Pollen (Material Keyword)
Use for any microscopic plant remains
2,376-2,400 (2,989 Records)
Pollen analysis of samples from Kuck Rock Shelter, site 5RB3157, in northwestern Colorado focuses on examination of hearths, ash pits, a mano, and several clay chinking fragments. This study provides a base framework for examination of prehistoric vegetation and Fremont resource use through pollen analysis. Macrofloral samples were examined from the lower fill of a clay-lined hearth to identify economic activity associated with this feature. A single pollen sample was collected from the use...
POLLEN, STARCH, MACROFLORAL, AND CORN COB ANALYSES AT THE KUCK SITE (5RB3157), RIO BLANCO COUNTY, COLORADO (2001)
Pollen analysis of samples from Kuck Rock Shelter, site 5RB3157, in northwestern Colorado focuses on examination of hearths, ash pits, a mano, and several clay chinking fragments. This study provides a base framework for examination of prehistoric vegetation and Fremont resource use through pollen analysis. Macrofloral samples were examined from the lower fill of a clay-lined hearth to identify economic activity associated with this feature. A single pollen sample was collected from the use...
POLLEN, STARCH, MACROFLORAL, AND CORN COB ANALYSES AT THE KUCK SITE (5RB3157), RIO BLANCO COUNTY, COLORADO (2002)
Pollen analysis of samples from Kuck Rock Shelter, site 5RB3157, in northwestern Colorado focuses on examination of hearths, ash pits, a mano, and several clay chinking fragments. This study provides a base framework for examination of prehistoric vegetation and Fremont resource use through pollen analysis. Macrofloral samples were examined from the lower fill of a clay-lined hearth to identify economic activity associated with this feature. A single pollen sample was collected from the use...
POLLEN, STARCH, MACROFLORAL, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS AT SITE 5LA5840, SOUTHEAST COLORADO (2001)
In 2001, a bulk sediment sample from a burned rock (hearth) midden at site 5LA5840 in southeast Colorado was examined for pollen, starches, and macrofloral remains. This midden is located adjacent to Rockshelter 1 and contains lithic debitage, a few burned bone fragments, ceramic sherds, and a large amount of fire-cracked rock. A knife from the burned rock midden also was analyzed for possible protein residues to determine animal resources that might have been processed with the knife. In...
POLLEN, STARCH, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN RESIDUE, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSES AT SITE CA-SDI-4281, CALIFORNIA (2008)
Samples from the fill of fire-altered rock and shell features at Site CA-SDI-4281 in southern California near the Mexican border were examined for pollen, starches, and macrofloral remains. In addition, pollen/starch samples were recovered from a column through a single 120 cm deep unit. Three groundstone and three projectile points were analyzed for the presence of protein and organic residues, the latter using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Conventional radiocarbon dates...
POLLEN, STARCH, ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS ON SAMPLES FROM THE SOURDOUGH SITE II, 48SW19464, SWEETWATER COUNTY, WYOMING (2018)
The Sourdough II Site (48SW19464) is located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming in the northern portion of the Great Divide Basin. The site is situated on a peninsula that juts onto a dry playa lake bed. Sediment samples collected from house pit and hearth feature fill were submitted for pollen, starch, and/or FTIR analysis, along with a metate/comal that was submitted for pollen analysis.
POLLEN, STARCH, ORGANIC RESIDUE, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF GROUNDSTONE AND FLAKED LITHICS FROM TWO ARCHAIC SITES (42SA24414 AND 42SA21484) IN SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH (2008)
Archaeobotanical and organic residue analysis was conducted on a metate, mano, two lithic artifacts, and associated soil controls from sites 42SA21484 and 42SA24114, located in San Juan County, Utah. Site 42SA21484 is an Archaic period lithic scatter, and site 42SA24114 is an Early Archaic lithic quarry and lithic scatter with a historic component. The project area lies within two vegetation communities, the pinyon-juniper woodland and the sagebrush community. Pollen, phytolith, organic residue...
POLLEN, STARCH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE DUNLAP VILLAGE SITE, 36FA480, PENNSYLVANIA (2005)
Samples were collected from yard areas, privies, and a possible garden area at Dunlap Village, site 36Fa480, in southwest Pennsylvania. This site is an historic miners village dating to the early 20th century and consisting mainly of two-family house and privy remnants. The majority of the yard samples were examined for pollen/starches and parasites, although five yard samples from House Lot 5 also were examined for macrofloral remains. Pollen/starch, parasite, and macrofloral analyses were...
POLLEN, STARCH, PARASITE, MACROFLORAL, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT FROM THE EVANSTON CHINATOWN HISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, 48UT1749, WYOMING (1998)
Sediment samples were collected from a bone bed and an outhouse at the Evanston Chinatown historic site (48UT1749) in southwest Wyoming. These samples were examined for evidence of pollen and starch granules that might identify both modern vegetation and food, for parasite eggs that might indicate parasite infestation, and for protein residues to identify possible animal proteins present in the sediments. The sample from an outhouse pit also was floated to recover macrofloral evidence of...
POLLEN, STARCH, PARASITE, MACROFLORAL, AND/OR PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSES AT FORT THORNBURGH, SITE 42DA1005, AND SITE 42DC1424, UTAH (2003)
Samples from three archaeological sites were examined for pollen, starch, and macrofloral remains. A single sample from a probable historic trench privy at Fort Thornburgh in northeast Utah was examined for pollen, starch, and parasites to detect evidence of foods consumed, as well as the possibility that parasite eggs were present. Two samples from 42Da1005, a dual component site with occupations dating from the Archaic and Fremont periods, were examined for pollen, starch and macrofloral...
POLLEN, STARCH, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF COPROLITES FROM ROOM 225, WEST RUIN, AZTEC RUINS NATIONAL MONUMENT, AZTEC, NEW MEXICO (2009)
Aztec Ruins National Monument is the largest ancestral Puebloan community in the Animas River Valley. Several multi-story buildings, smaller structures, and kivas represent residential and ceremonial structures. Room 225 in West Ruin, a great house, contained numerous coprolites, six of which were sent to PaleoResearch Institute. Of these six coprolites, in order to remain within budgetary limits, three were selected for analysis that included finding and identifying macrofloral remains, pollen,...
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, AND CHARCOAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 26CK5986, 26CK6001, 26CK5984, 26CK1285, 26CK1138, AND 26CK1120, NEVADA (2002)
Thirteen sediment samples were submitted for combined pollen, starch, phytolith, and calcium oxalate analysis in an effort to identify the presence of mesquite at any of the six archaeological sites examined (26CK5986, 26CK6001, 26CK5984, 26CK1285, 26CK1138, and 26CK1120). Although all sites share the common goal of finding evidence of mesquite, the features sampled vary by site. At 26CK1120, two cleared circles were of the type that knowledgeable Native Americans indicate might have been...
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF HEARTH FILL AT THE FALLING COW SITE, WYOMING (2010)
Fill from an unlined pit hearth at the Falling Cow site near the town of Saratoga in southcentral Wyoming was submitted for pollen, starch, phytolith, and macrofloral analyses. These analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant resources that might have been processed in the hearth. Charcoal recovered from the sample also was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating.
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF PIPE CONTENTS FROM A BURIAL AT THE DARKMOLD SITE, DURANGO, COLORADO (2011)
Residue from a stone pipe associated with a human burial at the Darkmold Site near Durango, Colorado was examined for pollen, starch, and phytolith remains, as well as organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR). Organic residue analysis is used to detect molecular remains from plant and animal resources that might have been smoked and/or packed in the pipe for burial.
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF STONE TOOLS FROM SITES 5BL121 AND 5BL184, ROLLINS PASS, COLORADO (2011)
Stone tools from two sites within the Rollins Pass study area were submitted for pollen, starch, phytolith, and protein residue analyses. The study area lies along the Continental Divide west of the city of Nederland, Colorado. This area is known for its extensive complex of game drive systems. Two ground stone tools, a mano and metate from site 5BL121, were submitted for pollen, starch, and protein residue analyses. An edge-ground mano recovered from site 5BL184 was submitted for protein...
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSES, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM THE CORN CREEK SITE, 26CK2605, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA. (2010)
Samples from features at Corn Creek, site 26CK2605, in the Corn Creek Field Station, Desert National Wildlife Refuge in Clark County, southern Nevada, were submitted for pollen, phytolith, macrofloral (including charcoal identification), and organic residue analyses. Organic residues were examined using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Charred remains recovered from the macrofloral samples were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is very large and contains numerous loci and...
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, PROTEIN RESIDUE, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF A PESTLE FROM THE HIGH BAR CACHE SITE (10IH3488), IDAHO (2011)
A pestle from the High Bar Cache site (10IH3488) in Hells Canyon, Idaho, was submitted for pollen, starch, phytolith, protein, and organic residue analyses. The sample was tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). An AMS radiocarbon date of 525 ± 15 RCYBP had previously been obtained for fragments of inner cedar bark from a woven mat and a large bundle of bark included with this cache (Puseman 2010). Pollen, starch, phytolith, protein, and organic residue...
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLlTH, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF RESIDUE AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF BASKETRY MATERIAL FROM THE PECTOL COLLECTION, UTAH (2001)
Surface scrapings from the interior of a Fremont grayware cooking vessel were examined for pollen, starches, and phytoliths in an effort to determine the food or foods cooked. In addition, two residue samples were collected and examined from the interior of a large parching tray. Structural elements of this parching tray also were identified. These samples are part of the Pectol Collection consisting of Formative (Fremont) and Late Prehistoric artifacts that were collected by a private...
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLlTH, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THREE HOPPER MORTAR BASES FROM THE LOGAN VALLEY, MALHEUR NATIONAL FOREST, OREGON (2003)
Three hopper mortar bases from the Logan Valley in Malheur National Forest, Oregon, were washed to recover pollen, starches, phytoliths, and protein residues in order to determine what types of resources might have been processed with these tools. Soil samples associated with each hopper mortar were processed and examined to serve as controls. The Logan Valley Aspen Grove site is located in this valley and produced one of the mortar bases for analysis. A variety of artifacts have been...
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLlTH, MACROFAUNAL, AND NITROGEN/PHOSPHOROUS ANALYSIS OF A LAVA BLISTER PIT ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII (2005)
Oral tradition on the Island of Hawai'i relays a story of the hunting of birds from their nesting grounds inside lava blister pits. A soil sample from the cavity of a lava blister pit on the Island of Hawai'i was examined microscopically for pollen, starch, phytoliths, feathers, and tested for nitrogen and phosphates.
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLlTH, MACROFLORAL, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS FOR THE DAYTON CANYON ESTATES PROJECT, SITE CA-LAN-254, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (2003)
Artifacts from burial and burnt rock features at site CA-LAN-254 in southern California were analyzed for pollen, starches, phytoliths, and/or protein residues. Botanic remains picked from floated soil samples also were submitted for identification. This site is located near the city of Chatsworth in inland Los Angeles County, on the border with Ventura County. It is a large residential base with an extensive burnt rock midden, abundant roasting pits, and an associated Native American...
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLlTH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES FOR THE 2ND AVENUE ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA (2003)
Excavations of historic features located on Blocks 10 and 15 for the 2nd Avenue Columbus, Georgia, site yielded samples that were examined for pollen, starch, phytoliths, and/or macrofloral remains to provide information concerning plants processed and used. Parasite analysis of possible privy fill will lend insight into the health of the historic site occupants. The temporal focus for this study is approximately 1828 to the 1860s. One specific question to be addressed by these analyses is...
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLlTH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF PRIVY FILL AT THE ALBANY FAMILY COURTS, ALBANY, NEW YORK (2003)
The Albany Family Courts lie at an elevation of 60-65 feet above mean sea level and overlook the Hudson River to the east and Fox Creek valley to the south. European settlers have occupied the site since the second half of the 1700s, although Albany was settled by the Dutch in the early 1600s. Feature 17, a circular stone well, was later used as a privy. Two combination pollen, starch, phytolith, and macrofloral samples were collected and examined from fill within the privy to identify...
POLLEN/STARCH, MACROFLORAL, BOTANIC, AND CHARCOAL ANALYSES AT TEN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN THE BYU GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE BIG FLAT SURVEY - 2001, UTAH (2003)
Pollen/starch, macrofloral, charcoal, and botanic samples were examined from slab-lined pits at ten sites in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, south-central Utah. These sites are part of the 2001 Brigham Young University Grand Staircase-Escalante Big Flat Survey. The BYU research effort focused on the upper Escalante drainage during the Late Holocene, from about 2000 to 500 years ago. During this time, farming was developed and utilized, then eventually disappeared. Both...
POLLEN/STARCH, MACROFLORAL, CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS AT SITES 32ME258, 32ME263, 32ME264, 32ME266, 32ME717, AND 32ME1261 IN THE FREEDOM MINE AREA 2 NORTH, WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA (2005)
Samples from six sites in the Freedom Mine Area 2 North, Mercer County, North Dakota, were submitted for pollen/starch, macrofloral, charcoal identification, and/or protein residue analyses. These six sites contain stone rings and are believed to represent habitation sites. Pollen and/or macrofloral analysis of hearth fill samples from sites 32ME264 and 32ME717 will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the prehistoric occupants of these sites. Charcoal...