Macrobotanical (Material Keyword)
Plant remains such as fruit, seeds, buds, or other plant parts.
3,926-3,950 (5,351 Records)
Photographs are one of the few remaining ways to examine the now inundated archaeological sites in the DAP. Photographic images add context to specific aspects of Anasazi life in the DAP area; in a sense, DAP photography "provides the investigator with ways to understand the spatial integration of households and communities" (Wilshusen et al. 1999:115). Only a fraction of all photographs taken during the project can be found in the published series of DAP reports. Individuals wishing to access...
PHOTOGRAPHY OF STARCHES FOR STEPHANIE L. PEEK, UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING (2011)
Representative photos were taken of the various types of starch (if present) from each reference plant sample analyzed. Generally speaking, the images were captured at approximately 400x magnification. Each photo has a scale bar in the lower right corner that is 20 μm (0.02 mm) in length. Each starch grain was photographed using 3 types of light: a) normal white light , b) partially polarized, and c) fully polarized. This lower case letter is used in the photo name, for example: T_testudinum_1c...
Photolog for Photos from the Cultural Resources Assessment of 28 Archaeological Sites Located Along Reach 4 of the Fannin-McFarland Portion of the CAP Canal (2009)
The Bureau of Reclamation has developed an archaeological site database for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal main stem based on the Class III survey data that includes all previously recorded sites. An unknown number of these sites were either destroyed by construction or excavation, while others are no longer located within the CAP right-of-way (ROW). To assist Reclamation in checking the accuracy of its site database, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) was asked to revisit...
Photos from the Cultural Resources Assessment of 28 Archaeological Sites Located Along Reach 4 of the Fannin-McFarland Portion of the CAP Canal (2009)
The Bureau of Reclamation has developed an archaeological site database for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal main stem based on the Class III survey data that includes all previously recorded sites. An unknown number of these sites were either destroyed by construction or excavation, while others are no longer located within the CAP right-of-way (ROW). To assist Reclamation in checking the accuracy of its site database, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) was asked to revisit...
Phyllis Pueblo (LA 45160) - Unit 101-102 Summary (2009)
Units 101 and 102 represent a room suite located in the northwest portion of Phyllis Pueblo. Unit 101 is a rectangular room situated west of and connected by a doorway with a room referred to as Unit 102. A single (perhaps spine-) wall running east-west serves as the south wall for both Unit 101 and Unit 102. A second apparent spine-wall, four meters north of and parallel to the first, serves as the north wall of both rooms. Three shorter walls, each running north-south between the two spine...
Phyllis Pueblo (LA 45160) - Unit 103 Summary (2009)
Unit 103 is a room located in the northwestern area of Phyllis Pueblo. The unit was encountered beneath a later occupation (Units 101 and 102). Unit 103 was built on the northwest side of Phyllis Pueblo, upon a surface that has a slight downwards slope to the southwest.
Phyllis Pueblo (LA 45160) - Unit 201 Summary (2009)
Unit 201 is located in pueblo room at Phyllis Pueblo (LA45160). The site is located on Palomas Creek, a western tributary of the Rio Grande in southwest New Mexico. Based on extant ceramics and other temporally diagnostic artifacts (Floor Znd subsurface), the immediate area appears to have hosted occupations between the late seventh and early twenty-first centuries. This time frame includes the Late Postclassic period (ca. A.D. 1300-1450), a primary focus of the Mogollon Prehistoric Landscapes...
Phyllis Pueblo (LA 45160) - Unit 202 Summary (2009)
The Phyllis Pueblo site (LA45160) is located on Palomas Creek, a western tributary of the Rio Grande in southwestern New Mexico. Unit 202 is located in the east-central portion of the site, where deposits appear to be highest and prehistoric architecture is partially overlain by an historic structure. The unit contains at least four separate occupations (Z, A, B, and C), with Z being the lowest (i.e., earliest) and C being the highest (i.e., latest). Each has a distinct floor and, ostensibly,...
Phyllis Pueblo (LA 45160) - Unit 202 Summary (2010)
The Phyllis Pueblo site (LA45160) is located on Palomas Creek, a western tributary of the Rio Grande in southwestern New Mexico. Unit 202 is located in the east-central portion of the site and was first excavated in 2009. An unexpected number of superimposed floors and corresponding walls were encountered. Excavation resumed the following year in order to better understand the relationship between these walls, floors, and associated artifacts. Within and adjacent to Unit 202, we encountered...
Phyllis Pueblo (LA 45160) - Unit 204 Summary (2010)
The Phyllis Pueblo site (LA45160) is located on Palomas Creek, a western tributary of the Rio Grande in southwestern New Mexico. Unit 204 was identified in 2009 during excavations in the adjacent room of Unit 202. The former is immediately east of the latter and they appear to have shared a common wall throughout most, if not all, occupations. In 2010, additional excavation was undertaken in the southern section of Phyllis Pueblo. This continued research was designed to answer questions about...
Phyllis Pueblo (LA 45160) - Unit 206 Summary (2010)
The Phyllis Pueblo site (LA45160) is located on Palomas Creek, a western tributary of the Rio Grande in southwestern New Mexico. Unit 206 was identified in 2009 during excavation in the adjacent room of Unit 202. The former is immediately north of the latter and they appear to have shared a common wall throughout most, if not all, occupations. In 2010, additional excavation was undertaken in the southern section of Phyllis Pueblo. This continued research was designed to answer questions about...
PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF PLANT STEM MATERIAL FROM A SHIPWRECK (2012)
Uncharred plant stem fragments from a shipwreck were submitted for phytolith analysis to determine if this material represents grass, sedge, or other plants that produce phytoliths/biogenic silica. The stem fragments are believed to have been used for packing cargo. A portion of the stem material was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating to provide temporal information.
Phytolith Analysis of Samples from Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota (1980)
Seventy-six plant samples and forty sediment samples from voyageurs National Park were analyzed for phytoliths. Leaf, stem, root, inflorescence, and where possible, seed phytoliths were extracted from each plant sample as a key against which sediment phytoliths could be compared. All phytoliths were examined by light microscopy using a research petrographic microscope equipped with a Nomarski Differential Interference Contrast (DIC) system. Some phytoliths were also studied using a Scanning...
PHYTOLITH AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF SAMPLES FROM SITE SWCA 25783-1, LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (2013)
Two samples were collected from thermal features at site SWCA 25783-1 in Lea County, New Mexico, and analyzed for phytoliths and macrofloral remains. This site is a seasonal camp composed of a low density artifact scatter of lithics and ceramics, as well as several thermal features. Phytolith and macrofloral analyses will provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the site occupants. AMS radiocarbon dating of charcoal recovered from the macrofloral samples will help date the site...
PHYTOLITH AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING FROM TRINITY-ORACEL PIPELINE #1720, LA121520, EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (2014)
Fill that included carbon-stained sediments from a fire-cracked rock concentration at site LA 121520 in Eddy County, southern New Mexico, was submitted for phytolith and macrofloral analysis. Charcoal recovered from the macrofloral portion of the sample was submitted for AMS radiocarbon age determination. The sample is expected to date to the historic period.
PHYTOLITH AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM LA 175601, LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (2013)
Site LA 175601, located along Salado Draw in Lea County, New Mexico, is a short-term plant processing site believed to have been used to procure plant resources locally. Fill from two thermal features were submitted for phytolith and macrofloral analyses to address questions of resource processing. Charcoal recovered from the macrofloral samples was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. Results from the phytolith and macrofloral analyses, as well as radiocarbon dates, will be applied to the...
PHYTOLITH AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF FEATURE AND COLUMN SAMPLES FROM SITE 35D061, OREGON (1997)
Site 35D061 is located along the North Umpqua River in western Oregon. Paired phytolith and macrofloral samples were examined from column sediments through cultural remains and a feature at this site to identify both past vegetation and human use of plants. All samples were wet when collected and air-dried prior to submission for analysis, making pollen analysis for this material impossible due to modern contamination. The primary research question for this area is the identification of...
PHYTOLITH AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE TAYLOR SITE, MCN-1, IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY, WESTERN OREGON (1995)
Samples from silt loam sediments and organic deposits at Site MCN-1 were examined for phytoliths and/or macrofloral remains. A piece of wood from a buried log also was identified. Site MCN-1 was found on the Coburg North Loop during construction for the Northwest Pipeline corporation Expansion II Project in the Willamette Valley of western Oregon. This site was deeply buried and may be late Pleistocene in age, possibly one of the oldest sites in the Willamette Valley. Phytolith and...
PHYTOLITH AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT SAMPLES AND IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF A CHARCOAL SAMPLE FROM LA 180543, EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (2014)
Site LA 180543 is located south of Brantley Lake and northwest of Carlsbad in Eddy County, New Mexico. A charcoal fragment collected from a small basin-shaped simple feature containing burned limestone was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. Three additional sediment samples from the feature were submitted for phytolith and macrofloral analysis.
PHYTOLITH AND STARCH ANALYSIS; MACROFLORAL AND CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION; AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM SITE LA 178961, EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (2014)
A rock ring midden site, LA 178961, is situated on a small bench overlooking Boyds Canyon and Spring Draw, within the foothills west of Carlsbad in Eddy County, New Mexico. Three of four deflated ring middens noted at this site have been impacted by a two track road and rancher water line (Rebecca Hill, personal communication July 8, 2014). Three soil samples, collected from two different features, were submitted for phytolith, starch, and macrofloral analysis. Although pollen analysis was not...
PHYTOLITH MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF A ZEA MAYS COB FROM SITE 42DA2026, DAGGETT COUNTY, UTAH (2017)
Site 42DA2026 consists of a few storage features built in a rock fall under a rock shelter above the Green River in Daggett County, Utah. An uncharred corn cob recovered from the wall near the top of Feature 2 was submitted for AMS radiocarbon age determination to ascertain the period of use. Additionally, examination of the morphometric phytolith signature and comparison with other cob signatures was requested for this cob.
PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSES, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING AT SITES 32ML0890, 32ML1062, 32ML1065, 32ML1067, 32ML1071, 32ML1073, AND 32ML1079, NORTH DAKOTA (2010)
A total of ten samples from the fill of hearths at sites 32ML0890, 32ML1065, 32ML1073, and 32ML1079 in McLean County, North Dakota, were examined for phytoliths and charred macrofloral remains to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the various occupants of these sites. PET (Processed Edible Tissue) analysis was conducted on four pieces of charred organic material recovered from the macrofloral samples. PET analysis included examination of organic residues using Fourier...
PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN RESIDUE, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING AT SITES 32OL551 AND 32OL552, NORTH DAKOTA (2011)
Samples from stone rings at sites 32OL551 and 32OL552 in west-central North Dakota were examined for phytoliths and macrofloral remains to determine that plant resources were utilized by the occupants of these sites. Microscopic charcoal was extracted from the stone ring sediments and submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating, yielding three radiocarbon dates. Lithic tools from the stone rings at 32OL551 also were examined for protein residues to provide information concerning animals that may have...
PHYTOLITH, PROTEIN RESIDUE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AND ARCHAEOCLIMATIC MODELING FOR SITES FROM NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA (2012)
Four sites located in Pennfield Ridge near Cripps Stream in Charlotte County, along the coast in southwest New Brunswick, Canada yielded samples submitted for a variety of analyses. Sites BgDq-38 and BgDp-4 reflect Paleoindian occupations (10,600-11,200 BP), site BgDq-39 reflects the Terminal Archaic and Early Woodland Period (3800-2800 BP), and site BgDq-40 represents a Late Maritime Woodland Period occupation (500-800 BP). The washes from three stone axes at site BgDq-39 were submitted for...
PHYTOLITH, STARCH, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF SAMPLES FROM THE VALENTINE CACHE #3 SITE (05-01-53-377), LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2013)
The Valentine Cache #3 Site (05-01-53-377), located in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, consists of five granitic stone circular features. These features are believed to be associated with caching activities, possibly acorn harvesting. Two soil samples from the center of one of the rock ring features (Feature B, Quadrant 2) were submitted for phytolith, starch, and macrofloral analyses to identify plants associated with function, type, and method of construction for these features,...