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DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

The fill of a hearth at site 24PH2975 in northeast Montana was examined for macrofloral remains to provide subsistence information concerning plant resources utilized by the prehistoric occupants of this site. Charcoal from the hearth fill also was identified and processed for AMS radiocarbon analysis to identify woods burned as fuel and an age of occupation.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

The fill from a fire hearth at Site 5RB5596 in western Colorado was examined for macrofloral remains to provide subsistence information concerning plant resources utilized by the prehistoric occupants of this site. Charcoal from the hearth fill also was identified and processed for AMS radiocarbon analysis to identify woods burned as fuel and an age of occupation.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik. Jennifer L.B. Milligan. Linda Scott Cummings.

Site C1-M-1 is situated in the high desert region of Antelope Valley in the westernmost portion of the Mojave Desert, Kern County, California. A hearth feature excavated at this prehistoric site yielded fire-affected rock, charcoal, lithic debitage, and bone remains (Robert Ramirez, personal communication June 12, 2014). A soil sample, collected beneath the main cluster of fire-affected rocks in the center of the hearth feature, was submitted for macrofloral analysis to provide information about...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Fine, powdery ash from the bottom of a shallow pit found in the middle of a bladed dirt road at site 48WE1650 in Weston County, eastern Wyoming, was floated to recover charcoal and other charred macrofloral remains. This pit is believed to represent a hearth. Macrofloral analysis was examined the sample for evidence of charcoal, coal, or a mixture of the two, as well as to find charred material for AMS radiocarbon dating. Recovery of both charcoal and coal in the feature fill and a Holocene...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Peter Kováčik.

Archaeological investigation for the Long Canyon Project in the Goshute Valley, Nevada, faces challenges regarding quantities of overburden. To better understand the depth at which prehistoric sites may be found, cores were collected to a depth of 15 feet (Core B1) and 30 feet (Core B2) from the floor of the valley outside wetland areas associated with Big Springs to recover something for radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Site 7594-1 lies on the crest of a high and narrow ridge 12.2 miles north of Glenrock, in Converse County, east-central Wyoming. Diagnostic artifacts recovered at this lithic scatter indicate Late Archaic (~ 500 BC to AD 1000) occupation (John Greer, personal communication May 5, 2015). Ash fill from the soil probes across the middle of a hearth was submitted for macrofloral analysis and AMS radiocarbon age determination.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a hearth at site 48CO3483 in east-central Wyoming was floated to recover charred macrofloral remains. The hearth was the only feature noted at the site, and an end scraper was noted about 46 feet from the hearth. Macrofloral analysis was used to provide subsistence information concerning plant resources processed in the hearth and to identify the best material for AMS radiocarbon dating. An AMS radiocarbon date was obtained on charred material from the hearth fill to provide temporal...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

The small prehistoric Site 48CO3613, located in Converse County, Wyoming, is a lithic scatter with a surface-exposed open hearth feature. A small projectile point, recovered among the scattered flakes and tools, is believed to be a Late Archaic dart point from approximately 2000 BP (John Greer, personal communication November 16, 2014). Charcoal/ash-rich feature fill was collected from the hearth and submitted for macrofloral analysis and AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Site 48CO3625 represents an isolated hearth located in Converse County, Wyoming. The feature, exposed in the middle of a road, was sampled for macrofloral analysis and AMS radiocarbon dating. No artifacts were directly associated with the site; however, lithics were recovered within approximately 50 m of the hearth. The date is expected to fall within the Late Archaic or early Late Prehistoric Period, about 2000 years BP (John Greer, personal communication November 15, 2014).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Site 48CO3629 is a large single-component prehistoric campsite located in Converse County, Wyoming. Numerous artifacts, including diagnostic arrow points and projectile points, several features, and temporary surface habitation structures are believed to reflect a single occupation event dating somewhere around AD 500–1000 (John Greer, personal communication November 16, 2014). Fill from an open hearth feature associated with a cluster of hearths was submitted for macrofloral analysis and AMS...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. R.A. Varney.

The fill of a large storage pit/refuse pit at the Brink Farm site (A10709.000012) in south central New York was examined for macrofloral remains. Two charcoal samples from this pit also were identified to determine the best charcoal to process for AMS radiocarbon analysis. The feature is believed to be associated with an Iroquoian habitation site located along the Susquehanna River. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the occupants...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Peter Kovacik.

Sediment from an area of ashy fill mixed with charcoal pulled from the road bed in an area of a pipeline trespass at site LA 169200 in southeastern New Mexico was examined for macrofloral remains. Charcoal fragments recovered from the sample were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is a dispersed surface artifact scatter with five associated hearth features containing fire-cracked rock and lithic artifacts. Four of the five diagnostic projectile points recovered from this site...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Soil samples from between and below two stacked metates sitting atop a hearth at site 5WL6465 in northeastern Colorado were examined for macrofloral remains. Charcoal fragments recovered from the samples were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is a multicomponent site containing diagnostic projectile points from the Middle Archaic (3000-1000 B.C.) and Late Prehistoric (A.D. 150-1540), as well as ceramics from the Middle Ceramic (A.D. 1150-1540). Macrofloral analysis is used to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site LA 181607 is located near Roy in Harding County, New Mexico. The site is enclosed by tipi rings associated with nomadic plains groups and is located on a gentle sloping southeast-facing terrace. Alamocita Creek is situated to the southeast below the terrace, while an arroyo to the east separates Sites LA 181607 and LA 181608. One sediment sample was submitted for macrofloral and radiocarbon age determination.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a burned rock feature at the Side Arm Site (02-229) was floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site is located in Brewster County, Texas. Charcoal samples from two burned rock features were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. Macrofloral analysis, including charcoal identification, will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the site occupations. AMS radiocarbon dating will provide a temporal context for the site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a hearth fragment at the Rockshelter Ridge site (41BS1533) in Brewster County, Texas, was floated to recover charcoal for radiocarbon dating. This hearth fragment was eroding out of the side of a gully. The site consists of a series of 14 rockshelters, and artifacts from the site date from possibly as early as 6,000 BP to approximately 500 years BP. Charcoal from the hearth was processed for AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples were examined from 11 stone ring sites in the Coteau Mine Area in Mercer County, west-central North Dakota, to provide subsistence information. These sites will be impacted by expansion of coal strip mining operations. A total of 33 lithic tools from these 11 sites were analyzed for possible protein residues to determine animal resources that might have been hunted/processed with the tools. Five fill samples from hearths associated with stone rings at sites 32ME169, 32ME755,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Site MC-1 lies in the city of Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, California. Two sediment samples, collected from a test unit placed approximately 50 meters from Medea Creek, were submitted for macrofloral analysis to recover and identify plants used by site occupants. Radiocarbon analysis conducted on material recovered from the test unit provided two sets of age ranges suggesting occupation between AD 1455–1645 (70–80 cmbd) and AD 1650–post 1950 (10–20 cmbd)(Breana Campbell, personal...

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

Fill recovered from an isolated roasting pit at site LA165923 in Eddy County, southeast New Mexico, was floated to recover macrofloral remains. Charcoal from the macrofloral sample was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. Three stones from the feature, as well as a control stone from the site surface, were examined for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Macrofloral and organic residue (FTIR) analyses will be used to provide information concerning food...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik. Linda Scott Cummings.

The CUC Fuel Pipeline Project, located in Puerto Rico, Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, revealed several prehistoric features and burials. Seven bulk soil samples collected from various features were submitted for macrofloral analysis to recover and identify charred botanic remains suitable for radiocarbon analysis. Additionally, bone collagen extraction and radiocarbon date was requested on human rib fragments collected from a single prehistoric burial. Seven charred botanic samples and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Site 48CO3669 (Project locality 7614-1) represents a hearth located about 44 miles north of Douglas in Converse County, Wyoming. Four non-diagnostic lithics also were recovered at this locality. Soil from two 1 inch diameter cores, collected from a hearth feature, was submitted to recover charcoal suitable for AMS radiocarbon dating. Charcoal from this locality is expected to date between 5000 and 500 years BP (John Greer, personal communication March 31, 2015). Additional feature fill was...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Prehistoric Sites CM-1, CM-2, CM-3, and CM-4 lie in the Western Mojave Desert subregion northwest of California City in Kern County, California. Features exposed during RE Cinco Project construction grading activities in the area yielded numerous fire-affected rocks, charcoal, and ash (Christopher Duran, personal communication June 24, 2015 and April 20, 2016). Hearth fills from each site were collected for macrofloral analysis to recover and identify plants used by site occupants. In addition,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Charcoal from the fill of hearths at the David Williams Site, 41PS1020, were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. Fill from one of the hearths also was floated to recover charcoal and other macrofloral remains. This site is a buried open campsite located in west Texas. An adjacent hearth was dated at 7,000 CAL BP.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal and fill samples from possible hearths at the Buckhorn Site (02-251) and the Curtain Site (02-252) were submitted for identification and macrofloral analysis. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide subsistence information concerning possible plant resources processed in the hearths, while examination of charcoal will identify types of wood burned as fuel in these features and the best possible material for AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Peter Kováčik. Jennifer L.B. Milligan.

The Fort Lookout II site (39LM57) is a multicomponent site located on an MT-1 terrace along the eroding west bank of the Missouri River (Lake Francis Case) at the southern end of the Fort Hale bottoms, Lyman County, South Dakota. Archaeological investigations at the site include excavations in 1950, 1951, 1986, 1999, and 2001. The site demonstrates village occupation during the Initial Middle Missouri as well as subsequent historic components (Katherine Lamie, personal communication March 2,...