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  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT AN ARCHAIC (SLP1717) AND A NAVAJO (SLP1719) SITE IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO (1987)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted in conjunction with archaeological mitigation at two sites on the Southern Ute Reservation (5LP1717 and 5LP1719). Located in the La Plata River drainage, these sites represent separate Archaic and Navajo occupations in the northern San Juan Basin. The recovery of pollen and macrofloral remains at these sites was directed toward both paleoenvironmental and subsistence reconstruction.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT AR-03-08-02-412 (LA 115021) FOR THE SACRAMENTO RIVER ROAD, SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO (2002)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

    Samples from two pit structures and nine pits of indeterminate function at Site AR-03-08-02- 412 (LA 115574) were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site is part of the Sacramento River Road project in southern New Mexico. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning subsistence resources utilized by the site occupants.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS (41BS706-B) (1986)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken at site 41BS706-B in Big Bend National Park, Texas to evaluate the prehistoric environment and gather data concerning the prehistoric economy, the cultural context of various features, and seasonality of occupation. The pollen samples were taken from a stratigraphic pollen column, as well as a feature and the soil beneath a possible metate recovered within a feature. The macrofloral samples concentrated on sampling the features and areas...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT EDGE OF THE CEDARS PUEBLO (1989)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Twenty-six pollen and twenty-two macrofloral samples were analyzed from 428a700, Edge of the Cedars Pueblo, in southeast Utah. These samples represent a variety of contexts, including three midden areas, three rooms, several vessels and groundstone, and isolated features and work spaces. Analyses focuses on identification of subsistence items, as well as identification patterns of activities involving specific plants. Identification of both cultigens and native plants was important in...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT FA88-136-1 AND FA88-136-2 IN NORTHWESTERN WYOHING (1989)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

    Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from FA88-136-1 and FA88- 136-2 during archaeological testing. Both sites are comparised of a collection of hearths·. Pollen analysis addresses identification of the paleoenvironment, as well as any evidence for subsistence activity. Macrofloral data addresses evidence for subsistence activity, including local choice of fuel.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT FOUR SITES WEST OF CASPER, WYOMING (1986)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from numerous features and a single stratigraphic column at four sites in central Wyoming in an effort to examine both the paleoenvironment and subsistence base at these sites. Deposits at site 48NA920 were selected to be. sampled stratigraphically for pollen to interpret the paleoenvironment. Four archaeological sites were sampled for pollen and macrofloral remains during archaeological testing in Natrona County, central Wyoming. These sites...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT LA 15260 NEAR ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO: A PILOT STUDY (1984)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Three pollen and two macrofloral samples from LA 15260, a Puebloan site dating to approximately AD 1200, were analyzed to assess the feasibility of continued paleobotanical research during excavation of the site. This pilot study was aimed at the recovery of economically important remains from cultural deposits. Samples were taken from an ash lens lying immediately above the floor in the pithouse, from a trash deposit, and from the present ground surface as a control.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT LA 46358 (1986)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text lInda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Three pollen and two flotation samples were collected during testing operations at LA 46358 located in Sandoval County, New Mexico. The site is believed to date to the Basketmaker II/Pueblo I transition. A single use or activity surface was revealed 15 to 20 cm below the present ground surface. This area contained a single pit hearth. The pollen and macrofloral samples were collected at the site to provide evidence concerning the subsistence resources used, processing techniques used in...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT SITE 26CK2954, COYOTE SPRINGS ROCKSHELTER, NEVADA (2003)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text R.A. Varney. Kathryn Puseman. Lucy Kubiak-Martens.

    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 SITE 36BV292, WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA (1993)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

    Samples from several pit features at Site 36BV292 in western Pennsylvania were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site is a multicomponent prehistoric site representing Archaic, Early Woodland, and Middle Woodland cultural periods. Radiocarbon dates range from 4570 to 1570 BP. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning foods processed at this site.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT SITE 42EM2517, EAST-CENTRAL UTAH (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

    Samples from the fill of three fire pit/hearth features at Site 42Em2517 in east-central Utah were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. A soil control sample also was submitted for pollen analysis. Site 42Em2517 is a known rockshelter with multiple components including Archaic, Formative, Late Prehistoric, and Historic. An excavation block was placed within and in front of the rockshelter, with additional excavation units placed to the east and west of the rockshelter. Pollen and...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT SITE LA 48732, A PUEBLO II SITE IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO (1985)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Archaeological salvage of site LA 48732, located approximately 5 miles northwest of Laguna Pueblo on I-40J resulted in the analysis of five macrofloral samples and one pollen sample. This Anasazi site was occupied during the Pueblo II period, and contains a pitstructure and several extramural features, including basin-shaped hearths and a roasting pit. The samples represent various features at this site that were sampled for the purpose of gathering subsistence data.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT SITES AZ U:11:41 (ASM) AND AZ U:11:126 (ASM), ARIZONA (2006)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Jaime Dexter.

    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)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

    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 AT SITES SBa 19, SBa 19WEST, AND SBa 1213 IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (1988)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Twenty-eight pollen and twenty-five flotation samples have been analyzed from sites SBa 19, SBa 19 West, and SBa 1213 in Santa Barbara County, California. Although radiocarbon dates are not yet available, the Ocean Meadows site (SBa 19) appears to include two components, which date to approximately 2,000 BC to 0 AD and 1400 to 1600 AD. Nineteen pollen and eight macrofloral samples were collected from Ocean Meadows and represent a variety of proveniences within several trenches and several...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT THE NOLLMEYER SITE (24RL1225): A FEASIBILITY STUDY (1984)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Two pollen and the flotation samples were taken at the Nollmeyer Site along the Yellowstone River in Richland County in far eastern Montana. The Nollmeyer Site (24RL122S) represents a sedentary, horticultural, earth lodge village occupied approximately 300 to 400 years ago. The pollen and macrofloral samples from this site were analyzed in an effort to obtain data concerning the vegetal portion of the subsistence pattern.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT THE RABBIT-IN-THE-MOON SITE, 5MT9168, SOUTHWEST COLORADO (1993)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

    The Rabbit-in-the-Moon Site, 5MT9168, in southwestern Colorado represents a Basketmaker III habitation with a palisade that encloses a primary pithouse, a secondary pithouse, storage features, and pit structures remodeled from pit storage units. A ramada was located outside the palisade. Samples from the pithouses, storage pits, and surface storage structures were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. In addition, macrobotanical samples and adobe samples from these features also...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT THREE SITES IN MAY CANYON, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO (1985)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott.

    Site 5RB1463 is located on a terrace overlooking Little Bull Draw at an elevation of 6200 feet in a pinon/juniper community. Four pollen samples were taken at this site in an effort to define the paleoenvironment and possibly also obtain subsistence data. Radiocarbon dates ranging from 940 + 50 BP to 2000 + 60 BP were returned for two features, indicating both Fremont and Late Archaic occupation of this site.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT THREE SITES IN THE GREEN RIVER BASIN, WYOMING: A STUDY OF SUBSISTENCE (1988)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Pollen and flotation samples were collected from three sites (48SW6777, 48SW6778, and 48SW6779) in the Green River Basin. Site 48SW6777 contained a housepit, with interior features, and another probable housepit, also exhibiting interior features. All of the features were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains to provide evidence of subsistence activities. In addition, pollen samples were collected from the floor of the housepit in Unit C to further assess subsistence activities....

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT TWO SITES NEAR EL PASO, TEXAS (1984)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott.

    Pollen and macrofloral analyses at sites KS-36 and KS-37 were at least in part exploratory. Previous attempts to extract pollen from prehistoric sediments in this area have largely met with failure. Therefore, the pollen portion of this study was engaged in establishing whether or not sufficient pollen could be extracted from these samples to warrant further pollen sampling at similar sites.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES FOR SITE 36FA476, THE SHAW SITE, PENNSYLVANIA (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Peter J. Gleichman.

    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 FOR THE WOLFORD MOUNTAIN DAM AND RESERVOIR DATA RECOVERY PROJECT, MIDDLE PARK, COLORADO (1994)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

    Samples from Sites 5GAl598 , 5GAl599 , 5GAl602, 5GAl604, and 5GAl609 in northwest Colorado were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites are located near Muddy Creek and will be impacted by construction of the Wolford Mountain Dam and Reservoir, and associated facilities. Uncalibrated radiocarbon dates range from 5180 to 820 BP, indicating use of the area over an extended period of time. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning subsistence and...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES IN THE SAN MATEO BASIN, NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO (1988)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

    Ten pollen and eight macrofloral samples were collected from four archaeological sites in the San Mateo Basin. These sites ranged in age from Archaic and Basketmaker II to Pueblo to the Historic period. The pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from features at these sites to examine the floral portion of the subsistence base, to address feature and site function. Identification of patterns of subsistence was sought at these sites.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES OF A HEARTH AND MANO FROM 5LR1381, A WOODLAND CAMPSITE IN LARAMIE COUNTY, COLORADO (1992)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

    A tenporary Woodland canpsite (5LR1381) was originally recorded in the 1970's. This site included some hearths, one of which was sanpled for pollen and macrofloral remains for this study. It was noted eroding out of the bank of the Cache La Poudre River. Woodland occupation is substantiated by recovery of a projectile point base and pottery, and by a radiocarbon age of 1680 + 70 BP from charcoal. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted to identify foods processed in the hearth and...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES OF A HEARTH FROM THE MARSH HAWK SITE (32BI317) (1987)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

    A single flotation sample was collected from a single fire-hearth feature uncovered during the archaeological monitoring of a road cut that impacted the Harsh Hawk Site (32BI317). Macrofloral analysis was conducted on the fill of this feature in an effort to determine subsistence activity that may have been connected with the use of the feature and occupation of the site. Extensive pollen and phytolith analyses on soils from this site were completed at an earlier date (Scott and Lewis...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES OF A SINGLE SAMPLE FROM THE SCHMITT CHERT MINE AT SITE 24VW559, MONTANA (1996)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux.

    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 FOUR SITES AROUND JACKSON LAKE, WYOMING (1987)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott.

    Eight pollen and seventeen flotation samples were collected from features at seven archaeological sites along the shores of Jackson Lake, Wyoming. These sites are located in areas supporting primarily coniferous timber surrounding Jackson Lake. Lodgepole pine and fir make up most of this timbered community, while the understory currently exhibits large pioneer plant communities as a result of the disturbance caused by fluctuations in the level of Jackson Lake. These sites range in age...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES OF GARDEN AND MIDDEN AREAS, AT SHERBURNE HOUSE IN STRAWBERY BANKE, PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE (1984)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

    The Sherburne House site, located in the historic community of Strawbery Banke, now Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was the focus of archaeological investigations in connection with restoration of this historic district. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken in an effort to define the vegetation, herbs, flowers, and even weed species that grew within several garden areas. Identification of vegetal remains that were disposed of in trash pit-type areas was also attempted from...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES OF HEARTHS IN SWEETWATER COUNTY, WYOMING (1988)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

    Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted on samples from eight archaeological sites along the General Atlantic Pipeline in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The sites are located in the common sagebrush environment of the Interior Green River Basin in western Wyoming. These sites range in age from 1270 to 7130 BP. The flotation samples were all collected from hearth fills, while pollen samples represent both hearth fills and soil collected adjacent to the hearths. These samples were analyzed in...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES OF SAMPLES FROM 42GR3751, UTAH (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

    Site 42Gr3751 represents a temporary camp of unknown cultural affiliation containing chipped stone tools, lithic debitage, and a metate fragment. Recent excavations revealed three features. Samples from a stacked rock slab feature and from an unprepared hearth were examined for pollen. Fill from the unprepared hearth also was floated to recover macrofloral remains. A pollen control sample was collected from the site surface. Pollen and macrofloral analyses of the fill from two of these features...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES OF SAMPLES FROM A SINAGUA TWO-ROOM MASONRY STRUCTURE (SITE WACA 85A-92) IN THE WALNUT CANYON NATIONAL MONUMENT, COCONINO COUNTY, ARIZONA (2009)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

    Archaeobotanic samples were examined from Structure 1 at site WACA 85A-92 in the Walnut Canyon National Monument, Coconino County, Arizona. This site represents a Sinagua two-room masonry structure. Floor fill was examined for pollen, while fill from the central hearth was floated to recover macrofloral remains. Corn from the central hearth also was submitted for identification verification. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide subsistence information concerning plant...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 42SV662, THE BACKHOE VILLAGE SITE, SEVIER COUNTY, UTAH (2010)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

    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 ANALYSES OF SAND CANYON PUEBLO: FEASIBILITY STUDY AND PRELIMINARY INTERPRETATIONS (1985)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute. D. Kate Aasen.

    Sand Canyon Pueblo is located in Montezuma County in the southwest corner of the state of Colorado. This late Pueblo III site is situated at the head of Sand Canyon at an elevation of 6800 ft (2073 m). Sand Canyon ultimately drains into McElmo Creek at an elevation of 5400 ft (1646 m). Considerable topographic diversity is noted in the area, which would have provided habitats for a variety of flora and fauna. A spring is located at the site, and arable land is abundant on the mesa top...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES ON THE INTERSTATE 70 GHOST ROCK DATA RECOVERY PROJECT, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH (1985)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Pollen and macrofloral sampling was undertaken in conjunction with archaeological mitigation during the Interstate 70 Ghost Rock Data Recovery Project in Emery County. A total of 41 pollen and 37 macrofloral samples were collected and analyzed from seven archaeological sites. The sites represent Archaic and Fremont occupation of the area. The sampling strategy employed at these sites emphasized subsistence reconstruction. The majority of the pollen and macrofloral samples were taken from...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS ALONG STATE ROUTE 69 NORTH OF DEWEY, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA (1990)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

    The archaeology in the Prescott region, specifically in the Dewey area, is relatively unknown. Pollen and macrofloral samples have been analyzed from three sites north of Dewey along State Route 69 specifically to discuss subsistence practices. Selection of samples focused on examination of material from pithouses, firepits, burial/roasting pits, burial pits, and deep round pits. Pollen and macrofloral remains were examined from sites AZ N:7:41 (ASM), AZ N:8:15 (ASM), and AZ N:8:16 (ASM). ...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AND CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION OF SAMPLES FROM CA-SDI-20130, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2014)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Peter Kováčik.

    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 BOTANIC REMAINS FROM BLACK DOG CAVE, SITE 26CK5686/BLM 53-7216, NEVADA (2000)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

    Sediment samples recovered from a wall profile in Room 2 of Black Dog Cave (Feature 13, Locus 4) at the Black Dog Mesa Archaeological Complex (26CK5686/BLM 53-7216) in southeast Nevada were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Pollen analysis also was conducted on adobe from the bottom of a slab-lined storage pit in the room. Botanic remains from several units within the cave were submitted for identification. Black Dog Cave consists of an extensive cavern containing features and...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AND IDENTIFICATION OF CHARCOAL FROM A PITHOUSE IN THE FLOODPLAIN OF LAS VEGAS WASH (SITE 26CK1282), NEVADA (2003)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

    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 42CB1279, UTAH (1999)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux. Laura Ruggiero.

    Site 42CB 1279 in Carbon County, Utah, exhibits rock art evidence of occupations during the Archaic, Fremont, and probable Numic (Ute) time period affiliations. A shallow alcove adjacent to the rock art panels contained a single-component Numic (Ute) occupation. A cultural horizon in the alcove exhibited charcoal-stained soil, faunal materials, and lithic artifacts. No hearth, processing pits, or groundstone were noted in the occupational layer. Pollen and floatation samples were collected...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 42CB1302, UTAH (1999)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux. Laura Ruggiero.

    A single hearth or roasting pit at Site 42CB1302 was sampled for pollen and macrofloral remains to provide information concerning plants processed. This site is a small prehistoric camp of unknown temporal affiliation situated in the uplands north of Price, Utah. Other material noted at the site included a two-handed mono and a few pieces of debitage.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 42CB1354, CENTRAL UTAH (2000)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Curtis Nepstad-Thornberry.

    A total of four soil samples from site 42CB1354 in east-central Utah were submitted for pollen and macrofloral analysis. The samples were recovered in and adjacent to a prehistoric hearth that was exposed during pipeline construction. Radiocarbon dates indicate the site was occupied between A.D. 400 and 600. Pollen and macrofloral analysis of the samples will provide a clearer understanding of plant resources available to and utilized by occupants at the site.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 42GR2780, A MIDDLE ARCHAIC SITE IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH (1998)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux. Laura Ruggiero.

    Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken on material from 42GR2780, a Middle Archaic site that yielded a radiocarbon age of 4420 ± 50 BP. Three continuous cultural strata were defined in the alcove that contained this site, although no cultural features were noted. Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from strata within the alcove to identify plants that might have been exploited by occupants of this site.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 42GR2780, A MIDDLE ARCHAIC SITE IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH (1998)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux. Laura Ruggiero.

    Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken on material from 42GR2780, a Middle Archaic site that yielded a radiocarbon age of 4420 + 50 BP. Three continuous cultural strata were defined in the alcove that contained this site, although no cultural features were noted. Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from strata within the alcove to identify plants that might have been exploited by occupants of this site.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 42SA 12209 (1987)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Nine paired pollen and macrofloral samples from four structures and a plaza at 42SA 12209 were analyzed. This Pueblo I habitation site exhibits evidence of numerous structures and a plaza, has been only partially excavated. Samples from portions of Structures 1, 2, 5, and 6 are addressed in this report. Pollen and macrofloral sampling concentrated on the recovery of data that would shed light on subsistence activities.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 42SA14187: AN ANASAZI BURIAL IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH (1983)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

    A burial eroding out of an arroyo sidewall in West Water Canyon has been the subject of archaeological investigation. The burial (42SA14l87) was located in a burial pit within the fill of a large circular pit structure. During the course of archaeological investigations, four pollen and two flotation samples have been analyzed in an effort to gain information concerning the interment. The burial pit contained several artifacts, including two vessels and several polishing stones. Pollen...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 48BH1493, WYOMING (1990)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Linda Scott Cummings

    Three soil samples, representing three hearths from an open campsite were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. A single radiocarbon age of 1400 ± 60 BP was reported for one of the hearths. Pollen addresses elements of the prehistoric environment, as well as possible subsistence activities, while macrofloral analysis addresses subsistence activities involving plants.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 48LN3651, WYOMING (2000)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Curtis Nepstad-Thornberry. Linda Scott Cummings.

    Site 48LN3651 is a prehistoric campsite comprised of two hearth remnants (Feature 1 and Feature 2) and a lithic scatter. Radiocarbon dates indicate that Feature 1 dates to 4,500 BP, where as Feature 2 dates to 2,500 BP. Fill samples from these features were submitted for pollen and macrofloral analysis.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 48NA182, WYOMING (2003)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text R.A. Varney. Kathryn Puseman.

    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 48PA987 IN NORTHWESTERN WYOMING and POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT FA88-136-1 AND FA88-136-2 IN NORTHWESTERN WYOMING (1989)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

    POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 48PA987 IN NORTHWESTERN WYOMING: Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected at 42PA987 during archaeological testing. One hearth, two stone circles, two soil surfaces, and the present ground surface are presented. Pollen analysis has concentrated on the identification of elements of the paleoenvironment, as well as any evidence for subsistence activity. POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT FA88-136-1 AND FA88-136-2 IN NORTHWESTERN WYOMING: Pollen and...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 48SU1144 AND 48SU1172, SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING (1990)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

    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)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

    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 48SW6926 AND 48SW6895, SWEETWATER COUNTY, WYOMING (1990)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

    Stratigraphic columns were sampled for pollen at both 48SW6926 and 48SW6895 to provide an interpretation of the paleoenvironment. Occupation of 48SW6926 probably ranged from approximately 1500 to 2200 BP. A single radiocarbon age of 1790 BP is reported for 48SW6895. In addition feature fills were sampled at both sites for pollen and macrofloral remains to provide information concerning subsistence.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 48TE412, GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING (1991)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

    Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined from 48TE412 near the outlet of String Lake in Grand Teton National Park. Fire-cracked rock features were noted at the site and a single hearth yielded a radiocarbon age of 210 BP in earlier excavations. The site appears to be multicomponent, containing evidence of two periods of occupation. The Middle Archaic is represented by a sidenotched point (Ctannor 1990). Late Prehistoric artifacts were more abundant and were recovered during the 1990...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 48WA893, BIGHORN BASIN WYOMING (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text R.A. Varney. Kathryn Puseman.

    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 5BL4838, THE BUTTON ROCK SITE, COLORADO (1998)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux. Laura Ruggiero.

    Seven pollen and two macrofloral samples were analyzed from the Button Rock Site (5BL4838) near Lyons, Colorado. Five of the pollen samples represent a stratigraphic column examined to provide evidence for vegetation during the time period represented. The fill from two hearth features was examined for pollen and charred macrofloral remains for evidence of food processing activities. Radiocarbon dates indicate that these hearths were utilized during the Late Archaic period.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 5EP2, SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO (1988)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Site 5EP2 is located in a large rockshelter at the base of a sandstone cliff. The shelter faces approximately west-southwest. Plains Woodland artifacts were noted at the site, and radiocarbon ages of 1350 + 60 BP and 1490 + 60 BP were obtained from the base of the deposits. This site is the only site in the area to yield pottery so far. Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected stratigraphically at 5EP2 to assess paleoenvironmental conditions and to identify any evidence of...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 5JA1068 IN THE THOMPSON LAND EXCHANGE PROJECT, MIDDLE PARK, COLORADO (1997)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux.

    Site 5JA1068, a multi-component lithic scatter containing at least two rock-filed hearths and a metate fragment, contains projectile points indicating Late Archaic and Late Prehistoric occupation. Pollen and macrofloral analysis were conducted to identify plants that may have been processed by the Late Archaic and/or Late Prehistoric occupants of this area.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 5LA5255 (SUE SITE) AND 5LA5846 (CARVED ROCK HILL), PINON CANYON MANEUVER AREA, SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO (1990)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

    Stratigraphic pollen samples were examined from two archaeological sites in the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Area — 5LA5255 (the Sue Site) and 5LA5846 (Carved Rock Hill). The stratigraphic pollen record was analyzed to provide a description of paleoenvironmental conditions at both sites. In addition, the data gathered from this stratigraphic examination of the Sue Site will be compared with a previous stratigraphic study at that site. Botanical materials recovered during dry screening at the Sue...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT A BASKETMAKER II PITHOUSE NEAR FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO (1987)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Four pollen and four macrofloral samples were collected and analyzed from an Early Basketmaker II pithouse located on Manzanares Mesa. The site is situated in a pinyon-juniper ecotone which contains far more juniper than pinyon. This pithouse is of vertical wall construction, and contained no pottery. Radiocarbon ages of 2020 ± 70 BP and 2200 ± 70 BP have been returned from wood interpreted to have been used in the house contruction. The pollen and macrofloral samples were analysed to...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT A MULTICOMPONENT CAMP/BUTCHERING SITE'(48NA1060), NATRONA COUNTY, WYOMING (1990)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

    Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from The Dry Creek Site (48NA1060), a very extensive open camp located on Dry Creek in central Wyoming. This multicomponent camp/butchering site exhibited a large number of unlined cobble-filled hearths, abundant fire-cracked rock, and large amounts of debitage. Pollen samples were collected stratigraphically to assess past vegetation and paleoenvironmental conditions. In addition, pollen and/or macrofloral samples were collected from five...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT A SLAB-LINED CIST, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH (1987)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Single pollen and flotation samples were collected from an isolated slab-lined cist near Westwater Creek for the purpose of recovering any potential evidence of economic activity. The feature may have had two episodes of use as a roasting and/or processing pit. In addition, a single pollen sample was collected from the present ground surface to serve as a control for interpretation.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT A SMALL PREHISTORIC SEASONAL CAMP (42SA21593) IN THE MANTI-LASAL NATIONAL FOREST, SOUTHEAST UTAH (1991)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

    A small prehistoric seasonal camp on the north bank of the Abajo Mountains was sampled for pollen and macrofloral remains during archaeological testing. A deflated sandstone cobble and slabrock cluster might represent a small cist/roasting pit or hearth. A shallow basin-shaped hearth was also present. Grinding stones, a one-hand mano, and a hammerstone were recovered as part of the artifact assemblage. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were cxaraducted to identify any food processing...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT AZ AA:12:73(ASM), AVRA VALLEY ROAD, SOUTHERN ARIZONA (1998)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux. Laura Ruggiero.

    Limited archaeobotanic testing was undertaken at Huntington Ruin, a primary Hohokam village in the Santa Cruz River floodplain. Paired pollen and flotation samples represent hearth fill inside a pithouse. In addition, three botanic samples represent trash and a posthole in the pithouse. These samples were examined to provide subsistence information for the occupants of this Hohokam village.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT AZ BB:9:148 (ASM), ARIZONA (1999)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

    Samples from features at Site AZ BB:9:148 (ASM) in the northern portion of the Tucson Basin in southern Arizona were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site is believed to have been occupied by the Hohokam during the Rincon Phase, A.D. 950-1150, based on ceramic data. Excavations concentrated on six main areas at the site. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning plant resources available to and possibly utilized by the Hohokam occupants of...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT AZ U:5:8(REC), THE HORSEWORLD SITE (1989)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Seven pollen and twenty-five macrofloral samples were examined from three features at the HorseWorld Site (AZ U:5:8(REC). This site contained a large rock cairn (Feature 1), that may be a trail shrine, as well as two smaller cairns. Ceramics recovered included mainly Santa Cruz red-on-buff, although a few possible Gila Butte sherds have also been recovered. This association places the site within the Colonial Period (700-900 AD). Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined to shed light...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT BIG BEND HAMLET, SITE 5MT9387, SOUTHWEST COLORADO (1996)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

    Twelve pollen and twelve macrofloral examples were examined from feature fill and floor fill at Site 5MT9387 in southwest Colorado. Big Bend Hamlet (5MT9387) appears to have been occupied primarily during Basketmaker III times. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were used to answer questions pertinent to the problem domain of economy and adaptation.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT BLUFF BENCH, SITE 42SA17725, SOUTHEAST UTAH (1996)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux.

    Samples from Site 42SA 17725 in southeast Utah were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site is believed to represent a habitation site and consisted of pit structures, fire hearths, and a midden deposit. Radiocarbon dates obtained on charred material and wood from the various features suggest that the site was occupied during the Late Archaic/Basketmaker II interval, with calibrated dates ranging from 405 B.C to A.D. 160. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to address...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT CLOVER RUIN (AR-03-07-01-1036), ARIZONA (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux.

    Five pollen and three macrofloral samples were examined from Clover Ruin (AR-03-07-01-1036), a small seasonally occupied structure. The site is located in the side yard of a ranger station on the Kaibab National Forest. Clover Ruin appears to represent a hunting/gathering location of the "Cohonina" and was occupied around AD 900-1000. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken to identify vegetal elements of the subsistence base at this site. A single sample was examined from the...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT DANCING MAN HAMLET, SITE 5MT9343, SOUTHWEST COLORADO (1996)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

    Nine pollen and flotation samples were examined from feature fill and floor fill at the Dancing Man Hamlet (Site 5MT9343) in southwest Colorado. This site contained the remains of a fully stockaded Basketmaker III hamlet that appears to have experienced at least two occupation episodes during this period. Archaeobotanical analysis at this site was designed to answer questions of diet and subsistence. The problem domain of economy and adaptation is the most readily addressed through the...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT DEADMAN LAKE (SITE 42UN2331), ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST, UTAH (2002)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

    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 FENCE LAKE, ARIZONA (1992)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

    Six sites (AZ Q:8:38, AZ Q:8:40, AZ Q:8:44, AZ Q:8:46, AZ Q:8:47, and AZ Q:8:50) near St. Johns, Arizona, were sampled for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites are part of the Fence Lake testing project. Pollen aixi macrofloral samples were examined from several different features to help define the subsistence base.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT FIVE PREHISTORIC AND HISTORIC SITES IN NORTHERN LARAMIE COUNTY, WYOMING (1990)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

    Seven pollen, six macrofloral, and three wood samples were examined from five prehistoric and historic sites in northern Laramie County, Wyoming. Radiocarbon ages indicate that these sites were occupied during the Late Plains Archaic and Historic time periods. Pollen analysis was conducted to identify the past vegetation, and hence paleoenvironmental conditions. Both pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from features, in an effort to understand the vegetal portion of the...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT GMI-RR101, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text R.A. Varney. Kathryn Puseman.

    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.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, 1987 FIELD SEASON (1987)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Several stratigraphic profiles from UW Trenches 5 and 7 were sampled for pollen during the 1987 field season. Pollen was analyzed from several of the strata to provide paleoenvironmental information from the late Pleistocene through the Holocene to the present. In addition, both pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from features at five of the archaeological sites excavated in the 1987 field season. This analysis was geared toward the identification of subsistence activities at...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT IA 79612, NEW MEXICO (1991)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

    Samples from a hearth (Feature 2) at LA 79612 were sampled for pollen and macrofloral remains. Ceramic types recovered suggest that the site is a Navajo temporary encampment, and charcoal from the hearth yielded a radiocarbon age of 550 + 60 BP. In addition, one pollen and one flotation sample were examined from the modern surface in order to provide controls for samples collected from the hearth. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to recover subsistence information from this hearth.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT IHE PERRY MESA SITE, NA11,602, IN CENTRAL ARIZONA (1994)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

    Samples from a roasting/cooking area at Site NA11,602 in central Arizona were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains, including charcoal. The roasting/cooking area consists of a central, cobble-filled roasting pit surrounded by an oval-shaped, prepared work area. Pollen and macrofloral analyses of fill between the central pit and the outer rock ring are used to provide information concerning plants processed in this area and types of wood burned as fuel. The question of agave...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT KITE PUEBLO, SITE LA-199, NEW MEXICO (1996)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux.

    Kite Pueblo (Site LA-199) is a small, masonry-and-adobe pueblo consisting of four roomblocks surrounding a central plaza believed to have been occupied during the Early Pueblo Period (ca. AD 1250-1350). It is located in central New Mexico in the general vicinity of Gran Quivira. This site appears to have experienced several building episodes. Soil samples were collected from at least one room in each of the roomblocks, from a structure located in the central plaza, and from levels of...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT LA 2, AGUA FRIA SCHOOLHOUSE SITE, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO (1989)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Pollen and macrofloral analysis at this fourteenth century adobe pueblo concentrated on remains from pits and firepits to provide subsistence data. These features were located in trash areas, or were exterior firepits.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT LA 72859, NEW MEXICO (1989)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from LA 72859, a Late El Paso phase site located a few miles southeast of the White Sands Missile Range Headquarters in the Tularosa Basin. Pollen samples represent four pieces of groundstone and a core fragment washed for pollen and a single soil sample. All of the pollen and some of the macrofloral samples were collected from a Late El Paso phase house that probably burned. The macrofloral samples represent the floor of the structure, a...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT MAGIC MOUNTAIN, SITE 5JF223, COLORADO (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

    Samples from features at the Magic Mountain site, 5JF223, in north-central Colorado were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Two features were identified as Early Ceramic possible structures, with other features dating between 1220 + 70 BP and 1070 + BP. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning plants available to and possibly utilized by the occupants of this site.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT MOANALUA, HAWAI'I (2001)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

    Stratigraphic pollen analysis of sediments from alluvial deposits at the mouth of Moanalua Valley was undertaken to provide information concerning past vegetation in this area. Radiocarbon ages indicate these sediments range in age from approximately AD 30-540 to AD 1300-1480. In addition, a single macrobotanical sample with visible remains was submitted for identification.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT MONAGHAN CAMP (5DV3041), COLORADO (1990)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

    Pollen samples were collected from a stratigraphic column at 5DV3041, the Monaghan Camp, to examine the paleoenvironment. The stratigraphic column contains samples from both Pleistocene and Holocene loess. In addition, pollen and macrobotanical samples were collected from two features at this site to identify elements of the subsistence base.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT NINE SITES IN TETON NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING: 1988 FIELD SEASON (1989)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Pollen and macrofloral analysis was undertaken on samples from nine sites in Teton National Park located at the northern end of Jackson Lake and in the southern Snake River delta. Samples were collected from features, soil strata, and a privy deposit. Analysis concentrated on recovery of data concerning subsistence activities from features. Several highly organic deposits were also sampled in an effort to identify genesis of the layers and/or environmental conditions at the time of...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT NMAS 5476: A LIMITED ACTIVITY SITE IN EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (1983)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

    A prehistoric Jornada Mogollon site east of Artesia, New Mexico was the subject of salvage mitigation. The site is postulated as a campsite used for food processing and lithic reduction. To augment the interpretation of the site, pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken on material from Feature 2, a firepit. The site is located on a rolling plain southeast of Red Lake and immediately east of Bear Grass Draw. The area contains medium-sized hummocks interspersed with denuded areas and...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT PH 303, SOUTHEAST AREA, MCKINLEY MINE, NEW MEXICO (1989)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Pollen and rnacrofloral analysis undertaken at this Pueblo II site was designed to address subsistence and agriculture. This site consists of three loci, including in Locus 1 approximately 6-8 rooms, an L-shaped Pueblo and a kiva. Loci 2 and 3 are both identified as field houses. Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from numerous bins in both masonry and jacal rooms, while firepits and hearths were sampled for macrofloral remains. Whole vessels were also washed for pollen. The...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT POHAKULOA, HAWAII (1991)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

    Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined fran Pdhakuloa on the island of Hawaii. Pollen samples represent the present ground surface to establish the pollen record of the modern flora, as well as from subsurface proveniences to examine pre-human flora in the area. Macrofloral samples were also collected from several subsurface locations within block B and feature B.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT PUEBLO VIEJO, AZ T:12:73 (ASM), PHOENIX, ARIZONA (1992)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

    Samples from several features at Pueblo Viejo, AZ T:12:73 (ASM), were examined for their pollen and macrofloral remains. This site is located in southern Phoenix, and is part of the El Reposo Park project. Features found at Pueblo Viejo include three crematoriums, thirty-two secondary cremations, two trash-filled pits, one trash area, and one probable prehistoric palisade represented by nineteen postholes. The site is believed to be a Colonial through Classic periods Hohokam mound site,...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SBa-14, CALIFORNIA (1989)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

    Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from SBa-14, a cemetery site, that appears to date between 6200 and 7400 BP. A remnant segment of a house floor was noted in one of the undisturbed areas of the site. Pollen analysis was undertaken to define local elements of the environment. Macrofloral analysis concentrated on the recovery of identifiable elements that may contribute to the interpretation of subsistence patterns for an Early Period occupation. The site is located in the...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SEVEN SITES ALONG THE SAN JUAN RIVER, SOUTHEASTERN UTAH (1992)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

    Samples from seven sites (42SA14731, 42SA21453, 42SA21462, 42SA21465, 42SA21468, 42SA21474, and 42SA21609) located near the San Juan River in southeastern Utah were sampled for pollen and macrofloral remains. These samples were examined to provide information coricerning the subsistence base at these sites. In addition, this preliminary analysis focuses on identification of questions not addressed by this data base and formulates sanpling design for future investigations.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 24CB1862 IN THE BIGHORN BASIN, MONTANA (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

    Two pollen and one macrofloral sample were examined from the fill of a hearth within a deep rockshelter, site 24CB1862, in southern Montana. Sediment from beneath a rock adjacent to the hearth also was examined for pollen. This hearth represents the southern occupation in the rockshelter. It was found about 5 cm below the surface and widely scattered over a two meter area with abundant charcoal, burned sand, and fire-cracked rock present. The northern occupation consists of a walled...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 24HL1078 (1997)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

    Pollen and Macrofloral analysis at Site 24HL1078.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 24HL946 (1997)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

    Pollen and Macrofloral analysis at Site 24HL946.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 24LC1325 (1999)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

    Sediment samples from a column at site 24LC1325 in western Montana were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site represents an Archaic Period lithic scatter in the Scapegoat Wilderness on the Lewis and Clark National Forest. The column was excavated from a control pit in a plugged sink hole, and samples were collected from 10 cm intervals to reconstruct the past environment in the Scapegoat Wilderness. Charcoal in the macrofloral samples was separated for possible radiocarbon...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 26CK415, NEVADA (1999)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

    Samples from a column through Unit F-6 in Flaherty Rockshelter, Site 26CK415, in southern Nevada were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. This unit was located directly in the center of the rockshelter near several rock-lined cists. Several botanic samples from the rockshelter also were examined. This large rockshelter in the northern Las Vegas Valley was excavated between 1967 and 1969. Samples are being analyzed as part of the Apex Project. Uncalibrated conventional radiocarbon...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 283-3, NEAR SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO (1992)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

    Samples from site 283-3, part of the Dos Griegos Project, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. The site included Developmental to Mid-Classic occupations, AD 400-1350. A surface pollen sample was examined to provide modern control for the pollen samples collected from the features. Pollen and flotation samples were taken from several pit features and from two test pits to identify subsistence activities at this site.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 32MZ233, McKENZIE COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA (1985)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

    Pollen and macrofloral samples were taken at site 32MZ233, a stone circle site located McKenzie County, North Dakota. The site is located within the Missouri Plateau physiographic region along the northern edge of an upland grassland, which drops sharply to the rugged, eroded breaks of the Missouri Valley. Rolling grasslands are noted to the south of the site, while hardwoods and juniper may be observed in the draws. A thin veneer of glacial sediment overlies the Sentinel Butte geologic...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 36BU23, POINT PLEASANT, PENNSYLVANIA (1987)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

    The Point Pleasant Pennsylvania site (36BU23) is located on the west bonk of the Delaware River in Bucks County. Situated on the floodplain between the river and the Delaware Pennsylvania conal, which was completed in 1832, this site includes stacked floodplain deposits that are subject to periodic flooding. Stratigraphic pollen samples were collected in three areas to assess paleoenvironmental conditions at this site. Flotation samples were collected from various features and zones...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 36LU311 FOR THE EIGHTH STREET BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT, PENNSYLVANIA (2000)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

    Eighty pollen samples were examined to provide a paleoenvironmental record at Site 36LU311 (Site XE2661, the Area of Potential Effects (APE)) for the Eighth Street Bridge Replacement Project in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. This site was examined archaeologically during the fall of 2000, at which time several back hoe trenches were dug through the floodplain on the north side of the Susquehanna River. Pollen samples were examined from the back hoe trenches. In addition, four sediment...

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 42CB1407, CENTRAL UTAH (2000)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Curtis Nepstad-Thornberry.

    Four samples from site 42Cb1407 were sent to Paleo Research for pollen and macrofloral analysis. The site represents a small prehistoric camp located along the western uplands of Castle Valley, Central Utah. The site was characterized as a light scatter of lithic debitage containing a hammerstone and two slab metates.

  • POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 42CB507, UTAH (1997)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux.

    Pollen, macrofloral, and charcoal analyses were undertaken for site 42CB-507. This site appears to represent the easternmost extension of a Fremont village and is separated from other components by at least 40 meters. Paired pollen and macrofloral samples were analyzed from the fill of a double hearth feature in an effort to define food processing activities involving this feature that appears to represent a short-term or transitory use. This feature was contained within a twenty square...