Macrobotanical (Material Keyword)
Plant remains such as fruit, seeds, buds, or other plant parts.
4,126-4,150 (5,352 Records)
Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken to examine Late Archaic and Pueblo II remains at Site 42GR2774 and a Late Archaic feature at Site 42GR2773. Radiocarbon dates indicate that the Late Archaic occupations occurred approximately 1600 to 1640 years ago. The Late Archaic occupations are represented by fill from a bell-shaped pit and a shallow pitstructure at 42GR2774 and by a small, shallow heating or processing pit at 42GR2773. The Pueblo II occupation at 42GR2774 is represented by a...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES 42SA23300 AND 42SA23301, UTAH (1998)
Samples from Sites 42Sa23300 and 42Sa23301 in San Juan County, Utah, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Site 42Sa23300 consists of a basin-shaped fire pit and associated midden deposits. Site 42Sa23301 yielded a single hearth. Pollen and macrofloral analyses of hearth fill are used to provide information concerning plant resources that may have been processed in these features. The midden deposits were sampled to identify plants discarded during occupation.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES 42SV2304 AND 42SV2229, FISH LAKE AREA, CENTRAL UTAH (1996)
Soil samples from features at Sites 42SV2304 and 42SV2229 from the Fish Lake area in central Utah were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Site 42SV2304 is a Fremont site with a rock-ringed structure. Site 42SV2229 is a multicomponent site with occupations ranging from the Late Archaic through the historic period. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were used to determine if root crops, such as Claytonia (spring beauty) or Lomatium (biscuit root), may have been harvested and processed...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES 48FR5305 AND 48FR5343 FOR THE ROCK RIDGE PROJECT, WYOMING (2005)
Pollen, macrofloral, and charcoal samples were examined from sites 48FR5305 and 48FR5343 near Riverton, Wyoming. These sites were identified as a result of the Tom Brown, Inc. Rock Ridge #6-24 construction project in Fremont County, Wyoming. Pollen and macrofloral samples were recovered from levels of fill in a large earth oven and from the fill of a deep, steep-sided basin at 48FR5305, as well as from different levels of fill from an earth oven at 48FR5343. Samples were collected from...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES 48SW15144 AND 48SW15146, SOUTHWEST WYOMING (2004)
Soil samples from features at sites 48SW15144 and 48SW15146 in Sweetwater County, southwest Wyoming, were submitted for pollen and macrofloral analyses. These sites represent prehistoric open camps with hearth features and are located northeast of the Boar’s Tusk outside of Rock Springs. The features were discovered in the two-track maintenance road for the PacifiCorp’s Atlantic City to Rock Springs power line. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES 48SWI023 AND 48SW1612 (1989)
Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted at 48SWI023 and 48SW1612 to identify paleoenvironmental conditions at the time of occupation, as well as to determine whether evidence exists for subsistence activities involving plants. Stratigraphic columns were collected from the present ground surface to the lowest occupation or one stratum below at each site to provide data to interpret paleoenvironmental conditions. Cultural materials at 48SW1023 ranged in age from 6320 to 2750 BP....
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES 5GA1219 AND 5GA2524, WESTERN COLORADO (2002)
Samples from a possible hearth remnant at 5GA1219 and from a rock-filled basin hearth at 5GA2524 were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites are located in Grand County in western Colorado. Site 5GA2524 appears to represent a late fall or early winter hunting camp, and a conventional radiocarbon date of 1640 ± 80 BP (Beta-147164) indicates occupation during the Late Prehistoric period. Pollen and macrofloral analyses, including identification of charcoal, will provide...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES ALONG NAVAJO ROUTE 9(5-1), MCKINLEY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (1996)
Soil samples from Sites NM-Q-13-50 (LA 32992), NM-Q-13-53, NM-Q-13-54 (LA 89900), and NM-Q-13-55 were floated to recover charred macrofloral remains, while samples from features at NM-Q-12-71 were analyzed for both pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites were identified in portions of the right-of-way along Navajo Route 9(5-1) in the Chuska Valley of northwest New Mexico, and represent a Chacoan outlier community and a road leading to that community. The five sites are believed to date...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES ALONG THE FRONTIER PIPELINE, SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING (1983)
Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted on samples taken from six sites along the Frontier Pipeline in southwestern Wyoming. These sites are located in Uinta, Sweetwater, and Fremont Counties, and were sampled during the process of archaeological mitigation. Radiocarbon dates place the occupation of two sites between 1250+50 and 1880+90. A third site yielded dates ranging between 2560+60 and 7520+90, indicating repeated utilization of the area over thousands of years. Pollen and...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES AZ AA:12:172, AZ AA:12:173, AZ AA:12:237, AZ AA:12:152, AND AZ AA:12:188 IN THE TORTOLITA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA (1996)
Soil samples from five sites in the Tortolita Mountain Project in southern Arizona were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites are all Hohokam sites, probably dating between AD750-1300. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the Hohokam occupants of these sites.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES AZ M:7:41(ASM), AZ M:7:42 (ASM) , AZ M:8:27(ASM)/ AND AZ M:8:37(ASM) IN THE LOWER MAMMOTH DATA RECOVERY PROJECT, NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA (1995)
Soil samples from four sites in the Lower Mammoth Data Recovery (Bagdad) project area, northwest Arizona, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Site AZ M:7:41 (ASM) represents a large rock shelter that was occupied during the Late Archaic period, while Sites AZ M: 7:42(ASM) and AZ M:8:37(ASM) represent Late Prehistoric rock shelter sites. Site AZ M:8:27(ASM) contained numerous roasting pits that formed a debris or mound pile, and radiocarbon dates suggest a Protohistoric to...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES DOT-2, DOT-3, DOT-7, DOT-8, DOT-9, DOT-15, AND DOT-16, WIND RIVER CULTURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION PROGRAM, CENTRAL WYOMING (1995)
As part of a mitigation plan with the Department of Transportation, pollen and macrofloral studies from several sites within the project area were completed. The project area is located in the central portion of the Wind River Basin and is focused around a proposed right-of- way that traverses predominantly flood plain and terrace features associated with the Popo Agie and Little Wind Rivers. Sites DOT-2, DOT-3, DOT-7, DOT-8, DOT-9, and DOT-15 contain features that have been dated between...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES IN THE HONEYBEE RIDGE MITIGATION PROJECT, ORO VALLEY, ARIZONA (1996)
Soil samples from Sites AZ BB:9:57(ASM),AZ BB:9:160(ASM), and AZ BB:9:189(ASM) in southern Arizona were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites are part of the Honeybee Ridge Mitigation project. Site AZ BB:9:57(ASM) may be a field house or resource processing area. Site AZ BB:9:160(ASM) is a resource processing area that appears to have been utilized during the late Colonial or Sedentary Periods of the Tucson Basin Hohokam Sequence. Site AZ BB:9:189(ASM) is a multicomponent...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES IN THE UTAH VALLEY, UTAH (1999)
Samples from Sites 42UT135, 42UT591, 42UT592, and 42UT636 in the Utah Valley were examined for macrofloral remains. Two pollen samples and 13 botanic samples also were examined from 42UT592. Site 42UT135 is a cave site located in American Fork Canyon. Radiocarbon dates at this site range from 2000 BC to 500 BC. The remaining three sites represent occupations dating to around AD 1400 on the shores of Utah Lake, with an earlier occupation around AD 200 also noted at 42UT636. Pollen and...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES MQ 123, MJ 125, AND MJ 235 IN KAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST, NORTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA (1995)
Samples from Sites MJ 123, MJ 125, and MJ 235 were examined for pollen and/or charred macrofloral remains. These sites are located in the Upper Basin, which is located in Kaibab National Forest south of Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona. Site MJ 123 is a fire-cracked rock-pile site. Three Jeddito Plains sherds and four Desert Side-Notched projectile points suggest that the site represents a Late Prehistoric (post-AD 1150) site. Site MJ 125 is a Pueblo II Western Anasazi...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT TALUS SHELTER, SITE 5RB899, COLORADO (2001)
Samples from the Talus Shelter site, 5RB899, in northwest Colorado were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site was excavated in 1980; however, no report was written or filed and the site no longer exists. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the occupants of the shelter.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE BEAUCOUP SITE, MONTANA (1981)
Six soil samples for flotation and nine pollen samples from the Beaucoup Site (24PH 188/189) were submitted to Palynological Analysts for identification and interpretation. The site is located along the Milk River in Phillips County, near the north- central Montana/ Canadian border. The site includes a bison kill area, bison processing areas, a jump and its associated drive lines, numerous stone circles, rock piles, large and small cairns, stone alignments, and hearths. Initial exploration...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE BROWN/SANDERSON HOMESTEAD, CA-AMA-364/H, FOR THE AMADOR BYPASS PROJECT, CALIFORNIA (2004)
Samples from four refuse pits at the Brown/Sanderson Homestead (site CA-AMA-364/H) in Amador County, California, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site contains both a prehistoric component and historic components. Only the historic component will be impacted by proposed construction for the Amador Bypass highway project; therefore, only samples from the historic occupation were examined. The sampled refuse pits contain materials associated with occupation of the site by...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE GENEVA ROAD BURIAL SITE (42UT1222), PROVO, UTAH (2002)
Samples recovered from the Geneva Road Burial site (42UT1222) in Provo, Utah, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site consists of a shallow, slightly bell-shaped pit that contained a single set of juvenile human remains. Radiocarbon analysis of bone from the burial yielded a conventional radiocarbon age of 1180 ± 40 BP, with a two sigma calibrated age range of A.D. 770 to 970. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to aid in determining the cultural affiliation and...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE HINES SITE, 35HA2692, OREGON (1998)
The Hines Site (35HA2692) represents a Late Holocene temporary campsite located in Harney Basin in southeastern Oregon. A single radiocarbon age of 1220 ± 60 BP is reported for a small hearth at this site. Four pollen and 26 macrofloral samples were examined from column and/or cultural samples. Pollen analysis concentrated on identifying vegetation associated with a Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene lake, while macrofloral samples represent archaeological deposits at the site.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE HOT SPRING LAKE SITE, 42DV2,UTAH (2001)
Samples from the Hot Spring Lake site, 42DV2, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Individual charcoal samples were identified prior to submission for radiocarbon analysis. Site 42DV2 is a large, open, multicomponent site located near the southeast edge of the Great Salt Lake in northern Utah. This site exhibits extensive Archaic and Late Prehistoric and some Formative/Fremont deposits. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken specifically to provide information...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE HOTEL DE PARIS (5CC8), GEORGETOWN, COLORADO (1996)
The Hotel de Paris (5CC8) is an historic hotel located in Georgetown, Colorado. In an effort to understand how the east courtyard of the Hotel de Paris was utilized historically, three pollen samples, three flotation samples, and a single wood sample were analyzed.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE KETTLE CREEK SITES (36CN199 AND 36CN165) , IN CLINTON COUNTY, NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA (1994)
Samples from two prehistoric sites on opposite banks of Kettle Creek (36CN199 and 36CN165) in Clinton County, north-central Pennsylvania, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites are multicomponent sites with occupations ranging from the Archaic through the Late Woodland periods. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide prehistoric subsistence information.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE KP SITE (LA 46300), SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO (1984)
Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken at the KP Site (LA 46300) in Santa Fe, New Mexico in an effort to identify elements of the subsistence base. This site is located in the northwest quadrant of Santa Fe in an area that probably supported pinyon and juniper prior to development. A swampy area was noted east of the plaza area in historic records (Wiseman, personal communication, March 1985). The pitstructure, which was partially excavated at this site, was dated to AD 1140 +...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE LAMB SPRINGS SITE, COLORADO (1982)
Pollen and macrofloral analyses at the Lamb Springs site on the plains near Denver, Colorado focused on the interpretation of paleoenvironmental conditions. Marshy plants were dominant in the immediate vicinity of the springs and included grasses and sedges during the earliest levels tested. The riparian community associated with the spring changed to a sumpweed dominated situation during the Cody occupation. Significant differences in long distance transport of pine pollen from the Front Range...