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DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Two samples were collected from a possible berm or edge of a berm between fishponds located on a previous floodplain at Fort DeRussy. Cultivation of wetland taro is a possibility prior to construction of the fishponds. Pollen analysis was undertaken to search for evidence that taro was grown in this area.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

A soil sample from Site 44FX736, a historical plantation in Lorton, Virginia, was submitted for pollen analysis. The soil was collected from a terraced garden constructed c. 1784 and maintained until c. 1820 (Paul Inashima, personal communication, June 24, 2011). Pollen analysis was undertaken in an effort to identify the garden plantings.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 44FX113 is located in Fairfax County, Virginia on the upland portion of the Coastal Plain Province. Within the site is an isolated planting bed. Although the site is historic, there are no records indicating the use of an isolated planting bed as a flower garden, kitchen garden, or a combination of the two. A sediment sample was taken from the planting bed situated in Feature 17-5 in Unit S98W25 approximately 1.25 feet beneath the modern ground surface and within 100 feet of a domestic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Hammond Draw Cave (5RB4254) is a rock shelter located east of the town of Rangely in northwestern Colorado. A single soil sample, collected from floor deposits within this small rock shelter was submitted for pollen analysis. A charcoal sample from this same area and level returned a radiocarbon date of 1280 ± 60 BP.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

A single sample from a gleyed, organic-rich sandy layer within deposits identified as representing a brackish estuary for the Maunalua 2 Project was examined for pollen in an effort to confirm that this area was used as a fish pond. In addition, pollen analysis has the potential to identify some of the local plants growing at the time this area was used.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Seven pollen samples collected from four separate cores at the Kamo’omaika’i fish pond in the Hanalei Ahupua’a of the Halele’a district in Kaua’i were examined (Table 1). The historic use of the area as a fishpond and also for rice agriculture is documented in the historic record. The use of this area prior to 1816, when it was described as a fish pond, is explored through this pollen analysis.

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

Five sediment samples from two cores collected at site GA426, located approximately 31 miles offshore near Galveston, Texas, were examined for pollen. The site is on an old river terrace that is now submerged in an estuary or back bay. The site is a possible Paleoindian site that is expected to date to between approximately 9,000 and 10,000 BP. The area was above water during the last glacial maximum and was subsequently submerged in the range of 8,400 to 10,000 BP (Patrick Hesp, personal...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 48SU379 is situated approximately 17 miles southwest of the town of Pinedale, Wyoming in the northern portion of the Green River Basin and approximately 1,000 ft south of the New Fork River on a high terrace overlooking the New Fork floodplain. The site consists of a significant lithic scatter of debitage and thermally altered rock. Fill and groundstone samples from several features present within the site were submitted for pollen analysis. The goal of the analysis was to identify foods...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Paul M. Miller.

Site 48SW13143 (18-WAS-008) is located on the southeastern slope of a northeast/southwest-trending low ridge complex in the Washakie Basin of Sweetwater County, Wyoming. During data recovery excavation in connection with the Mountain Gas Resources Caprock 1599-23-41H Pipeline Evaluative Testing, three sub-surface basin hearth features, including Features 1 and 3, were discovered within an area (ca. 8 x 6 m) containing four previously recorded, scattered hearth features and a possible ash dump...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Three soil samples and one ground stone artifact from upland sites in the Sandhills of North Carolina were submitted for pollen analysis. The Blackjack Site (31CD1035) and the McFadyen Pond Site (31CD1008), both of which are of unknown cultural affiliation and date, are in vegetational communities dominated by longleaf pine, wire grass, and small oaks. Samples examined from the blackjack site represent a ground stone wash and soil collected from beneath the ground stone artifact. The McFayden...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

A sediment sample was collected from the Holland Road Pit Site for pollen analysis. An OSL date of 116,000 years was obtained on gray sediments containing gravel that is overlain by beige sand. The till above the gray sediment is probably a weathered version of the black till from the Rosslyn cut-bank that yielded a radiocarbon date of about 42,000 cal BP.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The area near Lizard Man Village east of Flagstaff might have been used extensively or intermittently as an agricultural area. Examination of three samples collected from two areas best described as depressions that might represent field areas and another possible field area near a field house for pollen evidence of agriculture provided evidence of maize agriculture.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Project HAENA 5, located in coastal Hā’ena on the north shore of Kauai, discovered possible wet land lo’i taro agriculture sediments. Therefore, pollen analysis was undertaken on the sediments from both this area at site 50-30-02-458 and also from a nearby area that might include agricultural sediments from site 50-30-04-458.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Indian Creek Spring site (24LC0099) is a prehistoric short-term occupation site located at the head of Indian Creek in Helena National Forest, Montana. The site surrounds a spring and extends along the bottom and up the adjacent benches bordering Indian Creek. A modern Forest Service road, along with features and trails associated with cattle ranching, have impacted the site. Excavations have recovered hundreds of flakes, three projectile points, and two scrapers. Soil samples collected from...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Sixty-four samples were collected from funerary urns that held cremations at Győr-Ménfőcsanak (Eperföldek). The locations of individual samples have not yet been disclosed. In addition, 12 control samples were collected during excavation by setting out containers with paper smeared with suntan cream to hold the pollen.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Kawai Nui marsh is located on the northeast coast of Oahu. This site is described as having been used traditionally for taro cultivation. Two cores were taken from the marsh, and individual pollen samples were extracted from the cores and submitted for analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site LA 151618, originally described as a Classic period Ancestral Pueblo artifact scatter with features when it was recorded in 1987, was reexamined and assigned to the Coalition period. Artifacts were varied and included ceramics, lithics, ground stone, bone tools, pendants, beads, and a needle. Feature types identified during data recovery include pit structures, thermal features, post holes, storage pits, and a burial pit. Pollen analysis of sediments collected from pit house and pit...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 48CR10089, the Hugus Cliffs Site, is located in the northwestern portion of the Kindt Basin. Situated on an alluvial fan at the base of Hugus Cliff and along the western margin of an unnamed tributary of Little Sage Creek, this site represents a Middle to Late Archaic open camp. Twelve features are situated within an extensive stain. Radiocarbon dates obtained from seven hearths place occupation generally between 4260 ± 30 and 4030 ± 30 BP, with a single intrusive hearth dating 1520 ± 30...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Prehistoric camp site 48SU7579, situated on a northwesterly extending ridge finger, lies at an elevation of 7030 ft overlooking the Alkali Creek drainage valley. Two areas, Blocks A and B, date to the Opal Phase of the Early Archaic. Feature fill was collected from four features for pollen analysis to assess their use and provide paleoenvironmental information. A modern control sample assists with interpretation of prehistoric use.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Three pollen samples were submitted from sediment samples from site CA-SDI-8654 in the San Ysidro Mountains. These samples were collected stratigraphically for the purpose of examining the record of past vegetation.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Fossil Creek Site (FCT2-1) is a geological site located on a grassy terrace in the Fossil Creek Basin, Larimer County, Colorado. Four buried soil samples were collected from the fill on the T-2 Terrace. Sample Ab1 correlates to a former floodplain, whereas Samples Ab2, Akb3, and Ab4 represent a possible abandoned meander and buried oxbow lake sediments. These four buried soil samples were submitted for pollen analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Pollen analyses collected from sediments exposed in trenches for the Kalihi 22 project were conducted in an effort to define the past environment and identify evidence of agriculture. The project is located in the greater Waikiki area on the south shore of Oahu. Samples from trenches in the city center and airport sections have been examined to date.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Sediment samples collected during a Phase II mitigation of the Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project on O’ahu Island, Hawai’i were examined for pollen. The samples were collected from buried deposits thought to represent traditional Hawaiian wetland taro agriculture (lo’i) (Matt McDermott, personal communication, March 2, 2011). Pollen analysis was used to search for evidence of taro agriculture.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Phalanx Pho Site (48SU7506) is located on a large upland bench overlooking the New Fork River in the upper Green River Basin. Site discoveries included 22 scattered features, three semi-circular-shaped feature clusters, and three large charcoal-stained sandy areas. Radiocarbon dates ranged from 5720 ± 30 to 4110 ± 30 BP. Data recovery focused on Stains 4–6, which were sampled for pollen analysis. Single samples were submitted from each stain, then two hearths within each stain were selected...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Two soil samples representing features from the Siren Site (41WM1126) were submitted for pollen analysis. Recovery of Scallorn arrow points from the sample, combined with a radiocarbon date of 1260-550 cal yr BP from the 2009 survey, indicate a Late Prehistoric I and II Austin Phase occupation. In addition, a Transitional Archaic occupation lies below this level (Steve Carpenter, personal communication, February 14, 2011). Pollen analysis of these samples was undertaken to provide information...