Appendix F—summarize condition, material, zone, structure group type, recovery context, and date for each artifact or object type. These tables should be regarded as a sample of the informative associations that the reader can make. All text documents are provided as both MSWord documents and text only files. The text only files are simple ASCII texts and therefore, should be readable with any word-processing package on any computer, although some formatting may be lost. All databases are provided in their original Fox Pro format, as Microsoft Access databases, and as simple text files (i.e. ASCII text with tabs separating the fields of data). Users should be able to import one of the forms into most major spreadsheet, database, or statistical analysis software packages. Please follow your software package’s instructions to import the data. Note that these data are designed to be imported into spreadsheets or databases; if you attempt to read these files with a word-processing package you will see the data set off by tabs, but may lose the column formatting. All tables are provided in their original Excel Spreadsheet format, and also as individual MSWord documents and PDF images. PDF images can be viewed with the free shareware Adobe Acrobat Reader. How to use the CD-ROM for Microsoft users (Mac users, see the ReadMe file on the CD): 1. Windows should be open. 2. Insert the CD into the CD drive. 3. Double click on “My Computer” and select the CD drive, or select the CD drive in the Windows Explorer program. 4. Double click on the drive (the CD is labeled TR27B). 5. Seven folders and one ReadMe file (which duplicates the information presented here) are shown. 6. Double click on the Appendix Folder of interest . 7. Double click on the specific Appendix file. This should launch either Notepad (or Wordpad if the file is large), MSWord, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, or Adobe Acrobat Reader, depending on the type of file selected. 8. Alternatively, open the file within, or import it into the appropriate software package. Owners of older software may have to rename the file. To import the text files for the Appendix C-F databases into a database program, set it up according to the structure given in Appendix A. To import into spreadsheets, format all fields, except “Number Included”, as text. Published studies using these copyrighted data may reference it as: Moholy-Nagy, Hattula. 2003. Appendix "N". In Tikal Report 27, Part B: The Artifacts of Tikal: Utilitarian Artifacts and Unworked Material. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology: Philadelphia. Appendices A–G ...

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