Macrobotanical (Material Keyword)
Plant remains such as fruit, seeds, buds, or other plant parts.
4,176-4,200 (5,352 Records)
Three combined pollen and macrofloral samples were submitted for analysis from sites 42WS4228 and 42WS4230 in Cave Valley, southwest Utah. Site 42WS4228 consists of a sparse lithic and ground stone scatter with ash stains and fire-cracked rock. No ceramics or diagnostic artifacts were recovered. One sample was collected from the lower fill and floor of an unlined hearth. Site 42WS4230 represents a Virgin Anasazi occupation (Pueblo I-Pueblo II), and it contains a lithic and ceramic scatter...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR SITES 5DA2299 AND 5DA2300, DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO (2006)
Sediment samples from three hearths or hearth dump areas at sites 5DA2299 and 5DA2300 were floated to recover macrofloral remains to provide subsistence information concerning plant resources utilized by the occupants of these sites. In addition, a mano found in the hearth/hearth dump at 5DA2299 was washed for pollen, starches, and phytoliths in order to determine plants hat might have been processed using this tool. These sites are located south of Denver near the town of Parker in central...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR SITES IN THE ANCHO CANYON WEST HALF PROJECT, NEW MEXICO (1997)
Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted at five sites on the Ancho Canyon Mine property in northeastern New Mexico to answer specific settlement and subsistence questions. This latest study on the Ancho Mine property was designed to examine landscape use. Since the project area is located in the uplands, it is likely that resource procurement reflects this area. Biella and Dorshow (1996b) provide a preliminary landscape analysis that suggests a stable economy and adaptive strategy....
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR SIX SITES IN THE SEEDSKADEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE PROJECT, GREEN RIVER BASIN, WYOMING (1996)
Samples from Sites 48SW10888, 48SW10893, 48SW9251, 48SW10233, 48SW10248, and 48SW6454 were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites are part of the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge project along the Green River in the Green River Basin of southwest Wyoming. Pollen samples were examined from stratigraphic columns and features at these sites. Vegetation and paleoenvironmental reconstructions were made from stratigraphic pollen records. he stratigraphic pollen records act as...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR THE CARSON CITY FREEWAY PROJECT PHASE II, NEVADA (2004)
Twenty-two pollen and twenty macrofloral samples were collected from fill of structures and pits in the Carson City Freeway Phase 2 project. Fifty features were identified during Phase II testing. Analysis of pollen and macrofloral samples was prioritized to examine primarily structures. Eight radiocarbon dates have been received that indicate occupation between approximately 380 and 1760 BP. This phase of the analysis is considered to be an examination of the pollen and macrofloral records...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR THE CHALAN MONSIGNOR GUERRERO PHASE III ROADWAY EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, SAIPAN (2001)
Two sediment samples from the Chalan Monsignor Guerrero Phase III Roadway Expansion and Improvements Project (CMG) in Saipan were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These samples represent buried, lower stratigraphic sequences in the eastern end of the project area. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning landscape formation and paleoenvironment, especially the vegetation regime of the former marshes or estuaries in this area. Five charcoal...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR THE CORAL CANYON II PROJECT, SITES 42WS1220, 42WS1221, 42WS1222, AND 42WS3636, UTAH (2003)
Samples from four sites in the Coral Canyon II archaeological project in southwest Utah were examined for pollen and/or macrofloral remains. These sites represent Middle Archaic Late Archaic, and Southern Paiute occupations of the area. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide subsistence information concerning plant resources available to, and possibly processed by, the various occupants of the sites.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR THE CORONADO RAILROAD PROJECT, NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA (1991)
Three sites near Navajo, Arizona, were examined for their pollen and macrofloral remains as part of the Coronado Railroad Project. Occupations at AZ K:14:32 (ASM) and AZ K:14:33 (ASM) included primarily Basketmaker III and Pueblo I, while the occupation at AZ K:14:35 (ASM) represents Pueblo II. Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined from a variety of features both inside and outside pithouses to define the subsistence base at these sites. In addition, the pollen record assists in...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD 5C PROJECT, SITE AZ EB:9:166(ASM), SOUTHERN ARIZONA (1995)
Soil samples from a pit structure, a possible field house or outside activity area, and two areas of sheet trash at Site AZ BB:9:166 (ASM) in southern Arizona were sampled for pollen and macrofloral remains. A metate from the pit structure floor also was washed for pollen. Site AZ BB:9:166 (ASM) is a small Hohokam field house locus that appears to have been occupied for a short period of time during the Rincon phase of the Tucson Basin Hohokam, sequence (AD 950- 1150). Pollen and...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR THE PAGO SCHOOL PROJECT, SAMOA (2000)
Twelve stratigraphic pollen samples were collected from Layer IV in Trench 16 as part of archaeological investigations at the Pago School in Samoa. Layer IV represents clay sediment accumulation between 114 and more than 245 cm below the surface. Radiocarbon ages for this layer span an interval from approximately AD 675-990 to slightly after AD 1160-1300. Pollen analysis of these stratigraphic samples was undertaken to examine prehistoric vegetation in this area. In addition, two samples...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR THE ROADKILL SITE, 42KA4859, UTAH (2002)
Samples from the Road Kill site, 42KA4859, in central Kane County, southern Utah, were sampled for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site is a medium-sized Puebloan farmstead with a single linear alignment of storage cists with associated habitation rooms. Occupation appears to have been episodic, based on the complex construction for the alignment combined with evidence for recycling of construction materials and the abandonment of structures on site while use continued elsewhere (Doug...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR THE SAND HOLLOW PROJECT, SITES 42WS2820, 42WS2810, 42WS2823, AND 42WS2827, UTAH (1999)
Samples from features at four sites in the Sand Hollow Reservoir Project area of Washington County, southwestern Utah, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. The majority of these samples were excavated from features at site 42WS2820. Stratigraphic pollen columns from two localities at 42WS2820 were sampled in an effort to define past vegetation and infer paleoenvironmental conditions. Pollen and macrofloral analyses of samples from features at the archaeological sites will be used to...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR THE TIERRA MESA PROJECT, SITE AZ:U:10:139 (ASM), SOUTHERN ARIZONA (1999)
Samples from Site AZ:U:10:139 (ASM) for the Tierra Mesa Development Project in Maricopa County, Arizona, were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site represents a small Hohokam hamlet with houses-in-pits and associated features. Ceramic artifacts suggest occupation of this site from AD 800-900. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning prehistoric diet, paleoenvironmental conditions, and land-use practices at this site to aid in understanding...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR THE WAIKIKI SEWER PROJECT, HAWAII (2001)
Five samples from trenches along Ala Moana Boulevard in Waikiki, Hawaii, were examined for both pollen and macrofloral remains. These samples were collected from fishponds that were filled in during the Waikiki Land Reclamation between 1921-1929. Pollen and macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning vegetation near the fishponds.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR THREE SITES (AZ V:13:182, 185, AND 186 (ASM)) FOR THE ASARCO ASLD DATA RECOVERY PROJECT, NEAR KEARNY, ARIZONA (1999)
Sites AZ V: 13:182, 185, and 186 (ASM) are located directly east of the ASARCO-Ray Mine Complex, in the Dripping Springs Mountains in southcentral Arizona. These multicomponent sites all exhibit evidence of prehistoric and historic activities. Prehistoric components at AZ V: 13:182 and 186 (ASM) are Hohokam. The historic components at these sites represent early mining activities in the region as well as possible Apachean use of the area. Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from a...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FROM 42SA24335, UTAH (2000)
Site 42SA24335 is situated in the Behind-the-rocks area, approximately 10 miles west of Moab, Utah. Five slab-lined cists with ash-stained fill and a circular area of ash-stained soil are the only features recovered at this site. Feature 1 yielded a two sigma calibrated radiocarbon age of 6500 to 6320 BP. Three pollen and six macrofloral samples were examined from 42SA24335. Pollen and macrobotanical analyses were undertaken to identify plant resources that were available to and utilized by...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FROM 48CR1929, 48CR3961, AND 48CR3962, CARBON COUNTY, WYOMING (1982)
Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from three sites twelve miles southeast of Wamsutter, Wyoming during the course of archaeological mitigation along the Mapco Pipeline. The sites represent Altithermal, Middle Archaic, and Late Archaic/Late Prehistoric occupations. These sites, 48CR39l, 48CR1929, and 48CR3962, are located within two miles of each other in the Red Desert/Great Divide Basin area of western Carbon County. The present environment at these sites is a mixed desert...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FROM A VESSEL AT THE HITE SITE, GLEN CANYON NATIONAL PARK, UTAH (1988)
Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from a vessel at the Hite Site. A corrugated vessel containing pack rat midden remains was located in a crevice at Glen Canyon National Park, where it had been cached. A corn cob was recovered in the vicinity of the vessel. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted in an effort to determine what may have been cached in the vessel.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FROM ISLAND-IN-THE-SKY, CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK, UTAH (1988)
Pollen and macrofloral analysis at ten sites in Canyonlands National Park was designed to address several different elements of the paleoenvironmental and subsistence records. Pollen samples from the present ground surface were collected to characterize the modern pollen record with respect to the modern vegetation. Stratigraphic samples were collected from three sites to provide an accurate view of paleoenvironmental conditions in the vicinity of Gray's Pasture at Island-in-the-Sky during...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FROM THE RIO BONITO SITE, LA 37452, SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO (1985)
Archaeological testing and mitigation of the Rio Bonito Site (LA37452), located in the Rio Bonito Valley, produced pollen and macrofloral samples, as well as corn cob fragments for analysis. The site is situated on the eastern bank of the Rio Bonito at an elevation of 1864 m (6120 ft.). The Rio Bonito and its northern tributaries drain the northeastern flanks of the Sierra Blanca Mountains and join the Rio Ruidoso at Hondo approximately 25 km to the southeast. The Rio Bonito Valley floor...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS IN THE BIG HORN BASIN, WYOMING (1989)
Sites 48B81438 and 488H1439 are located in the central portion of the Big Horn Basin in north central Wyoming, in the Five Mile Creek area near the town of Worland. Both pollen and macrofossil samples were analyzed in conjunction with archaeological mitigation. A stratigraphic column, the fill of four features and thirteen groundstone artifacts contribute to the pollen record at 48BH1438. In addition, five features were sampled for macrofloral remains. The stratigraphic pollen samples were...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF 48SW5377 (1985)
Site 48SW5377 is located approximately 5 miles east of Rock Springs, Wyoming along Bitter Creek on a stabilized sand dune. The site appears to represent only a single component, which was dated to 980 + 90 BP. Both pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted on samples representing the cultural component and several features, while the stratigraphic column was analyzed only for pollen. Pollen analysis of the stratigraphic column was designed to define the paleoenvironment, while both...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF A BOG SAMPLE FROM WILLIAMS PRAIRIE, OREGON (1999)
Single pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from Bog 2 for analysis to identify plants growing in this area. William's Prairie is a meadow complex on the upper Crooked River drainage approximately 320 acres in size. Years of overgrazing and nearby logging activities have affected the local vegetation. The decline of hard woods, degradation of beaver habitat, and reduction of water table are most notable. Formerly, William's Prairie was a wet meadow with two main channels running in...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF A DARK ORGANIC STAIN AT SITE AZ B:1:36(ASM), NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA (1996)
Fill from a dark organic stain in a sand dune at Site AZ B:1:36(ASM) in northwest Arizona was analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. Artifacts recovered from this stain also were washed for pollen. This stain was exposed by a roadcut, and may represent the remains of cultural activities from the Archaic Period. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning subsistence activities to help determine eligibility of the site for inclusion in the National...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF A FREMONT PIT AT 42SL285, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (1999)
Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined from the floor of a large, straight-sided pit at Site 42SL285 in Salt Lake City, Utah. This site is a Fremont habitation site with pit houses, a burial, animal bone, and artifacts. The floor and sides of the pit (Feature 3) were covered with mud, some of which was partially fired. This pit is believed to have been used initially as a storage pit. A single human male skeleton was found in the pit fill and trash was recovered above that. Pollen and...