Macrobotanical (Material Keyword)
Plant remains such as fruit, seeds, buds, or other plant parts.
4,101-4,125 (5,352 Records)
The fill from a basin-shaped charcoal-stained sediment anomaly exposed in a sand dune at site 42UN2372 in northeast Utah was examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. A pollen control also was collected from the modern dune surface. Charcoal from this feature yielded a radiocarbon age of 3700-3490 BP, suggesting an Archaic occupation. Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined in an effort to help identify the function of this anomaly, which is believed to represent the remains of a...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 42UN2889, UTAH (2002)
Samples from pit features at site 42UN2889 in northeast Utah were sampled for pollen and macrofloral remains. In addition, pollen samples were recovered from the modern ground surface just off site, from a layer of sand that includes the upper meter of sediments exposed in the pipeline trench wall, and from a clayey/caliche stratum underneath the sand. The paucity of artifacts found at the site, combined with the abundance of groundstone and small features, suggests that 42UN2889 is a...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 48001712 IN THE POWDER BASIN, NORTHEASTERN WYOMING (1994)
Samples from three columns at Site 48001712 in the southern Powder Basin of northeastern Wyoming were examined for pollen , and a mano was washed to recover pollen from the ground surface. In addition, flotation sanples from five hearths and a charcoal scatter were sampled for macrofloral remains. Two activity areas were noted at this site that are separated by about 80 meters. Radiocarbon dates suggest a Middle Archaic occupation, with the possibility of an earlier Early Archaic component....
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 48CA1383, WYOMING (1997)
A pollen sample from soil within a tipi ring and three flotation samples from the fill of ash stained features were examined from Site 48CA1383 in northeast Wyoming. This site consists of a cluster of four tipi rings and is believed to date to the Late Prehistoric period. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken to provide information concerning possible plant resources utilized at this site.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 48FR5006 AND THE MDU #5-11 PIPELINE, FREMONT COUNTY, WYOMING (2003)
Single samples from site 48FR5006 and the MDU #5-11 pipeline were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains to provide information concerning plant resources that might have been processed at these sites. 48FR5006 is located roughly 25 miles south of the town of Shoshoni, Wyoming and approximately one mile east of Muskrat Creek. The site is situated at an elevation of 5140 feet amsl in a vegetative community containing sagebrush, grasses and prickly pear cactus. The feature sampled, which...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 48FR5666, WYOMING (2005)
Seven samples from the fill of five intact hearths recovered in the access road at site 48FR5666 in central Wyoming were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Multiple samples were recovered from a hearth with stratified fill. All of the hearths exhibited oxidation rinds varying from 1 cm to 5 cm thick, as well as heavy amounts of charcoal and moderate to heavy amounts of fire-cracked rock. Conventional radiocarbon ages from these features ranged from 1770 ± 60 BP to 1140 ± 50 BP,...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 48NA2779, WYOMING (1999)
Two pollen and four macrofloral samples were examined from 48NA2779, an archaeological site containing a house pit located south of the Powder River in Wyoming. Radiocarbon ages from two house pits (Features 3 and 4), are reported as 5260 ± 60 RCYBP 5490 ± 60 RCYBP, indicating an Archaic occupation. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted to identify plants processed or used in these house pits.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 48SW550, BRIDGERMINE PROJECT, SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING (1999)
Site 48SW550 represents three occupations during the Late Prehistoric Uinta Phase. Four features from the lowest two occupations were examined for their pollen and macrofloral remains to address questions of subsistence. These features are all shallow basin pits containing charcoal and a few rocks. Interpretation of probable economic activities that might be associated with these features rests largely on the archaeobotanic record.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 5AH741 ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO (1996)
Site 5AH741 is a small, stratified site located southeast of Denver, Colorado. Radiocarbon dates obtained from features at this site suggest both Middle and Late Archaic occupations. A total of 27 samples were submitted for pollen/starch or macrofloral analysis. A column consisting of seven stratigraphic pollen samples was included in this count. Three surface control pollen samples provide an excellent base from which to evaluate the prehistoric pollen record. The remaining pollen samples...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 5DV5997 FOR THE BROADWAY VIADUCT DATA RECOVERY, DENVER, COLORADO (1999)
Sediment samples associated with a late 19th century/early 20th century L-shaped house containing a brick-lined cellar in downtown Denver, Colorado, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. African American families occupied the house from 1893 to approximately 1910. Pollen and macrofloral samples were recovered from three levels of fill in the brick-lined cellar, from a unit outside the house that contained 19th century artifacts, and from an area inside the house believed to be a...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 5LA6493, COMANCHE NATIONAL GRASSLANDS, COLORADO (2005)
Five pollen and three macrofloral samples were examined from site 5LA6493 in the Comanche National Grasslands of southeastern Colorado. This site consists of a room block with eight rooms. Charcoal from this site yielded a conventional radiocarbon age of 990 ± 40 BP. Soil samples from a hearth and a circular pit, as well as one metate fragment and one mano, were recovered from Room 2. A conventional radiocarbon age of 1080 ± 40 BP was obtained from Feature 3, a hearth in Room 2. Pollen and...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 5LP378, SOUTHWEST COLORADO (1997)
Soil samples from a pithouse at Site 5LP378 in southwest Colorado were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. Three vegetal samples also were examined. This subrectangular pithouse is believed to have been occupied during the Early Pueblo I period, approximately the AD 790s or early AD 800s. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to address questions pertaining to evidence of foods being processed, types of wood burned as fuel, season of occupation, and evidence of ritual...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 5MT11884, COLORADO (1999)
Samples from features at Site 5MT11884 in southwest Colorado were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site represents at least a late Pueblo II habitation site that appears to have a experienced long-term occupation with salvaging and remodeling of features. Pollen and/or macrofloral samples were recovered from a mealing bin in a pitstructure, a kiva, a trash pit in a surface structure, and an extramural pit. The kiva is noted to have exhibited several characteristics...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 5MT11950, COLORADO (1999)
Samples from features at Site 5MT11950 in southwest Colorado were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site represents a late Pueblo III Mesa Verde Anasazi habitation. Pollen and/or macrofloral samples were recovered from a classic Mesa Verde style kiva, a probable kiva, a slab-lined fire box, and a slab-lined hearth. Both the kiva and the probable kiva appear to have been salvaged and burned prehistorically, probably after a short occupation. Pollen and macrofloral analyses...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 5MT11958, COLORADO (1999)
Single pollen and flotation samples were recovered from a rubble concentration at Site 5MT11958 in southwestern Colorado. This site represents a late Pueblo II habitation. The rubble mound appears to represent a salvage pile of rocks that were intended to be used as masonry stones for construction of a structure. The pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from fill near the bottom of the concentration.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 5MT7522, COLORADO (1999)
Sediment from features representing both Pueblo I and Pueblo II occupations at Site 5MT7522 in southwest Colorado were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant resources available to and utilized by the Pueblo I and Pueblo II occupants of the site.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 5MT7712, SOUTHWEST COLORADO (1996)
Samples from Site 5MT7712 in southwest Colorado were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site is a large Pueblo II/III Anasazi habitation site, although only a small portion of the site was excavated and analyzed. Excavated features include a small two-room room block and associated internal features, a subterranean pit room and associated internal features, and hearth/pit/trash features associated with extramural activity surrounding the two-room room block. The excavated...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE CA-SDI-16,047 IN GOAT CANYON, CALIFORNIA (2004)
Pollen and/or macrofloral samples were collected from cultural deposits within five units at site CA-SDI-16,047 in Goat Canyon, California, on the border with Mexico. Goat Canyon opens to the north into the Tijuana River floodplain. Fossil streambeds indicate that this area was also a drainage prehistorically and that the stream meandered from place to place in the canyon over time. The samples represent stained shell lens areas where the soil was cemented together, at depths of around...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE LA 109230, SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO (1995)
Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined from two ring midden features at Site LA109230 in southeast New Mexico. The site consists of seven ring midden features and a sparse scatter of lithic artifacts. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized at this site.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE LA 115316, NEW MEXICO (1998)
Fill from six features at Site La 115316 in northwest New Mexico were floated to recover charred macrofloral remains; two of these features also were analyzed for pollen. Ceramic sherds suggest occupation of the site during an unspecified Anasazi period (AD 600 to 1600), while projectile points also suggest occupation during the Middle Archaic period (ca. 3200 to 1800 BC) and/or during the Late Archaic period (1800 BC to AD 400). Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE LA 49490, VILLAGE OF RUIDOSO DOWNS, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (2006)
Site LA 49490 is a Jornada Mogollon Glencoe Phase village site located in Ruidoso Downs, Lincoln County, New Mexico. Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from pits and a burned pithouse. Two of the pits exhibited refuse as fill and contained burials within the refuse. One of the individuals had been shot in the back and two projectile points remained with the burial. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted to identify plants that might have been important in the burials and also...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES 24HL948, 24HL946, 24FR760, AND 24CB1266 IN THE EXPRESS PIPELINE ROUTE MONTANA SEGMENT (1996)
Samples from Sites 24HL948, 24HL946, 24FR760, and 24CB1266 were submitted for pollen, macrofloral, and protein residue analyses. These sites are located along the Express Pipeline Route Montana Segment that runs north and south through central Montana. Site 24HL948 consists of a tipi ring, while the other three sites represent prehistoric campsites with hearths and midden areas. Soil samples were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains to provide information concerning plant resources...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES 26CK948 AND 26CK949 IN THE LAS VEGAS SPRINGS PRESERVE, NEVADA (1999)
Samples from soil units and two features at sites 26CK948 and 26CK949 were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These two sites are located in the central area of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, and are noted to be "physically, visually, and historically interconnected" (Seymour 1998:1.5). Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide paleoenvironmental information, as well as to identify economically important resources that might have been used by the prehistoric occupants of...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES 32DU396 AND 32DU1154, NORTH DAKOTA (1996)
Eight pollen and four macrofloral samples were examined from two sites overlooking the modern Skunk Bay, an area formerly occupied by Skunk Creek, a tributary of the Missouri River in North Dakota. Site 32DU396 represents a Besant occupation. A pollen column was studied to provide information concerning paleoenvironmental conditions. In addition, both pollen and macrofloral samples provide the potential for interpretation of subsistence activity associated with features. Nearby site...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES 35MA7, 35MA9, 35MA12, 35MA63, AND 35MA70 IN THE STATE STREET-NORTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY PROJECT, SALEM, OREGON (1998)
Soil samples from Sites 35MA7, 35MA9, 35MA63, 35MA70, and 35MA12 in the State Street-North Santiam Highway project near Salem, Oregon, were sampled for macrofloral remains. Charred botanic specimens also were submitted for identification. Pollen samples were examined from features at Sites 35MA9, 35MA70, and 35MA 12. The five sites in the project area currently are divided by highway interchange loops and ramps; however, these sites are believed to represent a very large site complex used...