Phytolith Analysis (Other Keyword)

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POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND RESISTIVITY ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM WAIKIKI 88, AIS AMC EWA EXPANSION, OAHU (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost. R.A. Varney.

Samples collected as part of the Waikiki 88 AIS AMC Ewa Expansion project in Honolulu. Six samples were examined using resistivity to determine whether or not they represented salt pans. Five samples were examined for pollen and one was examined for phytoliths to identify local vegetation and use of the areas tested.


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSES OF GROUND STONE ARTIFACTS FROM THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER PERGOLA SITE, FRESNO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The San Joaquin River Pergola Site, located in northern Fresno County, includes three artifact concentrations, a diffuse artifact scatter, and an area of displaced artifacts. The site is situated atop a stabilized, well-sorted sand dune that does not exhibit stratigraphy. Groundstone, comprising metates, mortars, nether or lapstones, handstones (manos and pestles), and hammerstones were recovered. Six pieces of groundstone were submitted for pollen and starch or phytolith and starch analysis to...


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSES OF GROUND STONE WASH SAMPLES FROM SITES NLIP 45 AND NLIP 44 (CA-Sac-1147), CALIFORNIA (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost.

A total of seven ground stone wash samples were submitted for pollen, starch, and phytolith analysis from sites NLIP 45 and NLIP 44, located near Sacramento, California. Washes of the artifacts were conducted by the staff of AECOM and then submitted to PRI for laboratory analysis. The goal of this study is to identify plant remains from the working surfaces of these tools that may provide data useful in assessing tool function and resource availability.


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSES OF TWO SAMPLES OF DENTAL CALCULUS FROM MIDNIGHT TERROR CAVE, BELIZE (2019)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Paul M. Miller.

Midnight Terror Cave lies in the Cayo District, ca. 16 km southwest of Belmopan, in central Belize. Studies of the cave by California State University, Los Angeles, in association with the Belizean Institute of Archaeology, revealed eight naturally divided sections (called ‘Operations’). Significant quantities (more than 10,000 bones and bone fragments) of calcified human remains from the Late Classic period (AD 600–900) lay on the surface of the cave floor (Prout and Brady 2018:3). Operations V...


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSES ON SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM WATHAYN, NORTH QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA (2019)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Jenna Battillo.

Earth Mounds 33 and 34 are located in the Wathayn locality on the Weipa Peninsula of northern Cape York in Queensland, Australia. Evidence suggests that occupation of the earth mounds at Wathayn began after 2000 BP, with the height of occupation occurring between 500 and 100 BP. Use of the earth mounds on the Weipa Peninsula continued well after European settlement, with evidence for Aboriginal adoption of new technologies suggestive of occupation into the modern era (Stevenson et al. 2015:28)....


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF A METATE FRAGMENT FROM THE DANIELSON RANCH SITE (CA-VEN-395), VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2015)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

A metate from site CA-VEN-395, a multicomponent site exhibiting prehistoric and historic occupation in the Santa Monica Mountains, was submitted for pollen, phytolith, and starch analysis to assess use of this grinding tool for grinding plant resources.


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF CERAMIC RESIDUE ON ONEOTA AND MISSISSIPPIAN SHERDS FROM THE NORRIS FARMS 36 CEMETERY, ILLINOIS (2015)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Studies of foodways for both the Oneota and Mississippian people include description of ceramic vessels. Warfare/violence has been documented at the Norris Farms 36 cemetery. The adjacent Morton Village contains unquestionable evidence of in-migration of Oneota people, creating a record of co-habitation. Investigation of interactions between these people currently includes examining a sub-set of the ceramic assemblage that is linked to the alteration of Oneota foodways. Four vessels were...


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 41HE338, HENDERSON COUNTY, TEXAS (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 41HE338, located northeast of Poynor in southeastern Henderson County, Texas, occupies an ecotone between the Pineywoods and Post Oak Savanna ecological regions of East/Northeast Texas. Situated on a generally level Pleistocene strath terrace above Caddo Creek at an elevation of approximately 137 m (450 ft) above mean sea level (amsl) and approximately 15 m (50 ft) above the Caddo Creek floodplain, this site has been occupied intermittently since the Paleoindian period. Radiocarbon dates...


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES LA 108617, LA 172154, AND LA 172155, LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (2019)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Paul M. Miller.

As designed for the Intercontinental Potash, Inc. (ICP) Ochoa Project, a proposed ICP plant facility will be built approximately 2 km east of the Double X Ranch and 35 km west of the town of Jal in Lea County, New Mexico. Samples from three prehistoric sites (LA 108617, LA 172154, and LA 172155), collected during cultural resource data recovery, were submitted for phytolith and starch analyses. In addition to phytolith and starch analyses, pollen analysis was performed on three of the seven...


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE COMMON CUT ROCKSHELTER, CA-030-2147, SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site CA-030-2147 is a small rockshelter situated in the foothills of the Klamath Mountains near the town of Hornbrook in Siskiyou County, California. The rockshelter was occupied between the late prehistoric and early historic period. A sample collected from the shelter was submitted for pollen, phytolith, and starch analysis to identify evidence of local vegetation and possibly use. In addition, a “pinch” sample was collected in the vicinity of the shelter to provide control for the pollen...


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF THREE PRE-LATTE/EARLY LATTE PHASE FEATURES FROM IBB S4, TINIAN (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Three combination pollen, starch, and phytolith samples were examined from three separate pits at site IBB S4 on Tinian. Pollen, starch, and phytoliths were examined from these pits in an effort to identify whether or not any were agricultural pits or perhaps used in processing agricultural crops grown in this area. Occupation is dated to the end of the transitional Pre-Latte/Early Latte Phase, anchored by a radiocarbon age of AD 690-790 on charcoal recovered from the large pit represented...


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF TWO GROUNDSTONE RESIDUE WASHES FROM SANTA SYLVIA, CHILE (2011)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost. Linda Scott Cummings.

Two groundstone tools from Santa Sylvia, Chile, were washed to recover pollen, phytoliths, and starch. The washes were conducted in Chile and the resulting residue was dried and sent to PaleoResearch Institute for analysis. The goal of the analysis was to identify pollen, plant opal phytoliths, and starch grains that may be derived from plant material processed with these tools.


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH GRAIN ANALYSIS OF DENTAL CALCULUS FROM NEMRIK 9, A PRE-POTTERY NEOLITHIC SITE IN NORTHERN IRAQ (2011)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost.

Human teeth with visible dental calculus were submitted for pollen, phytolith and starch grain analysis from the Nemrik 9 site, located in Northern Iraq. The samples comprise single and multiple teeth from 11 different contexts. Nemrik 9 is a pre-pottery neolithic site on the eastern edge of the Fertile Crescent. The goal of this analysis is to provide subsistence information and data useful for better understanding the origins of agriculture in this region.


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH GRAIN ANALYSIS OF FEATURE FILL AND GROUND STONE TOOLS FROM SITE LA 159879, LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (2011)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost.

Feature fill sediment samples and groundstone tools from site LA 159879, Luna County, New Mexico, were submitted for various combinations of pollen, phytolith, and starch grain analysis. Archaeological field investigations at LA 159879 suggest that the site represents the remains of a Late Archaic period base camp. The camp is located on the Deming Flood Plain inside the greater Mimbres Bolson. This analysis was undertaken to recover and identify microbotanical remains of plants associated with...


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL ANALYSES, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM A THERMAL FEATURE AT SITE LA 172823, EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Chad Yost.

Seven samples from two levels of fill in a thermal feature at site LA 172823 in Eddy County, New Mexico, were analyzed for pollen, phytoliths, and macrofloral remains. Charcoal and charred botanic remains recovered from the macrofloral samples were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. A total of seven dates were obtained. This site consists of a single thermal feature and small scatter of prehistoric lithic artifacts. Pollen, phytolith, and macrofloral analyses will provide information...


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL AND/OR PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS AT SITES CA-VEN-477 AND CA-VEN-920, CALIFORNIA (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux.

Two sites in Ventura County, California were sampled for pollen, phytoliths, protein residue, and macrofloral remains. Site CA-VEN-477 appears to have been occupied during the Middle to Late Period (after 1000 B.C.), and was situated on a low knoll overlooking a drainage at the mouth of a canyon. Two pollen, two phytolith, two protein residue, and four macrofloral samples were examined from this site. Pollen, phytolith, and protein residue samples were examined from the wash of a mano and an...


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, AND CHARCOAL ANALYSES IN THE JEWETT MINE PROJECT AREA, TEXAS (1990)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

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, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSES, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM THE CHARLES TOWNE LANDING STATE HISTORICAL SITE, (38CH1-PSTS), SOUTH CAROLINA (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost. Kathryn Puseman. Davis V. Hill.

Ten samples from the historic Charles Towne Landing site (38CH1-PSTS) were analyzed for archaeobotanical remains. Samples from three possible planting features, a possible agricultural trench, a floor or processing area, and four possible postholes were examined for pollen, phytoliths, macrofloral remains, and/or using Fourier Transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR). The results of these analyses should provide information useful to interpreting the origin and function of these features...


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSES AT FOUR SITES ON NAVAJO ROUTE N2007, APACHE COUNTY, NORTHEAST ARIZONA (1993)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Soil samples from four sites along Navajo Route N2007 in Apache County, northeastern Arizona, were sampled for pollen, phytolith, and macrofloral remains. Groundstone and lithic artifacts were washed to recover pollen, phytoliths, and possible protein residues. Sites AZ-P-61-123 (Ciudad de Viento) and AZ-P-61-125 (Folsom House) were complex cultural habitations with numerous features. Ceramics from Site AZ-P-61-123 suggest an early Pueblo II to Pueblo III occupation, and Site AZ-P-61-125...


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS AT THE BUCKEYE KNOLL SITE, 41VT98, EASTERN TEXAS (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Two separate areas were excavated at the Buckeye Knoll Site, 41VT98, in southeast Texas. Each of these areas had a stratified sequence. The Knoll Top excavation block contained an Early Archaic cemetery, a few hearth features, and midden deposits. Strata in this excavation block represent the late Paleo-Indian to the Late Prehistoric. A milling stone fragment found in the Knoll Top excavation block was washed for both pollen/starches and protein residues, while general fill, hearth fill,...


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN RESIDUE, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT FROM THE SMITH SITE (A09111.000369), SARATOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK (2011)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost. Kathryn Puseman. Melissa K. Logan.

A soil sample from the Smith Site (A09111.000369), located in Malta, Saratoga County, New York, was examined for pollen, phytolith, and macrofloral remains, as well as protein and organic residues. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). This historic site dates from the latter half of the 19th century (Adam Luscier, personal communication, January 21, 2011). Pollen, phytolith, macrofloral, protein, and organic residue (FTIR) analyses...


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN RESIDUE, FTIR ANALYSIS, AND AMS DATING FOR 24GA416 (REAS PASS SITE) AND POLLEN, PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING FOR 24GA493 (HORSE BUTTE PENINSULA SITE), MONTANA (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost. Kathryn Puseman.

Sites 24GA416 (Reas Pass Site) and 24GA493 (Horse Butte Peninsula) and are located in Gallatin County, southwestern Montana. Excavations of these sites is part of an on-going effort to re-license the Hebgen Reservoir development along the Madison River near West Yellowstone. Pollen analysis was conducted on samples collected stratigraphically from both sites to provide paleoenvironmental information. Naturally occurring charcoal from columns at both sites also were AMS radiocarbon dated. In...


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN RESIDUE, FTIR ANALYSIS, AND AMS DATING FOR 24GA493 (HORSE BUTTE PENINSULA SITE) AND AMS DATING AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS FOR 24GA416 (REAS PASS SITE), MONTANA (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost. Kathryn Puseman. David V. Hill.

Sites 24GA493 (Horse Butte Peninsula Site) and 24GA419 (Reas Pass Site) are located in Gallatin County, southwestern Montana. Excavations of these sites is part of an on-going effort to re-license the Hebgen Reservoir development along the Madison River near West Yellowstone. Pollen analysis was conducted on samples collected stratigraphically from the Reas Pass Site (24GA419) to provide paleoenvironmental information for sediments from a column that yielded a radiocarbon date of 8760 ± 20 BP...


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSES ON SAMPLES FROM THE MISSION SAN GABRIEL GARDEN COMPLEX, SITE CA-LAN-184H, CALIFORNIA (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Peter Kovacik. Chad Yost. Linda Scott Cummings. Melissa K. Logan.

Samples were examined from excavations in the Bishop’s Garden area at the San Gabriel Mission Archaeological Site, CA-LAN-184H, in southern California as part of the Alameda Corridor East Construction Authority’s (ACE) San Gabriel Trench Grade Separation project. This area contains a large, dense, partially intact Mission period (1769-1834) artifact deposit and two substantial archaeological features associated with occupation of the San Gabriel Mission. A total of 83 column samples from a Water...


POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 24LN202 AND 24LN2210, LINCOLN COUNTY, MONTANA (2009)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost. Kathryn Puseman. Melissa K. Logan.

Samples from sites 24LN202 and 24LN2210, Lincoln County, Montana, were submitted for pollen, phytolith, macrofloral, protein, and organic residue analysis, and AMS radiocarbon dating. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). The goal of these analyses is to better understand the function of several cultural features, determine if other features are of cultural or geologic origins, and to identify some of the plants and animals that may have...