Charcoal Identification (Other Keyword)
201-225 (235 Records)
Samples associated with a shallow pit house at site 26CK1282 were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the occupants of the pit house, particularly evidence for use of wetland resources or farming. Individual charcoal samples representing construction members also were submitted for identification. This site was buried in the floodplain of Las Vegas Wash in southern Nevada and appears to represent occupation around A.D....
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES 5GA1219 AND 5GA2524, WESTERN COLORADO (2002)
Samples from a possible hearth remnant at 5GA1219 and from a rock-filled basin hearth at 5GA2524 were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites are located in Grand County in western Colorado. Site 5GA2524 appears to represent a late fall or early winter hunting camp, and a conventional radiocarbon date of 1640 ± 80 BP (Beta-147164) indicates occupation during the Late Prehistoric period. Pollen and macrofloral analyses, including identification of charcoal, will provide...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES IN THE TEXACO BUZZARD BENCH WELL PADS PROJECT, CENTRAL UTAH (1999)
Sediment samples from features at Sites 42EM2568, 42EM2569, 42EM2570, and 42EM2571 in Emery County, Utah, were examined for pollen and/or macofloral remains. Two individual charcoal samples also were identified. These four sites are part of the Texaco Buzzard Bench Well Pads project and represent Fremont occupations in the area. Charcoal and maize kernel fragments were collected from four of the samples and submitted for radiocarbon dating. Conventional, uncalibrated radiocarbon dates from the...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR THE CHALAN MONSIGNOR GUERRERO PHASE III ROADWAY EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, SAIPAN (2001)
Two sediment samples from the Chalan Monsignor Guerrero Phase III Roadway Expansion and Improvements Project (CMG) in Saipan were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These samples represent buried, lower stratigraphic sequences in the eastern end of the project area. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning landscape formation and paleoenvironment, especially the vegetation regime of the former marshes or estuaries in this area. Five charcoal...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF BULK SOIL SAMPLES AND IDENTIFICATION OF DETRITAL CHARCOAL SAMPLES FROM ALONG THE MIDDLE FORK JOHN DAY RIVER, OREGON (2008)
Samples from along the Middle Fork of the John Day River in east-central Oregon were collected for a study of fluvial geomorphology. A total of 27 detrital charcoal samples were submitted for identification, and three bulk soil samples were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These samples were recovered from soil pit or natural bank exposures along the river. Macrofloral, including charcoal, and pollen identifications will be used to provide information concerning plant taxa that may...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF BULK SOIL SAMPLES AND IDENTIFICATION OF DETRITAL CHARCOAL SAMPLES FROM ALONG THE MIDDLE FORK JOHN DAY RIVER, OREGON (2009)
Samples were collected along the Middle Fork of the John Day River in east-central Oregon for a study of fluvial geomorphology. A total of 32 detrital charcoal/wood samples were submitted for identification, and 11 bulk soil samples were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These samples were recovered from soil pit or natural bank exposures along the river. After successful completion of this phase of the study, an additional eight pollen, eleven macrofloral, and two botanic samples...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE JAMES W. HATCH SITE, 36CE0544, CENTRE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (2018)
The James W. Hatch Site (36CE0544) is located 80 meters west of Slab Cabin Run, a tributary of Spring Creek near the base of Nittany Mountain, Centre County, Pennsylvania. Site surroundings include Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, a marsh ecosystem preserve, and the Pennsylvania State University campus. The geology of the site demonstrates complexly folded and faulted Cambrian and Ordovician carbonate rocks, which is common in the western Appalachian Mountains. Diagnostic lithic finds recovered...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS, CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF SAMPLES FROM SITE LA 72048, BERNALILLO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (2016)
Site LA 72048 comprises a U-shaped mound that partially surrounds a depression, stains, a rock alignment, and an extensive midden deposit. It lies on a bench southeast of Tijeras Arroyo in Bernalillo County, New Mexico (Douglas H. M. Boggess, personal communication August 11, 2016). Pollen samples from a stain (Feature 4) in the midden and fill from a bowl sherd collected from the backhoe trench were compared to a modern control sample to interpret economic activity. Two macrofloral samples were...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS, CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION, MICROCHARCOAL EXTRACTION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 42WS1220, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH (2018)
Site 42WS1220 is an open campsite located in the Saint George Basin, Washington County, Utah. The site is situated on three active dunes along the eastern side of Cottonwood Wash with Interstate 15 north-bound lanes running through it. The site produced multiple features, lithics, ground stones, and ceramics dating between the Archaic period and the Puebloan and South Pauite periods (Aaron Woods, personal communication, November 14, 2018). Two thermal feature fill sediments were submitted for...
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, 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.
POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, AND/OR CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION AT TWELVE SITES IN THE ESCALANTE BASIN, SOUTH-CENTRAL UTAH (2003)
Pollen, macrofloral, and/or charcoal samples were examined from twelve sites in the Escalante Basin of south-central Utah. The samples are from excavations carried out by Brigham Young University in 2001, 2002, and 2003. These sites represent Formative occupations of the area, with both Fremont and Kayenta Anasazi adaptations present. Charcoal samples were identified prior to submission for radiocarbon dating. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to address subsistence and...
POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS AT SITE 48NA465, WYOMING (2001)
Samples from site 48NA465 in central Wyoming were submitted for pollen, macrofloral, charcoal identification, and protein residue analyses. This site appears to contain four separate cultural components based on absolute radiocarbon dates and diagnostic artifacts and to have been used for lithic tool manufacturing, hunting bison and smaller animals, and roasting and cooking activities. Pollen and macrofloral analysis, including charcoal identification, of samples from feature fill and/or...
POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS, CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 45SN28 AND 45SN303, WASHINGTON (2009)
Sediment, charcoal, feature fill, and fire-cracked rock samples from sites 45SN28 and 45SN303 in Snohomish County, northwestern Washington, were submitted for pollen, macrofloral, and organic residue analyses to provide subsistence information. These samples were also submitted for charcoal identification and AMS radiocarbon dating to establish chronology. Organic residues were recovered for identification using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Pollen, macrofloral, and FTIR...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT AREA 6 OF PUEBLO SALADO, SITE AZ T: 12: 47 (ASM), SOUTHERN ARIZONA (1995)
Soil samples from adobe-walled structures, surface rooms, pit structures, a pit house, extramural fire pits, a trash pit, and a midden at Area 6 of Pueblo Salado, Site AZ T: 12 : 47 (ASM), were examined for pollen, phytolith, and/or macrofloral remains. Four pieces of groundstone also were washed to recover phytoliths. Area 6 is believed to have been occupied for an extended period of time. Feature 20, a field house, is thought to date to the late Sacaton or early Soho phase, and...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, AND CHARCOAL ANALYSES IN THE JEWETT MINE PROJECT AREA, TEXAS (1990)
Fossil pollen, phytoliths, macrofloral remains, and charcoal from archeological and geological sites at the Jewett Mine, Texas are analyzed in this appendix. Pollen analysis provides an overview of regional vegetation and hence paleoenvironments for this area. Pollen columns were collected at an alluvial geological site in the Buffalo Creek floodplain and at an archeological site, 41LN106, in the Lambs Creek drainage for this reconstruction. Companion phytolith samples were collected from the...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE ANALYSES; CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION; AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM THE DICKERSON STREET AND WATER WORKS SITES, NEW YORK (2009)
Samples from the Dickerson Street and Water Works sites north of Albany, New York, were submitted for pollen, phytolith, macrofloral, protein, and organic residue analysis, along with companion charcoal identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. Samples are to be examined in two stages. Selected samples are to be analyzed first, and preliminary results are to be reported to the client before beginning the analyses on the remainder of the samples. In stage one, sediments from the Dickerson Street...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, AND PROTEIN ANALYSIS, CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (FTIR), AND XRF ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES IN PLATTE COUNTY, WYOMING (2017)
Multiple archaeological sites located within the boundaries of the Camp Guernsey Installation provided ceramics, lithics, and sediment sample for pollen, phytolith, starch, protein, and/or macrofloral analysis, and/or for infrared analysis of organic chemicals and/or XRF analysis of elements (Table 1). Obsidian flakes submitted from three sites were sourced using XRF elemental analysis. Charcoal identified from three locations was AMS radiocarbon dated.
POLLEN, PHYTOLlTH, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE HAGAN VILLAGE SITE, 24DW2, MONTANA (2001)
Soil samples from two bell-shaped cache pits at the Hagan Village site, 24DW2, in east-central Montana were examined for pollen, phytoliths, and macrofloral remains. Charcoal and wood from the larger pit also were submitted for identification. This site is a Late Prehistoric habitation site that has been subject to extensive disturbance from pothunting, cultivation, and grazing. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant resources that might have been...
POLLEN, PROTEIN RESIDUE, CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM SITES CA-LAN-1777, CA-LAN-1780, CA-LAN-1781, AND CA-LAN-3873 FOR THE ANTELOPE VALLEY SOLAR RANCH ONE PROJECT, CALIFORNIA (2012)
Sediment samples adjacent to eight fire-altered rock features at Sites CA-LAN-1777, CA-LAN-1780, and CA-LAN-3873 in southern California were examined for pollen to determine plants that might have been processed using these features. Charcoal samples collected within the features were submitted for identification to identify woods burned as fuel. AMS radiocarbon dates were obtained from the charcoal to provide temporal information concerning use of these features. Charcoal also was identified...
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF HEARTH FILL AT THE FALLING COW SITE, WYOMING (2010)
Fill from an unlined pit hearth at the Falling Cow site near the town of Saratoga in southcentral Wyoming was submitted for pollen, starch, phytolith, and macrofloral analyses. These analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant resources that might have been processed in the hearth. Charcoal recovered from the sample also was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating.
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, BOTANIC IDENTIFICATION, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSES OF SAMPLES FROM THE LEVEE (12D363) AND KELLER (12D509) SITES, DEARBORN COUNTY, INDIANA (2010)
Six ceramic sherds from the Levee (12D363) and Keller (12D509) sites in Dearborn County, Indiana, were submitted for ceramic and organic residue analyses. Also submitted for phytolith, starch, and organic residue analyses were fill samples recovered from multiple layers of nine thermal features at the sites, including pit hearths and hearth dumps. Control samples associated with each feature also were examined for phytoliths and organic residues. In addition, charred parenchymous tissue samples...
POLLEN/STARCH, MACROFLORAL, CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS AT SITES 32ME258, 32ME263, 32ME264, 32ME266, 32ME717, AND 32ME1261 IN THE FREEDOM MINE AREA 2 NORTH, WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA (2005)
Samples from six sites in the Freedom Mine Area 2 North, Mercer County, North Dakota, were submitted for pollen/starch, macrofloral, charcoal identification, and/or protein residue analyses. These six sites contain stone rings and are believed to represent habitation sites. Pollen and/or macrofloral analysis of hearth fill samples from sites 32ME264 and 32ME717 will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the prehistoric occupants of these sites. Charcoal...
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...