Protein Residue Analysis (Other Keyword)
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Sherds from two ceramic vessels with visible residue from the Metz site (33ER557) were submitted for phytolith, starch, organic residue (FTIR), and x-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. Two celts were submitted for phytolith, starch, protein residue (CIEP), and FTIR analysis. Phytolith, starch, protein residue, and organic residue analyses were undertaken to better understand what foods may have been prepared or processed using these items. XRD analysis of the exterior slip coating provides...
PHYTOLlTH, PROTEIN RESIDUE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING FOR THE CITY POINT UNIT APPOMATTOX MANOR RESTORATION PROJECT, HOPEWELL, VIRGINIA (2005)
Two prehistoric ceramic rim sherds, a soil sample, and a single projectile point/knife were recovered during Phase III archaeological data recovery at the Appomattox Manor dwelling house in the City Point Unit of Petersburg National Battlefield in Hopewell, Virginia. This area is part of a large, multicomponent site. The majority of the ceramic sherds found on a possible living floor/midden (Feature 4) are believed to be associated with the Varina Netimpressed variety, which dates to the...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 48YE701 AND RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A GRINDING STONE FROM YELLOWSTONE LAKE, WYOMING (1990)
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 48YE701: Three pollen samples were examined from 48YE701 on the north side of Yellowstone Lake. These pollen samples were collected as a groundstone wash, an associated soil sample, and from the present ground surface. Pollen was analyzed from the groundstone to determine which, if any, plants had been processed using this·metate. The associated soil sample and present ground surface sample acted as controls for interpretation of the wash from the groundstone. RESIDUE...
POLLEN ANALYSIS FOR SITES CA-SDI-316, CA-SDI-317, AND CA-SDI-4935B, ALONG THE SAN DIEGUITO RIVER, NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2004)
Stratigraphic pollen analysis was undertaken at sites CA-SDI-316, CA-SDI-317, and CASDI-4935B, located within the C. W. Harris Site Archaeological District of the Starwood Project Area in Santa Fe Valley, to identify past vegetation. Pollen samples were collected at 10 cm intervals. In addition, pollen analysis can contribute to an evaluation of the degree of disturbance of deposits containing cultural materials because pollen from plants introduced during the historic era is usually very...
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF GROUNDSTONE AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF LITHIC ARTIFACTS FROM CA-SDI-1313/14791, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2014)
Site CA-SDI-1313/14791 encompasses an area measuring approximately 60 m (east/west) by 230 m (north/south) and consists of a moderately dense to dense deposit of artifacts including debitage, and flaked and groundstone tools. It is situated on a stream terrace at the confluence of San Mateo and Cristianitos Creeks in the northern portion of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, San Diego County, California. Groundstone tools recovered from the site were washed to recover pollen derived from...
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT SAMPLES AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A PROJECTILE POINT FROM BEAVER CREEK ROCK SHELTER (24LC2186), MONTANA (2011)
Beaver Creek rock shelter is located in on the west flank of the Big Belt Mountains at the confluence of Beaver Creek and an unnamed intermittent drainage. This site exhibited nine pictographs located on a secondary terrace and contained a stratigraphic record of deposits approximately 250 cm deep. Pollen samples were collected from eight of the eighteen levels within the shelter and examined to form a record of the paleo environment (Table 1). In addition, a projectile point recovered from...
POLLEN AND BOTANIC ANALYSIS OF THE CONTENTS OF TWO GRAY-WARE CERAMIC VESSELS AT THE BERNSTEIN-DIERKING DISCOVERY SITE, 42SA24364, UTAH, AND POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THREE BONE SCRAPERS FROM INSIDE ONE OF THE VESSELS (2002)
Two Dolores corrugated grayware ceramic vessels were recovered from a small sheltered alcove at the Bernstein-Dierking Discovery site, 42SA24364, in eastern Utah. Ceramics and radiocarbon dates suggest occupation during the Pueblo II period. Fill inside the North Pot was sampled at 5 cm intervals for pollen and/or botanic remains to provide information concerning paleoenvironmental conditions as this vessel filled. In addition, a wash was collected from the interior of the pot to determine...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 42GA3817 AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS AT SITE 42GA4735, BEAR CREEK CANYON, UTAH (2000)
Sediment samples from a cultural horizon within a lithic debitage activity area at Site 42GA3817 were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This multi-component site contains four lithic debitage activity areas with a Fremont component. A radiocarbon age of 990 ± 40 BP (conventional age of 1040 ± 40 BP) was returned for the cultural horizon. One pollen control sample also was recovered from the modern site surface. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES 24HL948, 24HL946, 24FR760, AND 24CB1266 IN THE EXPRESS PIPELINE ROUTE MONTANA SEGMENT (1996)
Samples from Sites 24HL948, 24HL946, 24FR760, and 24CB1266 were submitted for pollen, macrofloral, and protein residue analyses. These sites are located along the Express Pipeline Route Montana Segment that runs north and south through central Montana. Site 24HL948 consists of a tipi ring, while the other three sites represent prehistoric campsites with hearths and midden areas. Soil samples were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains to provide information concerning plant resources...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE VIRGIN VILLAGE SITE, 42WS2227, SOUTHWEST UTAH (2004)
Pollen, macrofloral, botanic, and protein residue samples were examined from site 42WS2227 in southwest Utah, representing a large, intensively looted Anasazi Pueblo with an estimated Pueblo II occupation. Samples were submitted from two separate testing areas. Samples from Test Area #1 (Feature 4) on the west side of the road were associated with an adobe floor. Test Area #2 (Feature 9) in a disturbed/vandalized area east of the road contained an adobe-floored structure, a possible...
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS AT THE HARRIS SITE, SDI 4935, CALIFORNIA AND BLOOD RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM SITE SDI-4935B (HARRIS SITE), CALIFORNIA (1990)
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS AT THE HARRIS SITE, SDI 4935, CALIFORNIA: Pollen and Phytolith analyses were conducted at the Harris Site (SDI-4935) in San Diego County, California. Stratigraphic pollen analysis was undertaken to provide information concerning past vegetation communities, as well as paleoenvironmental conditions. A single stratigraphic column was examined at 10 cm intervals to provide samples at close enough intervals for detailed interpretation of the past environment. Pollen...
POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS AT SITE SEA1736, COLORADO (2003)
One mano for pollen analysis and two chipped stone tools for protein residue analysis were recovered from site 5EA1736 just east of Avon, Colorado. This site represents a prehistoric open camp/lithic scatter. Pollen analysis of the mano is used to determine plants that might have been processed using this tool. Analysis of protein residues obtained from a projectile point fragment and a flake tool will be used to provide information concerning animal resources that might have been...
POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS AT THE CHINA WALL SITE, 48AB1, WYOMING (1999)
The China Wall site, 48AB1, is a multi-component campsite that yielded five features dating approximately 7000 BP. The site is located at the western end of Sybille Canyon in the Laramie Range in southeastern Wyoming. Ten lithic artifacts have been analyzed for possible protein residues to provide information concerning animal resources that might have been hunted and/or processed using these tools. Fifty-six pollen samples collected stratigraphically also were examined to provide...
POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS FOR AZ N:7:81 (ASM), YAV 22/81, PRESCOTT, ARIZONA (2003)
Site AZ N:7:81, located on the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Reservation in Prescott, Arizona, has been examined previously for pollen (Cummings and Moutoux 1998). Two additional pollen samples were examined to provide additional information. They represent sediments behind a rock alignment, which is now considered to be natural, so it can act as a subsurface control, and sediment behind Feature 1, a probable check dam. A bone fragment also was submitted for identification using protein residue...
POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS FOR SAMPLES FROM SITE CA-SDI-12,770, CALIFORNIA (2004)
Soil samples from unit fill and a probable hearth at CA-SDI-12,770 for the 4S Ranch Project in southern California were examined for pollen remains. These two samples also served as soil controls for a biface and an Elko projectile point examined for possible protein residues. This site represents a temporary campsite with a surface lithic scatter and a subsurface cultural deposit containing three features and numerous artifacts.
POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS FOR SEVERAL SITES IN THE OAK COUNTRY ESTATES, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2002)
Samples from eight archaeological sites located along Santa Maria Creek in Oak Country Estates, southern California, were examined for pollen and/or protein residue. Four stratigraphic pollen columns were examined to provide evidence concerning vegetation from the time of prehistoric occupation until present. In addition, several pieces of ground stone and flaked lithics were examined for evidence of food processing or procurement. Radiocarbon ages, ranging from 1800 BP to 1000 BP and...
POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS FOR SITES 10CM294, 10EL840, 10GG137, 10GG325, 10GG480, AND 10GG702, SOUTHERN IDAHO (2005)
A total of 14 artifacts were found on the surface and in looters' backdirt piles at six sites on land owned by the Shoshone Bureau of land Management (BlM) field office. These sites are located in Camas, Elmore, and Gooding Counties in south-central Idaho. A mano, three pestles, and five pieces of groundstone were washed for pollen and starches to provide information concerning processing of plant resources. Six soil samples were examined for pollen to provide control samples for the...
POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A LARGE BASIN METATE FROM SITE CA-SDI-295, WOODS VALLEY RANCH PROJECT, CALIFORNIA (2002)
A large basin metate was discovered during mass grading at site CA-SDI-295 for the Woods Valley Ranch project in northern San Diego County, California. Woods Valley Ranch is a proposed residential and golf course community with surrounding natural open space easements. Large scrapers were used to transport soils from the northwest portion of the site to another portion of the project area, and the metate was found in the resulting spoils pile. Site CA-SDI-295 is a prehistoric residential camp...
POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM SITE 24HL1215 IN THE BEAR PAW MOUNTAINS, MONTANA (2006)
Five pieces of groundstone or probable groundstone were submitted for pollen/starch and protein residue analysis to determine what animals and plants might have bee~ processed using these tools. Site 24HL1215 is situated on a low and narrow terrace overlooking the East Fork of Beaver Creek in Hill County, Montana.
POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF GROUNDSTONE AND SEDIMENT FROM SITE 48UT1984 (2001)
Four pollen and three protein residue samples were examined from 48UT1984, a Uinta Phase Late Prehistoric pronghorn processing area. Radiocarbon ages indicate occupations around 1200 BP and 1700 BP. Pollen and protein residue analyses were conducted to provide information concerning use of a retouched flake, a chopper, and a piece of ground stone.
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF A MANO FROM SITE CA-MEN-3638 AND PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) ANALYSIS OF A LITHIC SAMPLE FROM SITE CA-MEN-3678, MENDOCINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2018)
Sites CA-MEN-3638 and CA-MEN-3678 were recorded by Pacific Legacy as part of the Caltrans Willits Bypass Project and are located in Mendocino County, California. Site CA-MEN-3638 is a prehistoric cultural deposit situated on the northern cut-bank of Upp Creek in the western region of the Little Valley wetlands. A ground stone pestle (Sample 0256) recovered from Site CA-MEN-3638 was submitted to PaleoResearch Institute for pollen and starch analysis. Site CA-MEN-3678 is a prehistoric lithic...
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF FEATURES AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF STONE TOOLS FROM SITES CA-SDI-7060 AND CA-SDI-7074, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2012)
Sites CA-SDI-7074 and CA-SDI-7060 are located approximately 3 miles west of the town of Jacumba, California, near the boarder with Mexico. Various types of stone tools and sediment collected from three features at these sites were submitted for protein residue, pollen and starch analyses. Analyses were undertaken to better understand the plant and animal resources utilized by the site occupants.
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF GROUNDSTONE, MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SOIL SAMPLES, AND PROTEIN ANALYSIS OF LITHIC ARTIFACTS FROM CA-SDI-1313/14791, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2012)
Groundstone tools from excavation units at site CA-SDI-1313/14791 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in northern San Diego County, southern California, were washed to recover pollen and starches derived from processing activities. Various levels of unit fill were floated to recover macrofloral remains from subsistence activities, while three lithic tools were submitted for protein residue analysis to determine plant or animal resources that were processed with these tools. This site contains a...
POLLEN, CERAMIC RESIDUE, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN, AND SHELL ANALYSIS FOR SITES IN THE ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST, UTAH (2003)
Pollen, phytolith, starch, macrofloral, and protein residue analyses were conducted on numerous samples from a variety of archaeological sites in Ashley National Forest, Utah. Sites range In elevation from approxlmately 6100 feet to 9000 feet. In addition, a single shell was submitted for identification. Botanical analyses focused on recovery of information that might indicate economic activity. In addition, the pollen record was expected to provide information concerning local vegetation. A...
POLLEN, CHARCOAL, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS AT SITES LA 95443 (FB 4487), LA 94488 (FB 3526), LA 95444 (FB 4488), AND LA 96727 (FB 5868), FORT BLISS, NEW MEXICO (2007)
Four sites from the Ft. Bliss Project 560-007 yielded ground stone that was sampled for pollen and protein residue analysis directed towards recovering information concerning the use of these pieces of ground stone. In addition, one sample was submitted for charcoal identification. The sites are located on the basin floor between the Franklin, Organ, and San Andreas Mountains.