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DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

A total of 15 artifacts were submitted for starch grain analysis from the Gray Farm site (7K-F-11), located in Kent County, Delaware. These artifacts included stone tools and ceramics that have an Eastern Woodland cultural affiliation. Prehistoric occupation of this site spans the period from 3000 BC to AD 1500, and was followed by historic settlement and farming to the present day. The primary goal of this analysis was to recover and identify starch grains derived from plant resources that may...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan. Kathryn Puseman. Chad Yost. Linda Scott Cummings.

Hearth fill samples recovered from sites LA 72399 and LA 118226 in Eddy County, New Mexico, were submitted for starch, macrofloral, and organic residue analyses. A small ceramic sherd from LA 72399 also was examined for organic residues. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Starch, macrofloral, and organic residue analyses provide information on culturally utilized materials, specifically those related to diet, including foods processed...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Chad Yost. Melissa K. Logan.

Lithic tools, groundstone, fire-cracked rock, charcoal, and sediment samples from sites 42JB1732, 42JB1739, 42JB1749, 42JB1760, 42JB1764, and Keg Mountain Ranch, in the Old River Bed Valley, western Utah, were submitted for starch, protein residue, organic residue, and macrofloral analyses, as well as charcoal identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. The samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). A basalt chopper from Clovis site 42TO3794,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Melissa K. Logan. Chad Yost.

Thirty-six samples, consisting of feature fill, groundstone, fire-cracked rock, and soil controls, from 48SW16971, a multi-component site located southwest of Wamsutter, Wyoming were submitted for starch, protein, and organic residue analysis. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Site 48SW16971 is comprised of Transitional Archaic and Formative components that have been identified through radiocarbon dating of unspecified charred...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost. Melissa K. Logan.

Site 5MF3006, located in Moffat County, yielded numerous manos and metates, indicating that grinding starchy food was important to the occupants of this site. Sampling focus was on groundstone and control samples related to these groundstone. Analyses selected for identifying food processing include starch, protein residue, and FTIR.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. R.A. Varney. Chad Yost. Kathryn Puseman. Barbara Winsborough. James Chatters.

Two cores were collected from Camp Pendleton for the purpose of paleoenvironmental analysis of the sentiments during the month of February, 2011. R. A. Varney was present during field collection of the cores and able to make observations and assessments of the local environment. Upon receipt of these two cores, which were collected in the field with a truckmounted hydraulic corer, we proceeded to lay out all of the individual sections or drives of the cores for description and sampling....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Sixteen pollen samples were examined from a core taken at the Blackfoot Cave site, 5DA2358, in southeast Douglas County, Colorado. This rock shelter is unusual in that it has a permanent spring flowing from it, making it a very desirable location for extensive prehistoric and historic use. In 1859, the first house was built at the site. Artifacts attest to Archaic through Historic occupations. The core was taken from a small wetland area in the catch basin of the spring below the cave and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Stratigraphic pollen analysis and macrophysical modeling were undertaken for site 33AD56 to provide a record of potential climate and actual vegetation during the Early, Middle, and Late Archaic time periods represented. In addition, single pollen samples were examined from occupational contexts at 33AD121 and 33AD124 in an effort to find evidence of food processing.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Twelve samples were collected stratigraphically at 10 cm intervals from sediments at 5LA6001. A human burial was recovered from this site and yielded a radiocarbon age of 820 + 130 BP. Pollen was also collected from fill in the burial pit for analysis. Pollen analysis of these samples provides an examination of past vegetation and paleoenvironmental conditions from prior to the time of burial to the present.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The King site (24PH2886) is located in the Little Rocky Mountains of north-central Montana. This site contains Pelican Lake components that have been consistently dated elsewhere between 2000 and 3500 BP. In addition, McKean Complex materials are noted that may be assigned to 3500 to 5000 BP. The upper cultural component is the Mortlach Composite, which commonly dates around AD 1600 to AD 1720. Pollen analysis was undertaken on two stratigraphic columns to provide information to identify past...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 10EL217, situated across the river from Bancroft Springs, lies on a terrace overlooking the Snake River in Pasadena Valley. The test unit was excavated into alluvial fan sediments that overlie the river terrace sediments. Previous radiocarbon analysis suggests this area has been occupied at least intermittently for the past 3,300 years. Deeply buried archaeological deposits were encountered in the southern portion of the site, while the northern portion of the site has been impacted by...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Pollen samples were collected stratigraphically from Unidad 22 at the Paredones site in the Huaca Prieta project area, Peru. The Paredones site is located north of Huaca Prieta, between the Pacific Ocean and an ancient lagoon. This site did not exhibit the burning that characterized Huaca Preita.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Stratigraphic pollen samples recovered from a 5.85 m deep section located in a recent placer mine cut along the north margin of the Barton Gulch Valley were examined to identify elements of the local vegetation and to reconstruct paleoenvironmental conditions from 10,360 BP to 3,900 BP. The Barton Gulch area was occupied by Paleoindians by 9,400 BP, and occupational strata are noted through approximately 3,900 BP (Davis et al. 1988, 1989; Davis 1993). Chronostratigraphic markers include stratum...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Nine stratigraphic soil samples were collected and examined for both pollen and phytoliths from the Steel's Pass archaeological site (24MA565). This site is located on the southeast-facing flank of the Highland Mountains in southwestern Montana. Stratigraphic pollen and phytolith analyses were undertaken to provide information concerning past vegetation communities to allow interpretation of the paleoenvironment.

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

The Adrien's Landing project encompasses portions of the Holocene floodplain along the Connecticut River in downtown Hartford, Connecticut. This area has seen intensive historic use and probably was a favored location for Woodland villages between approximately 2000 and 300 years ago. Stratigraphic pollen and phytolith analysis was conducted on sediments from several cores removed from these floodplains. These sediments are thought to span approximately the past 12,500 years. Samples were...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost.

Sample were collected stratigraphically from the west wall of Backhoe Trench 7 at the Mammoth Site (41BX1239) in Bexar County, Texas. These samples were originally designated for diatom and/or phytolith analysis. Upon review of soil conditions at the site, pollen analysis was recommended as the first priority. Due to high sediment pH, diatom and phytolith dissolution was identified as a potential problem. Analysis proceeded on these sediments for the recovery and identification of pollen,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott.

Pollen analysis was undertaken at five prehistoric sites within the Mancos Canyon Historical District in conjunction with archaeological mitigation. These five sites lie in the right-of-way of UMU Route 206, Montezuma County, Colorado. The sites are located on the mesatop south of Johnson Canyon. The present environment in the vicinity of these sites has been altered considerably within the past 30 years due to chaining activities. This area was probably covered by a moderately dense stand...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott.

The Taliaferro site is a multi-component site located in the Green River Basin. Pollen samples were collected from this site during archaeological excavations to examine both paleoenvironment and subsistence. Occupation ranges from approximately 5290 to 960 years B.P., with the majority of the occupation falling post-1500 years B.P. Two stratigraphic columns were sampled at the site to provide data for the paleoenvironmental reconstruction. The later occupations (post-2900 years B.P.) are...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John G. Jones.

Soil sample analysis results from flotation analysis for Archaeological Investigations at Site CA-SBA-793 Supporting Section 106 and 110 Compliance for MTRS-2 Dock Station Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California.

PROJECT Eugene Futato. Robert Gilbert. US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District. US Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.

This collection is referred to as, "White Springs Site (22IT537) 1979-1986.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is five (5) linear inches. The White Springs Site (22IT537) 1979-1986 archival collection was contained within acid-free boxes and in acid-free folders within the larger Shell Bluff collection. These collections are permanently housed at the Cobb Institute of Archaeology, University of Mississippi....

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

Two sediment samples and four rocks recovered in a trench at CA-SHA-2435 (Keswick Boat Ramp Cabin), situated on an ancestral terrace and hill along the Sacramento River, were submitted for analysis. A major historic (1890s to early 1900s) copper mining and smelting operation was located in this vicinity. A prehistoric camp is overlain by a cabin foundation and possible ore roasting features.