Jennie Deo Shaw 2010 - RESULTS OF CHARCOAL ANALYSIS CONDUCTED FOR THE KURIL ISLAND BIOCOMPLEXITY PROJECT

Author(s): Jennie Shaw

Year: 2010

Summary

This unpublished report documents an archaeological charcoal species identification analysis of samples from a series of sites in the remote Kuril Islands. The study was commissioned to estimate the proportion of driftwood to local wood fuel used in prehistoric fires and to estimate the potential impact of old wood on radiocarbon dates calculated from Kuril archaeological charcoal.

Cite this Record

Jennie Deo Shaw 2010 - RESULTS OF CHARCOAL ANALYSIS CONDUCTED FOR THE KURIL ISLAND BIOCOMPLEXITY PROJECT. Jennie Shaw. unpublished report for the Kuril Biocomplexity Project. 2010 ( tDAR id: 391761) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8JH3N2P

Keywords

Culture
Ainu • Epi-Jomon • Jomon • Okhotsk

Material
Dating Sample • Wood

Site Name
Ainu Creek • Rasshua 1 • Vodopadnaya 2

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Encampment • Settlements

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Environment Research • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

General
Charcoal Identification Study

Geographic Keywords
Kuril Islands

Temporal Keywords
Late Holocene

Spatial Coverage

min long: 144.58; min lat: 43.325 ; max long: 157.061; max lat: 51.509 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Ben Fitzhugh

Record Identifiers

NSF(s): 0508109

File Information

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Charcoal-Identification-Report--7_15_10-JDSh.pdf 256.39kb Jul 15, 2010 Dec 5, 2013 11:50:32 AM Public