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DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Indian Creek Spring site (24LC0099) is a prehistoric short-term occupation site located at the head of Indian Creek in Helena National Forest, Montana. The site surrounds a spring and extends along the bottom and up the adjacent benches bordering Indian Creek. A modern Forest Service road, along with features and trails associated with cattle ranching, have impacted the site. Excavations have recovered hundreds of flakes, three projectile points, and two scrapers. Soil samples collected from...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Five archaeological sites represent Taino occupation in Jamaica during the late prehistoric period, dating between 900 and 1500 AD. Eight pollen samples were examined from cultural contexts within middens from these five sites to examine plants that were discarded. Pollen analysis was undertaken to identify both local vegetation and plants that were used and subsequently discarded in the middens during the Taino occupations.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Sixty-four samples were collected from funerary urns that held cremations at Győr-Ménfőcsanak (Eperföldek). The locations of individual samples have not yet been disclosed. In addition, 12 control samples were collected during excavation by setting out containers with paper smeared with suntan cream to hold the pollen.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Kawai Nui marsh is located on the northeast coast of Oahu. This site is described as having been used traditionally for taro cultivation. Two cores were taken from the marsh, and individual pollen samples were extracted from the cores and submitted for analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site LA 151618, originally described as a Classic period Ancestral Pueblo artifact scatter with features when it was recorded in 1987, was reexamined and assigned to the Coalition period. Artifacts were varied and included ceramics, lithics, ground stone, bone tools, pendants, beads, and a needle. Feature types identified during data recovery include pit structures, thermal features, post holes, storage pits, and a burial pit. Pollen analysis of sediments collected from pit house and pit...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 48CR10089, the Hugus Cliffs Site, is located in the northwestern portion of the Kindt Basin. Situated on an alluvial fan at the base of Hugus Cliff and along the western margin of an unnamed tributary of Little Sage Creek, this site represents a Middle to Late Archaic open camp. Twelve features are situated within an extensive stain. Radiocarbon dates obtained from seven hearths place occupation generally between 4260 ± 30 and 4030 ± 30 BP, with a single intrusive hearth dating 1520 ± 30...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Prehistoric camp site 48SU7579, situated on a northwesterly extending ridge finger, lies at an elevation of 7030 ft overlooking the Alkali Creek drainage valley. Two areas, Blocks A and B, date to the Opal Phase of the Early Archaic. Feature fill was collected from four features for pollen analysis to assess their use and provide paleoenvironmental information. A modern control sample assists with interpretation of prehistoric use.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 48SW3006, located in southwestern Wyoming south of the Chain Lakes Rim and north of Wamsutter, represents multiple hunter-gatherer open camp fire pits. Ten thermal basins were selected for pollen analysis. Radiocarbon dates for these features range from 5430 ± 30 BP to 1090 ± 30 BP. Two stratigraphic samples and a modern surface sample complete the pollen record for this site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Three pollen samples were submitted from sediment samples from site CA-SDI-8654 in the San Ysidro Mountains. These samples were collected stratigraphically for the purpose of examining the record of past vegetation.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Three archaeological sites in San Juan County, southeastern Utah, were examined for pollen to identify plants processed both at the sites and in association with specific features. Site 42Sa24852, exhibits evidence of both Basketmaker III and Pueblo II occupations. A complex habitation structure (Feature 4) contained several storage bins and a central hearth that were sampled to better understand life and food processing of people living in the structure during Basketmaker III times. The...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Sites 5EP46 and 5LA10370 on the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site were sampled for pollen to identify evidence of food or plant processing.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Nine pollen samples were collected from the Military Leaseback Area on Tinian in conjunction with a Cultural Resources Survey. Eight samples represent stratigraphic sediments from Test Unit 2 of archaeological site TN-4-1122 (T-22), located in survey Area 6. The ninth sample was collected during excavation of Test Unit 2 of site TN-1-1189 (T-117), Feature 2, located in Survey Area 7. Pollen analysis was conducted to establish a pattern of vegetation through the depth of sediments represented.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Blue Rim Site is a prehistoric open camp located on a finger ridge extending from the south flank of Blue Rim towards the highway. This site includes a disperse scatter of lithic debitage, a concentration of FCR, and three areas of cultural staining (Feature 2). Radiocarbon dates obtained from fire hearths indicate occupation within the Opal phase of the Archaic period (6500-4300 BP). Pollen samples were collected and examined from ten features representing four periods of occupation at this...

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

Single pollen samples from ten cores from the Cheyenne River area in South Dakota were examined in search of evidence that might indicate that these sediments accumulated during the historic era. Pollen evidence for the historic era includes pollen from plants known to have been introduced into the western United States during the historic era and are not native to this area. Examples include common weeds such as Erodium cicutarium (cranesbill), Cirsium (Russian thistle), Trifolium...

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

The Depression Site (48SW13490) is located southeast of Point of Rocks at the eastern edge of the Rock Springs Uplift in Sweetwater County, southwestern Wyoming. Rose Springs points recovered from the Trench 7 block indicate a Late Prehistoric occupation. The Trench 8 block yielded evidence of two occupations, an Upper component, which is attributed to Rose Springs people of the Late Prehistoric, and a Lower component that appears to represent an Archaic occupation. Calibrated radiocarbon...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Fairbanks Spring Site (26NY1729), located in Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Armagosa Valley was sampled for pollen to provide subsistence information. The site contains evidence of prehistoric, Virgin Anasazi and Southern Paiute, and historic occupation. Artifact scatters of fire-cracked rocks and areas with midden soils, as well as a possible pit structure, an occupational surface, and an historic dugout were noted. Pollen samples were collected for analysis from the modern...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Fossil Creek Site (FCT2-1) is a geological site located on a grassy terrace in the Fossil Creek Basin, Larimer County, Colorado. Four buried soil samples were collected from the fill on the T-2 Terrace. Sample Ab1 correlates to a former floodplain, whereas Samples Ab2, Akb3, and Ab4 represent a possible abandoned meander and buried oxbow lake sediments. These four buried soil samples were submitted for pollen analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Pollen analyses collected from sediments exposed in trenches for the Kalihi 22 project were conducted in an effort to define the past environment and identify evidence of agriculture. The project is located in the greater Waikiki area on the south shore of Oahu. Samples from trenches in the city center and airport sections have been examined to date.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Sediment samples collected during a Phase II mitigation of the Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project on O’ahu Island, Hawai’i were examined for pollen. The samples were collected from buried deposits thought to represent traditional Hawaiian wetland taro agriculture (lo’i) (Matt McDermott, personal communication, March 2, 2011). Pollen analysis was used to search for evidence of taro agriculture.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Phalanx Pho Site (48SU7506) is located on a large upland bench overlooking the New Fork River in the upper Green River Basin. Site discoveries included 22 scattered features, three semi-circular-shaped feature clusters, and three large charcoal-stained sandy areas. Radiocarbon dates ranged from 5720 ± 30 to 4110 ± 30 BP. Data recovery focused on Stains 4–6, which were sampled for pollen analysis. Single samples were submitted from each stain, then two hearths within each stain were selected...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Two soil samples representing features from the Siren Site (41WM1126) were submitted for pollen analysis. Recovery of Scallorn arrow points from the sample, combined with a radiocarbon date of 1260-550 cal yr BP from the 2009 survey, indicate a Late Prehistoric I and II Austin Phase occupation. In addition, a Transitional Archaic occupation lies below this level (Steve Carpenter, personal communication, February 14, 2011). Pollen analysis of these samples was undertaken to provide information...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Glenna Dean.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Gerald K. Kelso.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Pine Island Site Complex (8LL33), located on Pine Island along the southwestern Gulf Coast of Florida, includes a group of related sites. This complex is located within a large estuarine system comprising Charlotte Harbor, Pine Island Sound, and San Carlos Bay. Two prominent midden-mound complexes, Brown’s Complex and Randell Complex, include anthropogenic water features. Three sediment samples collected from within lightning whelks obtained from a context dating to approximately AD...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Ward Block F Project is located in the Kaka’ako neighborhood of the city of Honolulu, O’ahu, Hawai’i, along the coast between Downtown Honolulu and Waikiki. Excavation of Site CSH 2 uncovered berms and pans related to historic period (post-1778) salt production below 20th century fill deposits. Eleven sediment samples were collected from Site CSH 2 for pollen analysis to determine the extent of historic human modification of the coastal landscape into salt production complexes.