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DOCUMENT Citation Only Susan L. Henry. US Department of the Interior, NPS.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only William Doelle. Josh Ewing.

This is an abstract from the "Transcending Modern Boundaries: Recent Investigations of Cultural Landscapes in Southeastern Utah" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Far beyond the "Instagram ready" cliff dwellings of Bears Ears, southeastern Utah holds cultural landscapes of immense value for Native American tribes, scientific study, and heritage tourism. The sheer number of archaeological sites, combined with an incredible degree of preservation,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Linn Gassaway.

The increased wildfire activity in Western North America is endangering most if not all historic and prehistoric archaeological sites on American's public lands. This paper looks at how archaeologist can work with fire fighters during these emergencies to protect the most susceptible sites, historic structures and wooden buildings and structures to fire, and how to plan for such event and what steps are needed to best protect these sites during a fire event.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Elizabeth L. Davoli.

Archaeological sites around the world are threatened by the effects of climate change.  Oceans are encroaching inland due to sea level rise, with daily tides and waves imperiling coastal archaeological sites.  Inland torrential rains can lead to flooding and higher temperatures can lead to droughts that kill off vegetation, both of which can expose middens and other subsurface features to erosion.  This paper will focus on Louisiana’s coastal zone; current impacts to archaeological sites from...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard A. Weaver.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard A. Weaver.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Caitlin A. Clark.

Site TL6926-PM-006 is a prehistoric bedrock milling complex situated along Keys Creek in Valley Center, San Diego County, California. Washes from Features 2 and 4 were collected and submitted for protein analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L.B. Milligan.

Lithics from the Scazighini/Fawn Lake Ranch site and groundstone from the Ciervo Dry Lake #1 site were submitted for protein residue and energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (ED-XRF) analyses, respectively.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan. Chad Yost.

A granite pestle and an associated soil control sample recovered from Feature 2, an exposed, low-lying granite bedrock milling station at Site CA-TUO-4818 in Yosemite National Park, California, were submitted for protein and organic residue analysis. The pestle was tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and for protein residue using cross-over immunoelectrophoresis (CIEP).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan. Chad Yost.

A granite pestle and an associated soil control sample recovered from Feature 2, an exposed, low-lying granite bedrock milling station at Site CA-TUO-4818 in Yosemite National Park, California, were submitted for protein and organic residue analysis. The pestle was tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and for protein residue using cross-over immunoelectrophoresis (CIEP). Following completion of this analysis, three additional residue samples and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Caitlin A. Clark. Linda Scott Cummings.

One granite metate fragment was recovered from Site CA-SDI-16111 (P-37-024301), a prehistoric site located in the Anza Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California. The site consists of two milling features, an agave roasting pit, and artifact scatter (James Daniels, personal communication, September 14, 2018). The granite metate fragment was submitted for protein residue analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site CA-SDI-8797, located in the Peninsular Ranges Geologic Province of southern California, yielded five eccentric crescents that were submitted for protein residue analysis to determine their use.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Three prehistoric sites, CA-SDI-21073, CA-SDI-21074, and CA-SDI-21114, are situated in northern San Diego County, California and is part of the Valley Ranch Center Project. The Valley Ranch Center Project location is west of Valley Center Road, south of Lilac Road, and north of Woods Valley Road. All three sites are located in the northeast corner within the Valley Center Project location. Site CA-SDI-21073 is located northwest of Site CA-SDI-21074 and west of CA-SDI-21114, whereas Site...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Lee Drake.

Site CA-MRP-0056/H, located in Yosemite National Park in Mariposa County, is situated in a glacially-scoured granitic basin at an elevation of 3,989 feet. This complex site is situated in a region occupied by the Penutian-speaking Central Sierra Miwok and Southern Sierra Miwok, the Bridgeport Valley Paiute, Mono Lake Paiute, and the Mono-speaking Owens Valley Paiute. The Washoe entered the northern park area as far south as Yosemite Valley. Previous analysis of artifacts, which included starch,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Caitlin A. Clark.

Sites CA-SDI-14971, CA-SDI-16695, and CA-SDI-16696, located in San Diego County, California, are part of the Via de la Valle Project. Seven lithic artifacts were collected and submitted for protein analysis. Obsidian debitage was submitted for obsidian sourcing, and a burned granite bowl was submitted for pollen and starch analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Bedrock milling outcrops that are part of three archaeological sites (CA-RIV-8750, 8751, and 8752) were sampled for protein residue analysis. Four slicks and two control locations were sampled CA-RIV-8750 (Table 1). Two slicks were sampled at each CA-RIV-8751 and CA-RIV-8752 as well as control locations.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

Four pre-historic stone tools were submitted for protein residue analysis from the Kuebler Ranch site, CA-SDI-8654, located in San Diego County, California. The goal of the analysis was to detect plant and animal protein residues that may be present on the working surfaces of these tools.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Caitlin A. Clark. Linda Scott Cummings.

A chert flaked stone tool recovered from Site CA-MEN-1371, Mendocino County, California was submitted for protein residue analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

A broken boulder that may have been used as a stone tool (maul) was submitted for protein residue analysis. This tool was recovered from the National City Mastodon Site in National City, a southern suburb of San Diego, California. The rock was found among broken mastodon bones. If this boulder was used to process plant or animal remains, identifiable proteins may be present in the micro-crevices on its surface.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

Washes from three bedrock milling features (mortars) and a surface control sample were submitted for protein residue analysis from the BTC Milling Site, P-33-11224, located in Riverside County, California, near the community of French Valley. The goal of the analysis is to identify any plant, animal, and insect protein residues that may be present on the use surfaces of three non-portable bedrock milling features.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

Washes of three bedrock milling features from site CA-SDI-19,241 near Tecate, California were submitted for protein residue analysis. The goal of this analysis is to identify plant and animal resources that might have been processed using these features.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert M. II Yohe. Margaret E. Newman. Mark Q. Sutton. Joan S. Schneider.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

Groundstone tools, flaked lithic tools, and wash samples from three bedrock milling elements were submitted for protein residue analysis from site CA-SDI-16648, Lawson Valley, San Diego County, California. Protein residue extracts from these samples were tested against various plant and animal antisera to better understand resource utilization by the site occupants.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Three basalt unifaces recovered at CA-LAN-8 during the Topanga Underground Utilities District Project (TUUDP) in the unincorporated community of Topanga were submitted for protein residue analysis to determine if there was a signature of use.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L.B. Milligan.

As part of the Metropole Project #2940, Avalon, California, six metates were recovered along with other artifacts salvaged from a village midden. Groundstone wash samples were collected by Cogstone Resource Management from the use surface and control samples were taken from the non-use surface. Protein residue analysis was conducted on the wash samples to determine whether meat was processed using the tools, and if so, what animals were utilized.