Charcoal Identification (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

A total of eleven samples from geologic trenches at the San Pedro Dam Site in Valdivia, Chile, were floated to recover organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon analysis. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated. A total of seven radiocarbon dates were obtained on charcoal from these samples.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Three wood/charcoal samples from Logan Bog, Washington, were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

One charcoal sample and one botanic sample from the fill of an earth oven at site CASDI-7073 in southern California were submitted for identification. This site is a prehistoric artifact scatter and earth oven in the area historically occupied by the Kumeyaay. The uncharred botanic sample most likely reflects modern plants in the area, while identification of charcoal provides information about woods burned as fuel by the prehistoric occupants of the site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings. Melissa K. Logan.

Samples from colluvium at site BRU for the Kern Canyon Fault Study in Kern County, California, were examined to recover charred material suitable for AMS radiocarbon dating. Charcoal fragments in 14 samples from BRU were identified, and combined with microcharcoal for AMS radiocarbon dating. A total of 11 AMS radiocarbon dates were obtained.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

One partially charred wood sample from the Fish Weir site, 49-GUL-380, and two charcoal samples from the Little Swede Lithic Scatter, site 49-XMH-1005, were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. Site 49-GUL-380 is situated near the Gulkana River in south central Alaska and is known ethnographically as the location of the northernmost fishing weir of the Gulkana-Gakona band of the Ahtna (John Jangala, personal communication, September 21, 2010). The sample was recovered from a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Three charcoal samples from the Fish Weir site, 49-GUL-380, were submitted for identification. This site is situated near the Gulkana River in southcentral Alaska and is known ethnographically as the location of the northernmost fishing wier of the Gulkana-Gakona band of the Ahtna (John Jangala, personal communication, September 21, 2010). Samples were recovered from a shallow depression believed to be the floor of a summer dwelling and from levels in Unit 1, including a fire-cracked rock (FCR)...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Chad Yost.

A total of 845 samples from the Yellow House System, Post Ranch, and Stanton Ranch near Lubbock, Texas, were submitted for identification. These samples consisted mostly of charcoal, wood, and botanic remains. In addition, five charcoal samples were submitted from the San Jon Research Area near San Jon, New Mexico. Samples were recovered from geologic strata at the Yellow House System and from cultural features contained within the strata, while the Post and Stanton Ranches are noted to have...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Three charcoal samples and one botanic sample from sites 42GA5863, 42GA5269, and 42GA5169 in the Escalante Valley of south-central Utah were submitted for identification prior to radiocarbon analysis to select the best material to send for dating. This area has yielded numerous Formative occupations, with both Fremont and Kayenta Anasazi adaptations present.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Identification of charcoal for sites in the East Sonora Bypass project, Tuolemne County, California.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Six charcoal samples from Sites 5LA1416 and 5LA1425 were submitted for identification. These sites are located along the Purgatoire River about 10 kilometers upstream from Trinidad, Colorado. Samples were submitted for identification prior to radiocarbon analysis to determine the best samples to submit for dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal collected from a charcoal lens exposed in a shovel test next to a dirt access road for the Lanai Wind Farm Project on the island of Lanai, Hawaii, was submitted for identification. This charcoal lens might represent a native Hawaiian occupation. Charcoal was identified to determine what type of wood was burned.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A single charcoal sample from the Faraday Project, site CA-SDI-2776, in southern California was submitted for identification. This site appears to represent a prehistoric seasonal camp. Charcoal was recovered from Feature 0, a possible hearth feature with fire-cracked rock. Charcoal was identified to determine types of wood burned as fuel.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Peter Kováčik.

The Eagle Tree site (48CO2920), a Late Prehistoric campsite, lies 2 km south of Antelope Creek in Converse County, Wyoming. Multiple thermal features indicate Thunder Basin Phase occupation. A charcoal fragment from hearth feature B11-F1 was submitted for identification. Previous radiocarbon analysis (Beta-361182) of this feature yielded a date of 1070 ± 30 BP (Munson 2014:27).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal recovered from a small, but well-developed midden with a high concentration of rock and charcoal in the Cal City Cave, CA-KER-517, was submitted for identification. This site is located within the corporate boundaries of California City in southeastern Kern County, California. It consists of a small rock shelter that is believed to have functioned as a work station for the processing of faunal material in the historic/protohistoric time period. Charcoal was identified to provide...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kovacik. Kathryn Puseman.

A total of 36 charcoal samples from KATM531 at the Katmai National Park and Preserve in southwestern Alaska were submitted for identification, prior to radiocarbon age determination. This site is located on a Pacific coastal island within the Katmai National Park and Preserve.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Six charcoal samples recovered from excavation at Mainistir Chiarain in the Aran Islands, Ireland, were submitted for identification. These samples are believed to date to approximately 1200 years B.P. Charcoal samples were identified prior to radiocarbon analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal samples from the base of two metallurgical furnaces at the Pulac 050 site in southern Bolivia were submitted for identification to determine if thola (Parastrephia) wood was burned in the furnace. This site appears to be a prehistoric metal working site that may date to the Middle Horizon, around 600-1000 CE. Pieces of modern reference wood were collected by a local man in Bolivia who was familiar with the vegetation. Wood was cut from a known thola shrub, and deadwood was collected...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Two charcoal samples from site CA-STA-207 in Henry Coe State Park, California, were submitted for identification. Charcoal was recovered in flotation samples taken from two middens at the site that represent multiple occupations. Identification of charcoal determines the types of wood burned as fuel.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Eighteen charcoal samples from sites CA-SAC-15, CA-SAC-485, CA-SAC-1112, and CA-SAC-1142 were submitted for identification. These sites are located on natural levees of the Sacramento River near Natomas in northeastern Sacramento County, California. Radiocarbon dates reflect multiple occupations of the area. The earliest dates of 7470 and 3700 cal BP are from site CA-SAC-1142, while the most recent dates from site CA-SAC-15 reflect occupation of the area just prior to, during, and after the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Five samples from geologic “fire areas” on Santa Rosa Island, California, were submitted for identification. These “fire areas” represent distinct burn features located about 10-15 meters apart from one another and date to the Early Holocene or Terminal Pleistocene. Charcoal samples were identified to determine the types of trees burned at the site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal samples from hearth fill at site 48LN1301 in southwest Wyoming were submitted for identification. These sites were excavated as part of the El Paso Corporation’s Ruby Pipeline Project. Identification of charcoal will provide information concerning types of wood burned as fuel in these features.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A single charcoal fragment from site 48SU3115 in southwest Wyoming was submitted for identification. This site is a large camp in the northern portion of the Green River Basin. The charcoal fragment was recovered from a large component stain with no features.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Seven charcoal samples from site CA-NAP-257 in Napa County, California, were submitted for identification. This site is believed to represent early Middle Period to Late Period Phase 2 occupations of the area (ca. 2000-200 years BP).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal fragments from the fill of two hearths at site CA-SBR-13249 in the Blacktop Training Area of the Twentynine Palms Base, southern California, were submitted for identification. This site represents a Saratoga Springs (ca. 1335-680 cal BP) habitation and rockshelter site and consists of a rockshelter and three artifact concentrations. A midden deposit containing the two hearth features was noted in Concentration 1. Identification of charcoal will determine types of wood burned as fuel in...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Three charcoal samples from site CA-SDI-13, 037/H Locus B were submitted for identification. This site lies within the San Dieguito River Valley in northern San Diego County. Charcoal samples were identified prior to submission for radiocarbon analysis to determine the best material to send for dating.