Pollen (Material Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text R.A. Varney. Chad Yost. Linda Scott Cummings.

Five stratigraphic sediment samples from two locations at the Blacklog Narrows, Aughwick Watershed, Cromwell Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania were submitted for pollen and phytolith analysis to help determine vegetation and climate change. The older deposits represent Pleistocene deposits more than 29,000 radiocarbon years old, while the younger set represents Holocene deposits.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Five combination pollen and phytolith samples were examined from five features at the Jervey Plantation (38CH927) and the Yaughal Plantation (38CH932) to identify crops that might have been grown at these sites. Historic studies of plantations in this area focus on recovery of indigo and upland swamp rice for early occupations and cotton for nineteenth century occupations. The builder's trench of the main plantation house was examined at the Jervey Plantation. Various features, including a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Thomas E. Moutoux.

Three pollen/starch samples and a small amount of charred com cob were examined from the "vermilion vista" site (42Ka4896), located approximately 15 miles east of Kanab, Utah. The three pollen/starch samples represent floors of slab-lined storage bins used during the Basketmaker III and Pueblo I and were examined to shed light on plants that might have been stored in these bins.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Margaret E. Newman.

POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS FROM SDI-7197, THE SALT CREEK I PROJECT, CALIFORNIA: Pollen and phytolith analysis was conducted on groundstone and flaked stone tools from this site in an effort to define the plants that were processed with these tools. BLOOD RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM SITE SDI-7197 CALIFORNIA: The primary objective of this analysis was to determine if information derived by the analysis of blood residues retained on lithic artifacts could provide further...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

A single soil sample (Table 1) was collected from a buried A horizon that has been interpreted as representing the original hill surface prior to its artificial shaping. Pollen and phytolith analyses were undertaken to identify local vegetation existing on the original hill.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Pollen and phytolith samples were examined from locations thought to belong to a historic garden area that was part of Fort Vancouver. Samples were examined from seven different excavation units, some of which were associated with features. This analysis focused on identifying any plants that might have been planted in the gardens and describing local vegetation.

DOCUMENT Full-Text R.A. Varney. Linda Scott Cummings.

The Medicine Lodge Creek site is located on the eastern margin of the Bighorn Basin in north central Wyoming. A metate from the Crow horizon at the site was recovered during backhoe trenching and submitted for pollen and phytolith analysis to identify plants that might have been processed.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Acer Fergii Site, 48CA3227, Campbell County, Wyoming, located a few kilometers north of Antelope Creek, is a Late Plains Archaic and Late Prehistoric campsite. Loam and clay sediments give way to exposed and weathered shales across parts of the site. Local vegetation includes sparse sagebrush, short prairie grasses, and prickly pear cactus. Acer Fergii Site investigations included 25 block excavations, totaling 192 square meters, which identified hearths, lithic debitage and tools, cobble...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site LA 54147 is located in Sandoval County, New Mexico, along New Mexico Highway 258 near the intersection with Idalia Road. Situated near the northeastern end of the West Mesa, it is believed to be the site of Coronado's camp, occupied between 1540 and 1542. A single pithouse feature (2004-1) and associated ceramic artifacts were identified at the site. One pollen and one phytolith sample were collected from the pithouse. Pollen and phytolith analyses are used to provide information...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost.

Site 15OH161, an east-facing sandstone rockshelter site in Ohio County, western Kentucky, yielded evidence of multiple occupations. While only the Archaic and Early to Middle Woodland occupations were sampled for pollen analysis and radiocarbon dates reported for features from this site range from 6050 ± 40 BP to 4230 ± 40 BP, there is also a Late Woodland/Mississippian component. Only the Archaic components were in good context, therefore. Considerable disturbance as a result of human looting...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Thomas E. Moutoux.

Site CA-ORA-950 yielded several broken rocks with a "black core staining" that has been noted at other local sites. These rocks are usually lumped with "fire-cracked" or "thermally altered" rocks. However, they do not exhibit other evidence of heating, therefore, it is possible that the black staining may be the result of cooking residue. Pollen, phytolith, and starch granule analysis were conducted on these rock fragments in an effort to identify their use. No control samples...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost.

Fort Center, located in Glades County, Florida, provides evidence of Late Archaic; Early, Middle, and Late Woodland, Belle Glades, Calusa, Protohistoric, Seminole, and finally 19th and 20th century occupations. Thus, occupation at this 2.5 square km earthwork site dates between 800 BC and at least the late 1800s (Victor Thompson, personal communication, September 2010). Earlier work at this site included pollen analysis that reported consistent finds of Zea mays pollen. Verification or denial of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost.

Fort Center, located in Glades County, Florida, provides evidence of Late Archaic; Early, Middle, and Late Woodland, Belle Glades, Calusa, Protohistoric, Seminole, and finally 19th and 20th century occupations. Thus, occupation at this 2.5 square km earthwork site dates between 800 BC and at least the late 1800s (Victor Thompson, personal communication, September 2010). Earlier work at this site included pollen analysis that reported consistent finds of Zea mays pollen. Verification or denial of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Dung from locations in Arizona and Russia were submitted for pollen and phytolith analysis. Pontatoc Ridge Shelter exhibited a surface mat dating approximately 14,000 yr BP. Dung recovered from a pica nest in permafrost in association with Pleistocene-age mammals such as mammoth and rhino. Analysis of microscopic remains (pollen and phytoliths) was undertaken to identify local vegetation at the time each of these dung deposits accumulated.

DOCUMENT Full-Text R.A. Varney. Chad Yost. Linda Scott Cummings.

Four samples from lightly stained basin features at Site LA 60977, New Mexico were submitted for pollen and phytolith analyses. Two of the samples, from Features 9 and 11 were analyzed for pollen and two, from Features 10 and 12, were analyzed for phytoliths. Site LA 60977, is located south of the Moriarty Airport, approximately 43 miles east of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The goal of this analysis is to identify use of the features through pollen and phytolith analyses.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Four soil samples from possible gardens at La Perouse on Easter Island were examined for pollen and phytoliths. Microscopic analysis was conducted on these samples in an effort to identify crops grown in this area.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Playa 9 is a complex of sites surrounding a tiny playa approximately 1.5 km south of Scott's village. Pollen and phytolith analysis examine hearth fill and structure floors from this area to identify evidence of subsistence activities. Occupations examined in this study range from 420 BP to 1300 BP.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

Three pollen and two phytolith samples were selected for analysis from Agat and Agana swamps on Guam. Identification of local vegetation and evidence of cultivation was sought from these data bases. In addition, single pollen and phytolith samples were collected for analysis from an earth-oven deposit in Tumon, Guam. Identification of the use of the oven, which contained burned coral chunks and prehistoric pottery, was sought through various analyses.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Holotunich, an historical site in Belize, was occupied in the late 19th to early 20th century. The San Pedro Maya, who were Caste War refuges, occupied the site between the 1860s and the 1890s. During the early 20th century, this site functioned as a British logging camp from approximately 1920 to 1945. Archival data indicates that the Maya engaged in agriculture and also occasionally worked in the logging camps. Phytolith analysis was undertaken to identify evidence of plants and search...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Jaime Dexter. R.A. Varney.

Pollen and phytolith samples were examined from site LA 457, a multi-component Jornada Mogollon village site with occupations ranging from the Late Archaic through the El Paso phase. The samples were collected during the replacement of a waterline from the La Luz Filtration Plant to the Green Reservoir in southern New Mexico because a 752 meter segment of the pipeline passed through portions of the site. Samples examined represent two pit house floors, fill from a probable Archaic hearth,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost.

Thirty-five samples of sediment adhering to a variety of vessels and grinding stones from the site of Gegharot in Armenia were examined for pollen and phytoliths. Samples were obtained by washing the tools in the field, then submitting the washes to PaleoResearch Institute. They were received in two shipments, allowing preliminary analysis of the first fifteen samples to assess issues of preservation prior to completing the study. Recovery of both pollen and phytoliths from the initial samples...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. R.A. Varney.

Pollen and phytolith analyses were undertaken on three samples from an off-site stratigraphic profile to provide a description of local and regional vegetation that could be interpreted to provide paleoenvironmental information. This profile was exposed in a backhoe trench located offsite, but near a Mesilla Phase archaeological site at Ft. Bliss, Texas. The trench transected five strata that appear to be a buried paleosol overlain by a recent eolian sand sheet. The paleosol consists of a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Stratigraphic sediment samples were collected at Ais Giorkis for phytolith analysis. The uppermost sample serves as a modern analog, and radiocarbon ages indicate the profile is intact (Rolfe Mandel, personal communication, January 5, 2018). Phytolith analysis was requested because isotope values show a C3 signature with little variation through time (Rolfe Mandel, personal communication, January 5, 2018). Pollen analysis was recommended by PaleoResearch Institute staff as the better measure of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Nine phytolith samples and six pollen samples were submitted for analysis from Tor al-Tareeq and Thalab al-Buhayra, Jordan as part of the Eastern Hasa Late Pleistocene Project (EHLPP). These samples represent Early Upper Paleolithic deposits along an ancient lake at Thalab al-Buhayra and Early Epipaleolithic and Neolithic occupations at Tor al-Tareeq. Pollen and phytolith analyses was undertaken to inform concerning local vegetation associated with a Pleistocene lake and a series of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Three burned manos and two control samples were collected from a habitation camp east of Aliso Creek in Orange County. The samples were collected from features 10 and 13, which are burned rock features or hearths. The samples were examined in an effort to discern what these manos might have been used to process.