Protein Residue Analysis (Other Keyword)
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Thirteen 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. These petrified wood artifacts were recovered from the Hilltop Site (5PA2332) as part of the South Park Archaeological Project in central Colorado. Protein residues from an artifact's surface can provide information concerning animal resources that were processed by the site occupants.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF PROJECTILE POINTS AND POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF PIPE FRAGMENTS FROM THE MCGLOIN BLUFF SITE (41SP11), TEXAS (2009)
Six chert projectile point fragments were submitted for protein residue analysis, along with two probable smoking pipe fragments for pollen, phytolith, starch, and organic residue analysis. As both pipe fragments belonged to the same pipe the fragment with the least naturally occurring asphaltum on the exterior was selected for organic residue analysis, and both fragments were used for pollen, phytolith, and starch analysis. The pipe fragment selected for organic residue analysis was tested...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF PROJECTILE POINTS FROM POINT STATE PARK, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA (2008)
Five projectile points were submitted for protein residue analysis from Point State Park in downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, southwestern Pennsylvania. This park is the site of Fort Duquesne, Fort Pitt, and Fort Mercer. Protein residue analysis will be used to provide information concerning possible use of these artifacts to hunt animals.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF PROJECTILE POINTS FROM SITES 13WD1 01, IOWA, AND 39CL09, SOUTH DAKOTA, AND POLLEN/PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF CALCIUM CARBONATE ON THE PROJECTILE POINT FROM 13WD101 (1999)
A Clovis projectile point from Site 13WD101 in Sioux City, Iowa, was analyzed for possible protein residues. This projectile point had a calcium carbonate encrustation that was removed prior to protein residue analysis and was examined for pollen to identify any pollen and/or phytoliths that might represent vegetation at the time the calcium carbonates formed on the tool. A small reworked Clovis or Goshen projectile point from Site 39CL09 in Vermillion, South Dakota, also was tested for possible...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF PROJECTILE POINTS FROM SITES EGPN 441 AND EGPN 442, VALLEY RIDGE, ALBERTA, CANADA (2010)
Sites EgPn 442 and EgPn 441, located close to one another on the western outskirts of Calgary, were occupied between approximately 4200 BP and the Proto-Historic period, collectively. Three projectile points, a Hanna Point (4200-3000 BP) and a metal point from the Proto-Historic occupation were tested from EgPn 442. Site EgPn 441 yielded a Samantha Point (2000 to 1200 BP) for protein residue analysis. The goal of the analysis is to remove and identify any protein residues that may be present on...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA (2007)
Sixteen projectile points from Fort Bragg, North Carolina were submitted for protein residue analysis. These tools are associated with a near continuum of cultural associations from Early Archaic to Middle Woodland. Protein analysis may provide some information as to how these tools were utilized.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 13N277 AND 13N279, GRASSLANDS NATIONAL PARK, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA (2014)
Two adjacent sites, 13N277 and 13N279, situated on ridges south of the Frenchman River Valley in Grasslands National Park, southwest Saskatchewan, Canada contained features and lithic artifacts. A flake tool was recovered from a cobble platform next to a tipi ring at Site 13N277 and a similar flake tool was collected from the ground surface inside a tipi ring at Site 13N279 (Sharon Thomson, personal communication, February 4, 2014). These artifacts were submitted for protein residue analysis.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES HbRi-005, HbRi-006, HbRh-016, HbRi-049, HbRh-063, HbRh-144, HbRh-148, HbRh-155, AND HbRh-168, BRITISH COLUMBA, CANADA (2017)
Flaked lithics including projectile points, bifaces, scrapers, flake tools, and an adze from multiple archaeological sites in British Columbia were submitted for protein residue analysis to determine what animals these tools were used to process.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE WISHBONE SITE (42To6384), TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH (2017)
The Wishbone Site (42To6384) includes a buried flaked stone assemblage, accompanied by a hearth feature. A pooled mean of three radiocarbon dates (10,390 ± 21 BP) was obtained on willow charcoal. The site is situated on an open salt flat supporting sparse pickleweed/iodine bush (Allenrolfea occidentalis). Fourteen flaked lithics were submitted for protein residue analysis. Four sediment control samples were collected from the general site area and one location near an artifact.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF SHOE LEATHER FROM A BURIAL AT THE MEDIEVAL SITE OF SANTA MARIA DE MUR, SPAIN (2000)
A piece of shoe leather from a medieval burial at the Santa Maria de Mur site in Spain was submitted for protein residue analysis. Immunological studies have shown that prehistoric protein residues from archaeological material can be identified using a modified forensic procedure. The goal of the analysis was to identify the mammalian source of the shoe leather.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF SOIL FROM A BELL-SHAPED PIT AT SITE 5LA9187, COLORADO (2002)
Soil around an area of beads in the bottom of a bell-shaped pit (Feature 5) at 5LA9187 in southeast Colorado was tested for possible protein residues. This soil was tested to determine if proteins were present to suggest the presence of a now decomposed pouch that might have contained the beads, as well as to detect any human proteins that would indicate the presence of a human burial in the pit.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF STONE TOOLS AND A FEATURE SAMPLE FROM SITES HHOW 49, HHOW 54, HHOW 55, HHOX 11, AND HHOX 15, NORTHEASTERN ALBERTA, CANADA (2009)
A variety of stone tools, including scrapers, projectile points and flakes, as well as, a feature fill soil sample, were submitted for protein residue analysis from a cluster of sites in northeastern Alberta. Previous protein residue analysis of artifacts from this area by PaleoResearch Institute (PRI) have resulted in good rates of positive protein reactivity, possibly due to good preservation from low biological soil activity. Results of this analysis should provide valuable animal subsistence...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THE GOOSEBERRY CAMPGROUND STONE KNIFE, FISHLAKE NATIONAL FOREST, RICHFIELD, UTAH (2004)
A stone knife measuring about 6 inches long was found by a third grade boy in the backdirt of a trench for a new water system within the Gooseberry Campground, Fishlake National Forest, Utah. The artifact was discovered during an Environmental Workshop involving hundreds of third-graders. No other cultural resources have been discovered in the campground, although the general area has yielded a small inventory of Archaic and Numic sites. A large concentration of Fremont habitation sites and...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THREE PROJECTILE POINTS FROM SITE LA 150615, RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (2009)
Three projectile points and a single soil control sample were submitted for protein residue analysis from site LA 150615, located in Rio Arriba County, northern New Mexico. All three artifacts are from a pit house feature with a Pueblo I-II affiliation (ca. A.D. 700-1050). Protein residue analysis may help determine what animals were hunted, and/or what animal remains were processed using these tools.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THREE STONE TOOLS FROM AN ISOLATED CACHE, SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO (2009)
Three lithic artifacts recovered from an isolated cache were submitted for protein residue analysis. The cache was discovered during site boundary delineation for Site LA 21136 in southeastern New Mexico. These types of artifacts are commonly called agave knives, but may not have functioned as such. The purpose of protein residue analysis is to better understand the function of these tools.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THREE STONE TOOLS FROM SITE FDOT 31, SOUTHEASTERN ALBERTA, CANADA (2010)
Site FdOt 31, a multi-component site located in southeastern Alberta, has an upper component with radiocarbon dates of 1080 ±40 and 1190 ±40 RCYBP and a lower component with a radiocarbon date of 6950 ±50 RCYBP. A total of three stone tools were submitted for protein residue analysis. A quartzite biface (sample 1962) was found in the upper component and a quartzite biface (sample 1881) and a projectile point (sample 1875) were found in the lower component. The goal of the analysis was to...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF TWO FLAKED LITHIC TOOLS FROM THE STEWART SITE (48FR6995), FREMONT COUNTY, WYOMING (2012)
Two lithic tools, a scraper and a projectile point base, were submitted for protein residue analysis. These artifacts were recovered from the Stewart Site (48FR6995), located in Fremont County, Wyoming. This analysis was undertaken to identify animal and plant resources that may have been exploited using these tools.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF TWO LITHIC ARTIFACTS FROM SITES HJOV12 AND HJOV26, NORTHEASTERN ALBERTA, CANADA (2009)
Two biface stone artifacts were submitted for protein residue analysis from sites HjOv12 and HjOv26, located in northeastern Alberta, Canada. The goal of this analysis is to detect protein residues that may be present on the surface of these tools as a result of their use.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF TWO STONE TOOL FRAGMENTS FROM THE MUELLER SITE, AZ U:1:307 (ASM), ARIZONA (2002)
Two stone tool fragments were recovered from a late Sedentary Hohokam farmstead in the foothills near Cave Creek, Arizona. These tools are similar in shape to previously tested tabular knives used to process agave from floors at sites AZ U:2:73 (ASM), AZ U:2:80 (ASM), and AZ U:2:93 (ASM) in central Arizona; therefore, the two stone tool fragments were tested for the presence of agave proteins using a cross-over immunoelectrophoresis method.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF WASH SAMPLES FROM MILLING ELEMENTS AT SITE CA-SDI-15026, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2014)
Site CA-SDI-15026 is a prehistoric Kumeyaay site with scattered habitation debris, a Yoni boulder formation, and a milling feature. The site is situated along the upper elevations of three hill slope fingers located in Ramona, California. Wash samples collected from two milling slick elements of Feature HT-1 were submitted for protein residue analysis.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS ON A SMOOTHING STONE FROM SITE HdSd-371:606 AT DAVIS FLATS NORTH, WILLISTON LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (2015)
Archaeological assemblages in the Davis Flats North area, near the Williston Reservoir, Peace River Regional District, British Columbia, represent occupations spanning the early Holocene and recent occupations. Site HdSd-371:606 is situated on the western bank of a dendritic channel that bisects a large glaciolacustrian land form. Erosion due to the reservoir has impacted the site, and archaeological materials in the area likely do not reflect accurate depositional provenience. Artifacts have...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS ON LITHIC AND GROUND STONE MATERIALS FROM SITES ON THE OSBURN RANCH, PLATTE COUNTY, WYOMING (2013)
A total of 45 artifacts, including projectile points, bifaces, scrapers, a chopper, uniface lithics, and ground stone fragments, were submitted for protein residue analysis. Samples were collected from 30 sites on the Osburn Ranch in Platte County, southeast Wyoming. Residues retained on artifact surfaces can provide information concerning possible plant and animal resources processed with the tools.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS, CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF SAMPLES FROM THE AMANDA’S TERRACE SITE (8HG1312), HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA (2017)
The Amanda’s Terrace Site (8HG1312), a prehistoric lithic scatter, is located in the Sandy Point Wildlife Refuge in Highlands County, Florida. Eight lithic artifacts including two flake tools, a reshaped biface/knife, a possible Paleoindian fluted point, and four points dating to the Early and Middle Archaic periods (Doug MacDonald, personal communication April 12, 2017) were submitted for protein residue analysis using counter immunoelectrophoresis (CIEP). In addition, charcoal identification...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS, CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF BONE AND CHARCOAL FROM THE FRANCOIS PAULETTE CABIN SITE (2315R), WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA, CANADA (2010)
The Francois Paulette Cabin Site (2315R) site is a stratified, multi-component, precontact site located along the Slave River in Wood Buffalo National Park, northern Alberta. Charcoal and bone recovered from this site were submitted for identification and/or AMS radiocarbon dating. Eight radiocarbon dates were obtained from seven charcoal fragments and a partially burned antler fragment. Lithics recovered throughout the site also were submitted for protein residue analysis to provide information...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS, ORGANIC RESIDUE ANALYSIS (FTIR), AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING AT SITE GDON-18, ALBERTA, CANADA (2009)
Protein residue analysis, organic residue analysis (FTIR), charcoal identification and/or AMS radiocarbon dating was conducted on several projectile points, ceramic, bone, and charcoal fragments from site GDON-18, near the eastern border of Alberta, Canada. The site is situated along the shore of Cold Lake, on a terrace of course sand. Vegetation in the area is generally comprised of boreal trees and shrubs, and associated understory plants. Residue analysis should provide some animal and plant...