Macrofloral Analysis (Other Keyword)
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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 AND IDENTIFICATION OF PLANT REMAINS PRIOR TO RADIOCARBON DATING FOR AN AREA WEST OF CEDAR CITY, UTAH (2004)
Two soil samples from a human-modified ephemeral stream west of Cedar City, Utah, were submitted for pollen analysis to determine if either of these samples represents lacustrine conditions. In addition, macrofloral remains saved from the two pollen samples and an individual charcoal sample were examined for organic material to submit for radiocarbon dating.
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT PREHISTORIC SITE 26CK7041 AND POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, AND FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETRY (FTIR) ANALYSES AT HISTORIC SITE 26CK7053 (2007)
Archaeobotanical samples were examined from two sites located on Oliver Ranch, approximately 10 miles southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. Samples from two possible hearth or roasting features and a soil control were analyzed for pollen remains from prehistoric site 26CK7041. Samples also were submitted from three features at historic site 26CK7053. A sample believed to represent hearth/stove ash from Feature 1, a residential cabin, and four stratigraphic column samples from an area believed to...
POLLEN ANALYSIS COMPARED TO AN ARCHAEOCLIMATIC MODEL AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR SITES AZ CC:1:89 AND AZ CC:2:299, AZNG-SAFFORD, ARIZONA (2005)
Sites AZ CC:1:89 and AZ CC:2:299 belong to a large cultural complex containing 29 sites located in Maricopa County, Arizona, near the Gila River approximately 160 miles east of Phoenix. Both sites are thought to have been prehistoric. Site AZ CC:1:89 consists of rock ring features associated with a low density sherd and lithic scatter, while site AZ CC:2:299 is probably a prehistoric horticultural site that also contains seven rock piles and a chipped-stone scatter. Four samples collected...
POLLEN ANALYSIS FOR SITE 48SU5084, WYOMING (2005)
The New Fork Housepit Site (48SU5084) is located southwest of Boulder, Wyoming in the Green River Basin. Discovered in 2003, the site is situated along the New Fork River, and conventional radiocarbon dates at the site range from 5590 ± 40 BP to 5820 ± 50 BP. Several features were identified during excavation of 48SU5084. Pollen samples were examined from fill collected in the housepit (Feature 2) and eleven hearth features. Botanical identification was also conducted for two samples...
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF GROUNDSTONE SAMPLES AND CERAMIC RESIDUE ANALYSIS, MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF THREE PIPES FROM WOLF VILLAGE (42UT273), GOSHEN CANYON, UTAH (2013)
Wolf Village, 42UT273, is a Fremont site located north of the mouth of Goshen Canyon in Utah County, Utah. Radiocarbon dates on corn from this site range from AD 840 to 1,000. Investigating the subsistence base includes examining four pieces of groundstone for pollen evidence of grinding. Six ceramic pipes also were submitted with the goal of identifying the single best sample for analysis of pollen, phytoliths, starch, macrofloral remains, and organic residue (FTIR). Two more pipe samples...
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF THREE MANOS RECOVERED IN A STRUCTURE, AND POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF FILL FROM A HEARTH, AT THE PICKETWIRE SITE, 5LA5838, SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO (2003)
Three manos were recovered from structural fill (Structure 1) dating between 500 and 800 BP at the Picketwire site (5LA5838) in southeastern Colorado. These manos were washed to recover pollen to identify plants that were ground. In addition, two sediment samples were examined from the fill of the hearth and sediment in the structure.
POLLEN ANALYSIS, MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 42WS1803, 42WS1804, AND 42WS4458, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH (2009)
Pollen and macrofloral samples were submitted from features at sites 42Ws1803, 42Ws1804, and 42Ws4458 in Washington County, Utah. All three sites exhibit evidence of Virgin Anasazi occupations, and site 42Ws4458 also contains evidence of a Basketmaker II-Pueblo I habitation. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant resources that were processed by occupants of these sites. AMS radiocarbon dates provide information on the time of occupation of three...
POLLEN ANALYSIS, MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS, AND ARCHAEOCLIMA TIC MODELING AT SITE 26OR3 FOR THE CARSON CITY FREEWAY PROJECT, NEVADA (2006)
Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined from site 26Or3 for the Carson City Freeway project in Carson City, Nevada. Twenty-two pollen and twenty macrofloral samples were analyzed during Phase II testing. An additional 60 pollen and 71 macrofloral samples were examined for Phase III. Radiocarbon dates suggest eight occupation periods. The earliest occupations of the site from AD 230 to AD 410 and AD 410 to AD 620 appear to have been fairly minor periods of site use. Five features are...
POLLEN AND BOTANIC ANALYSIS OF THE CONTENTS OF TWO GRAY-WARE CERAMIC VESSELS FROM THE BERNSTEIN-DIERKING DISCOVERY SITE, 42SA24364, UTAH (2001)
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 ANALYSES AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM SITE AZ B:16:0911, GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA (2012)
Site AZ B:16:0911 is located at the bottom of the Grand Canyon near the mouth of Monument Creek. Fill from a small masonry structure was examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Macrofloral analysis also was conducted on fill from an ash lens in the masonry structure and from a small thermal feature. Mesquite charcoal in the macrofloral sample from the masonry structure was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. Pollen and macrofloral analyses provide information concerning plants utilized by...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT SITE 26CK2954, COYOTE SPRINGS ROCKSHELTER, NEVADA (2003)
Six pollen and three macrofloral samples were recovered from various levels of fill at site 26CK2954 in southem Nevada. Fill from a hearth feature and a packrat midden aIso were examined for macrofloral remains, and sixteen botanic samples were submitted for identification. This site is a small alcove/rock shelter containing historic artifacts dating to AD 1820 to 1880 mixed with flaked and ground stone. Pollen and/or macrofloral analysis of strata and feature fill will be used to provide...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT SITES AZ U:11:41 (ASM) AND AZ U:11:126 (ASM), ARIZONA (2006)
Features from two sites, AZ U:11:41 (ASM) and AZ U:11:126 (ASM) near Florence Junction, Arizona, were sampled for pollen and macrofloral remains. Both sites were excavated as a part of the Ranch 160 Project. The sites have been identified as Late Colonial Hohokam occupations, representing Santa Cruz through Sacaton time periods. Five pollen samples were recovered from five separate features in the project area. Additionally, five bulk soil samples from the same features were floated to recover...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT SITES IN THE LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST, NEW MEXICO (2010)
Samples from five ring middens at five sites in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These ring middens represent roasting pits or hearths with fire-cracked rock that were used from the Archaic to the Jornada Mogollon and up through the historic Apache period. The Apache are noted to still use these types of pits to roast agave (Diane Prather, personal communication, September 22, 2010). Radiocarbon dates from these features ranged...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES FOR SITE 36FA476, THE SHAW SITE, PENNSYLVANIA (2005)
Ten pollen and macrofloral samples were examined from the Shaw Site (36Fa476) in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. This historic residential property included possible farm elements from the mid-19th to early 20th century, as well as a house foundation located in a grass field that currently functions as a cow pasture. No evidence exists for large-scale cultivation or plowing. Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from a possible builder's trench, a secondary yard area, a possible...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES OF A SINGLE SAMPLE FROM THE SCHMITT CHERT MINE AT SITE 24VW559, MONTANA (1996)
Unburned sediment containing wood charcoal was noted as a spoil pile resulting from chert mining at the Three Waters Quarries, Site 24VW559, on the Missouri River in Montana. The mine represents Pelican Lake Complex utilization during the Late Middle Prehistoric Period. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted on the sediment to identify the types of plants growing in the area and those that were burned. Charcoal removed from this sample also will be radiocarbon dated.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 42SV662, THE BACKHOE VILLAGE SITE, SEVIER COUNTY, UTAH (2010)
Three pollen samples from Backhoe Village (42SV662) were submitted for pollen analysis. The samples represent two depressions in a structure and a pit feature on a nearby prehistoric use surface.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AND CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION OF SAMPLES FROM CA-SDI-20130, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2014)
Site CA-SDI-20130, a prehistoric habitation site, is located in San Diego County along the coast between the community of La Jolla and the Scripps Institute of Oceanography (Pigniolo, et al. 2009). The site has been heavily disturbed by modern development and although its true extent is currently an estimate, the original boundary is believed to include an area near the Pacific shore line on a natural ridge representing a Pleistocene sand bar adjacent to an estuary. Artifacts, a sparse midden...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AND IDENTIFICATION OF CHARCOAL FROM A PITHOUSE IN THE FLOODPLAIN OF LAS VEGAS WASH (SITE 26CK1282), NEVADA (2003)
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 48NA182, WYOMING (2003)
The fill from five cultural features at site 48NA182 were examined for pollen and/or macrofloral remains. This site is a multi-occupation rockshelter and open camp located on Naval Petroleum Reserve # 3 in central Wyoming. Five macrofloral and three pollen samples were analyzed to determine paleo-environmental conditions and potential economic uses of plants at the site.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 48SU1144 AND 48SU1172, SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING (1990)
One pollen and one macrofloral sample were selected for analysis from 48SU1144, while one pollen and three macrofloral samples were examined from 48SU1172. Groundstone was washed for pollen from both sites. Pollen and macrofloral analyses concentrated on identification of remains that would indicate subsistence activities at this site.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 48SW11483, THE ALKALI CREEK SITE (2001)
Eight pollen samples and a single botanic identification sample were examined from 48SW11483, the Alkali Creek Site, in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The Alkali Creek Site is located on a low ridge overlooking the confluence of Alkali Creek and Salt Wells Creek at the foot of Pine Mountain between Flaming Gorge and Vermillion Basin. Feature 1, a slab-lined, cobblefilled hearth, yielded a radiocarbon age of 3580 +/- 70 BP. Features 2 and 3 yielded radiocarbon ages of 2970 +/- 70 BP and 3360...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 48WA893, BIGHORN BASIN WYOMING (2004)
Site 48WA893 is located in the south-central section of the Bighorn Basin in northern Wyoming. The site is situated within the grassland ecotone and was discovered in the borrow pit of a dirt road. The site consists of a living surface containing four hearths, a fire-cracked rock feature, and dispersed heat altered stones. Test excavations at the site revealed an additional fire feature containing a distinct stain and a concentration of heat altered quartzite. This newly discovered feature...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT DEADMAN LAKE (SITE 42UN2331), ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST, UTAH (2002)
Samples from site 42UN2331 in Ashley National Forest, northeastern Utah, were examined for pollen and/or macrofloral remains. This site is a high elevation site overlooking Deadman Lake in the Uinta Mountains and appears to represent early Fremont, mid-Fremont, and Ute occupation of the area. Pollen and macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the various occupants of this site.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT GMI-RR101, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA (2004)
A single sample of general fill from the occupation layer between an ash-filled basin that yielded an AMS radiocarbon date of 1940 ± 40 RCYBP and a burned rock cluster at site GMI-RR101 was collected and examined for both pollen and macrofloral remains. This site represents a late Holocene occupation in San Bernardino County, California. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were used to provide information concerning plants utilized by the site occupants.