Macrofloral Analysis (Other Keyword)
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The Maxon Ranch site (48SW2590), located along the south-southwestern flank of Miller Mountain at an elevation of 2225-2285m (7300-7500 ft.), contained evidence of four occupations. Excavations in 1984 by Western Wyoming College yielded evidence of four cultural components ranging in age from at least 7000 years ago to the Late Prehistoric. Radiocarbon ages obtained from several isolated pit features, as well as two semi-subterranean habitation structures, ranged from 6480 ± 90 (Cultural...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE NOMAD SITE, 48SW9204, SOUTHWEST WYOMING (2003)
The floated light fractions from the fill of five basin hearth features at the Nomad site, 48SW9204, in southwest Wyoming were examined for macrofloral remains to provide information concerning plant resources that were utilized by the site occupants. In addition, a mano fragment found on the edge of a small pit of unknown function (Feature 6) was washed for pollen and starches to determine plants that might have been ground using the mano. A soil control was collected with the mano....
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE SEVENMILE GULCH SITE, SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING (2004)
The Sevenmile Gulch site is located in southwestern Wyoming within the Green River Basin. The site is situated 18 miles west of the Green River and 1.3 miles north of the Blacks Fork River. The site sits upon the crest and slopes of a low southwest- to northeast-trending ridge at 6400 feet amsl. The ridge is actually a terrace of the Blacks Fork River that has been dissected by many small, deeply cut drainages. Pollen samples from two separate occupational surfaces dating to 1000 ± 40 RCYBP...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE SHINOBCOB SITE, 42WS4335, SOUTHWEST UTAH (2004)
Single samples were submitted for pollen and macrofloral analysis from site 42WS4335, representing a probable Pueblo II Anasazi occupation in southwest Utah. These samples represent fill from a small hearth in an exterior work area and were examined to provide information about plants that might have been processed in or near the hearth.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE UDOT SALINA PITSTRUCTURE DISCOVERY SITE, 42SV2546, SALINA, UTAH (2001)
Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined from the fill of a burned pitstructure and a nearby activity area at site 42Sv2546. These features were discovered in a backhoe trench along State Street in the town of Salina, Utah. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant resources available to and possibly utilized by the prehistoric occupants of 42Sv2546.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE VIRGIN VILLAGE SITE, 42WS2227, SOUTHWEST UTAH (2004)
Pollen, macrofloral, botanic, and protein residue samples were examined from site 42WS2227 in southwest Utah, representing a large, intensively looted Anasazi Pueblo with an estimated Pueblo II occupation. Samples were submitted from two separate testing areas. Samples from Test Area #1 (Feature 4) on the west side of the road were associated with an adobe floor. Test Area #2 (Feature 9) in a disturbed/vandalized area east of the road contained an adobe-floored structure, a possible...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE VIVENDI SITE, 24CA0656, MONTANA (2002)
Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined from a single hearth area surrounded by lithics and bones at the Vivendi site, 24CA0656, near Great Falls, Montana. This site is a single component Pelican Lake open camp used for meat processing activities. Faunal remains recovered at the site include shell, eggshell, and bison, deer, bear and dog bone. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning paleoenvironment, seasonality, and subsistence.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR 42UT920, A LATE PREHISTORIC SITE IN SOUTHERN UTAH COUNTY, UTAH (2001)
Single pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from the fill of a hearth at site 42Ut920 in southern Utah County, Utah. This site appears to represent a single component Late Prehistoric lithic scatter/hunting camp/tool quarry. Pollen and macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the site occupants.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR BLUFF GREAT HOUSE, SITE 42SA22674, UTAH (2003)
Samples from five kivas (West, Central, East, Northeast, and Great) in front of the Great House at Site 42SA22674 in Bluff, Utah, were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. Flotation and botanic samples also were recovered from the Great House, areas of berm/midden around the Great House, the North Wall, and the Plaza. This site has several Chacoan settlement characteristics, including a multi-storied Great House surrounded by an earthen berm/trash midden, a Great Kiva, and a...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR SAMPLES FROM SITES 41MV318 AND 41MV319 IN THE DOS REPUBLICAS PROJECT AREA, TEXAS (2011)
Samples from the fill of three concentrations of burned rock and soil interpreted as hearths from sites 32MV318 and 32MV319 were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites are located in the Dos Republicas project area near Elm Creek, a tributary to the Rio Grande River, in southern Texas. Radiocarbon dates from these three features reflect Middle and Late Archaic occupations. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR SITE 42WS2556, UTAH (2004)
A single mano, recovered from site 42Ws2556, was submitted for a pollen wash to recover evidence of its use. In addition, fill from a small hearth (Feature 1), was floated to recover evidence of foods processed and/or fuel used. This Southern Paiute site, occupied between AD 1460 and 1640, is located on a terrace on the south side of the Virgin River.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR SITE AZ BB:9:171 (ASM), TUCSON BASIN, ARIZONA (2002)
Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined from Hohokam site AZ BB:9:171 (ASM) in the northwest Tucson Basin, Arizona. This site yielded Rincon phase and Rillito phase pottery, indicating primary occupation during the Sedentary Hohokam period.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR SITES 26CK6001, 26CK6007, 26CK6146, AND 26CK6147 IN THE LAS VEGAS WASH, NEVADA (2006)
Samples from archaeological sites for the Las Vegas Wash Project in the Clark County Wetlands Park, southeast Nevada, were selected for archaeobotanic analyses. Pollen analysis was conducted on samples from features at sites 26CK2001, 26CK6007, 26CK6146, and 26CK6147 in an effort to learn how important riparian resources were to the people living at these sites. Additionally, samples from sites 26CK6146 and 26CK6147 were examined for macrofloral remains to further elucidate plant resources...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR SITES 42WS4228 AND 42WS4230, UTAH (2004)
Three combined pollen and macrofloral samples were submitted for analysis from sites 42WS4228 and 42WS4230 in Cave Valley, southwest Utah. Site 42WS4228 consists of a sparse lithic and ground stone scatter with ash stains and fire-cracked rock. No ceramics or diagnostic artifacts were recovered. One sample was collected from the lower fill and floor of an unlined hearth. Site 42WS4230 represents a Virgin Anasazi occupation (Pueblo I-Pueblo II), and it contains a lithic and ceramic scatter...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR SITES 5DA2299 AND 5DA2300, DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO (2006)
Sediment samples from three hearths or hearth dump areas at sites 5DA2299 and 5DA2300 were floated to recover macrofloral remains to provide subsistence information concerning plant resources utilized by the occupants of these sites. In addition, a mano found in the hearth/hearth dump at 5DA2299 was washed for pollen, starches, and phytoliths in order to determine plants hat might have been processed using this tool. These sites are located south of Denver near the town of Parker in central...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR SIX SITES IN THE SEEDSKADEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE PROJECT, GREEN RIVER BASIN, WYOMING (1996)
Samples from Sites 48SW10888, 48SW10893, 48SW9251, 48SW10233, 48SW10248, and 48SW6454 were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites are part of the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge project along the Green River in the Green River Basin of southwest Wyoming. Pollen samples were examined from stratigraphic columns and features at these sites. Vegetation and paleoenvironmental reconstructions were made from stratigraphic pollen records. he stratigraphic pollen records act as...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR THE CARSON CITY FREEWAY PROJECT PHASE II, NEVADA (2004)
Twenty-two pollen and twenty macrofloral samples were collected from fill of structures and pits in the Carson City Freeway Phase 2 project. Fifty features were identified during Phase II testing. Analysis of pollen and macrofloral samples was prioritized to examine primarily structures. Eight radiocarbon dates have been received that indicate occupation between approximately 380 and 1760 BP. This phase of the analysis is considered to be an examination of the pollen and macrofloral records...
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 FOR THE CORAL CANYON II PROJECT, SITES 42WS1220, 42WS1221, 42WS1222, AND 42WS3636, UTAH (2003)
Samples from four sites in the Coral Canyon II archaeological project in southwest Utah were examined for pollen and/or macrofloral remains. These sites represent Middle Archaic Late Archaic, and Southern Paiute occupations of the area. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide subsistence information concerning plant resources available to, and possibly processed by, the various occupants of the sites.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR THE ROADKILL SITE, 42KA4859, UTAH (2002)
Samples from the Road Kill site, 42KA4859, in central Kane County, southern Utah, were sampled for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site is a medium-sized Puebloan farmstead with a single linear alignment of storage cists with associated habitation rooms. Occupation appears to have been episodic, based on the complex construction for the alignment combined with evidence for recycling of construction materials and the abandonment of structures on site while use continued elsewhere (Doug...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR THE WAIKIKI SEWER PROJECT, HAWAII (2001)
Five samples from trenches along Ala Moana Boulevard in Waikiki, Hawaii, were examined for both pollen and macrofloral remains. These samples were collected from fishponds that were filled in during the Waikiki Land Reclamation between 1921-1929. Pollen and macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning vegetation near the fishponds.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF A BOG SAMPLE FROM WILLIAMS PRAIRIE, OREGON (1999)
Single pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from Bog 2 for analysis to identify plants growing in this area. William's Prairie is a meadow complex on the upper Crooked River drainage approximately 320 acres in size. Years of overgrazing and nearby logging activities have affected the local vegetation. The decline of hard woods, degradation of beaver habitat, and reduction of water table are most notable. Formerly, William's Prairie was a wet meadow with two main channels running in...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF A SINGLE HEARTH FEATURE AT SITE 42EM2817, UTAH (2002)
Fill from a single, isolated hearth at site 42EM2817 in east-central Utah was examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This hearth feature was discovered during monitoring of an oil and gas development project in Huntington Canyon. A Fremont habitation site (42EM2808) is located 40 m from the hearth. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning plant resources processed in this hearth.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF A SINGLE HEARTH FROM SITE 48FR5351, WYOMING (2006)
The fill from a single hearth excavated during mitigation at site 48FR5351 in the Wind River Basin of central Wyoming was examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site consists of the hearth (Feature 2) and a tight concentration of fire-cracked rock (Feature 1). Charcoal from the hearth yielded a conventional radiocarbon age of 1520 ± 40 BP, placing use of the hearth at the transition from the Late Archaic (2500-1500 BP) to the Late Prehistoric (1500-200 BP). Pollen and macrofloral...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF A SINGLE SAMPLE FROM THE WILKIN QUARRY, PANACA, NEVADA (2007)
A single sediment sample from a LaBrean age deposit in Wilkin Quarry near Panaca, Nevada, was submitted for pollen and macrofloral analysis to Identify plants growing In the area.