Protein Residue Analysis (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost. Linda Scott Cummings.

Four Paleoindian lithic tools from Williston Lake, located in northern British Columbia, were submitted for protein residue analysis. The goal of this analysis was to extract and identify any blood residues that might be present on the surfaces of these tools. A calcined bone fragment from a hearth feature was also submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating.

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

Sites HhOv-113, HhOv-302, HhOv-304, HhOv-308, HhOv-323, HhOv-340, HhOv-394, and HhOv-468, located near Fort McMurray in northeast Alberta yielded evidence of Early, Early Middle, and Middle Prehistoric Period (including the Beaver River Complex) occupations. A total of thirteen lithic artifacts were submitted from these sites for protein residue testing. One sample that produced a weak positive result to elephant antiserum during a previous analysis will be retested here. Analysis of protein...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A total of eight lithic artifacts and a soil control sample from archaeological site 44WY245 near Wytheville, Virginia, were submitted for protein residue analysis. Four of the artifacts are believed to be Quad Points datable to the Paleo period, as well as a Savannah River point from a Woodland occupation. Protein residue analysis is used to provide information concerning possible animal resources utilized by the site occupants.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Five small arrow points from prehistoric Site CA-SDI-14,808 in San Diego County, California were analyzed for possible protein residues. This site is believed to represent a Late Prehistoric occupation. Protein residue analysis was undertaken to determine if these points were used to hunt any of the animal species represented by the available antisera.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L.B. Milligan.

Eight subsurface pre-contact sites (HaRf-51, HaRf-52, HaRf-70, HaRf-71, HaRf-85, HbRf-65, HbRf-102, and HbRf-132) of varying size are situated on knolls and ridges near the confluence of the Peace and Moberly Rivers, British Columbia, Canada. Conventional radiocarbon dates for the sites range between 11,220 ± 40 BP and 1770 ± 30 BP (Shauna Huculak, personal communication April 24, 2015). Nine lithic artifacts and associated soil control samples collected from the sites’ assemblages were...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

A total of nine stone artifacts were submitted for protein residue analysis from sites Hi0v80, HiOv16, HiOv83, HiOv126, and HiOv92, located in northern Alberta, Canada. Archaeological activities are related to the 2008 Fort Hills mitigation (FMA Project 115708.MI08). These sites are within the Central Mixedwood Natural Subregion of the Boreal Forest Region. Previous analysis of artifacts from this region have yielded a high rate of positive protein residue results, likely due to the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Ten lithic artifacts from the Hellertown Site, 36Bu359, were examined for possible protein residues. This site is a small, shallow upland Late Woodland site in southeastern Pennsylvania. Samples were recovered from shallow precontact features and a shallow, buried A-horizon (3Ab). Protein residue analysis will be used to provide information concerning possible animal resources processed with these tools.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Four lithic artifacts believed to exhibit residues were submitted for protein residue analysis to confirm the presence of residues and possibly determine the nature of the residues. Protein residues from an artifact's surface can provide information concerning animal resources that were processed by the site occupants. These artifacts were recovered from site 5PA2332 as part of the South Park Archaeological Project in central Colorado. After initial examination, the area of discoloration...

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

A single groundstone fragment with a utilized surface from site 46KA622 in Kanawha County, West Virginia, was submitted for organic residue analysis using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Sixteen lithic tools and nine soil control samples also were submitted for protein residue analysis. These analyses will be used to determine possible materials processed with the artifacts.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L.B. Milligan.

Seven prehistoric sites in the Census 12 division of Alberta, Canada contained lithic artifacts recovered from surface and subsurface deposits. These sites have been identified as prehistoric campsites, workshops, and/or scatters. Ten lithics from the seven sites were submitted for protein residue analysis to discern tool use and subsistence patterns.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L.B. Milligan.

The Gault site (41BL323) is a large, multicomponent site situated in the valley of a small stream between the Black Prairie region of the Gulf Coastal Plain and the Edwards Plateau ecotones in Bell County, Texas. A nearby chert outcrop was part of what attracted humans to the area. Six lithics were recovered during the 2013 site excavations from a block adjacent to a 1998 excavation where mammoth remains and Clovis tools were exposed. The six lithics were submitted for protein residue analysis...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L.B. Milligan.

The Hawthorne Lane East site, a collection of multiple pre-contact campsites, is situated on an elevated sandy outwash terrace overlooking the Mt. Hope River Segment of the Mansfield Hollow Lake in Mansfield Hollow State Park, Connecticut. A high density of pre-contact lithics, bone and shell fragments, a chopper, a nutting stone, a gouge, and fire-cracked rock were recovered from the site during Phase 1b testing conducted by Raber Associates and the Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc. (PAL)....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L.B. Milligan.

Two sites, Route 44 East and Route 169 East, were investigated as part of the Northeast Utilities’ New England East-West Solutions Interstate Reliability Project. The Route 44 East Locus 1 site is located in the town of Putnam, and the Route 169 East Locus 1 site is in the town of Brooklyn; both are within the upland physiographic zone of northeastern Connecticut. Findings at the Route 44 East Locus 1 site indicate the area represents a lithic workshop or campsite with a possible Late Archaic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

A total of 14 Lithic tools consisting of projectile points, bifaces, and utilized flakes recovered from site HhOv-87 were submitted for protein residue analysis. Previous analysis of lithics from this site yielded positive results to trout and goat antiserum (Yost and Logan 2010).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

Three lithic tools recovered from the South Gunnars Run site (36PH162) were submitted for protein residue analysis. These tools were tested against various animal antisera to determine if protein residues are present on the use surfaces of these tools. The identification of protein residues can be used to better understand tool function and resource utilization.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L.B. Milligan.

The Rio Ibáñez 6W site is a rockshelter located in the southern Andean region, Aisén, Chile. Deposits at the site have been dated to between approximately 6000 and 300 cal BP. Five lithic tools recovered from the site were submitted for protein residue analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L.B. Milligan.

Water was drained from the artificial St. Mary’s irrigation reservoir leaving the bottom exposed along with bones and trackways of late Pleistocene animals and stone artifacts. Three lithic artifacts were recovered from Wally’s Beach Site (DhPg-8), a possible hunting and butchering site situated in the draw down zone of the St. Mary’s irrigation reservoir, Alberta, Canada. One of the lithics was associated with camel remains while another was recovered among horse remains. The third item, a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Three basalt unifaces recovered at CA-LAN-8 during the Topanga Underground Utilities District Project (TUUDP) in the unincorporated community of Topanga were submitted for protein residue analysis to determine if there was a signature of use.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L.B. Milligan.

Site 27-CO-74 is a large Paleoindian site consisting of multiple artifact concentrations and a general low density artifact distribution. The site is currently overlain by farmland and is situated on a rise of land on the northeastern side of the Israel River Valley in Coos County, New Hampshire. To the north is a small brook with riparian vegetation including cattails. Two lithics recovered from the north end of the defined site area were submitted for protein residue analysis to determine...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

A total of 14 stone tools, mostly scrapers and projectile points, were submitted for protein residue analysis from site 47LC164, Onalaska, Wisconsin. The goal of the analysis is to detect and identify any protein (blood) residue that may be present on the use-surfaces of these tools.

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

Six Paleoindian sites were recorded in the Old River Bed (ORB) area and the Redden Springs area of Dugway Proving Ground, Tooele County, Utah. These open artifact scatters contained lithic tools, flakes, and cores produced from a variety of materials including finegrained volcanic rock (obsidian or basalt), chert, limestone, and quartzite. Fifteen lithic tools and four sediment control samples from the sites were submitted for protein residue analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Princeton Battlefield, dating from the Revolutionary War, saw engagement between British and American forces. The battle erupted with a fury, but the location of the initial fighting is not well defined. Munitions, both lead and iron, recovered from this battlefield were submitted for protein residue analysis in an effort to assist in definition of the intensity of the battle.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L.B. Milligan.

As part of the Metropole Project #2940, Avalon, California, six metates were recovered along with other artifacts salvaged from a village midden. Groundstone wash samples were collected by Cogstone Resource Management from the use surface and control samples were taken from the non-use surface. Protein residue analysis was conducted on the wash samples to determine whether meat was processed using the tools, and if so, what animals were utilized.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Protein residue analysis was conducted on five lead alloy shot musket balls recovered during the Sackets Harbor, War of 1812, Battlefield Metal Detector Survey in northern New York. Archaeological investigations in this area are being undertaken to determine the actual extent of the Sackets Harbor Battlefield and to secure a National Landmark designation for the entire battlefield. Protein residue analysis will be used to determine if human proteins were present on the musket balls and to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

The mid-section of a chert biface artifact from the La Purisima Mission Granary Site in Lompoc, California, was analyzed for possible protein residues. This artifact was discovered near the stone foundation of the La Purisima Granary and is believed to represent a hafted knife that was used either in agriculture or in skinning hides. Previous studies have shown that protein residues from a tool's surface can be identified using modified forensic procedures.