PROTEIN RESIDUE AND FTIR ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS FROM TUSCARORA CREEK, THE HENRY SITE (36JU113) AND THE GRONINGER SITE (36JU15), PENNSYLVANIA

Author(s): Kathryn Puseman; Linda Scott Cummings; R.A. Varney

Year: 2007

Summary

Lithic artifacts from sites 36JU15 (the Groninger Site) and 36JU113 (the Henry Site)

were examined for possible protein residues. In addition, a nutting stone and an axe from

36JU15 were examined using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR). These sites are

located along Tuscarora Creek in southern Pennsylvania. Primary occupations during the Late

Archaic (ca. 1500 BC) to the Late Woodland (ca. AD 1000-1250) were noted at the Groninger

Site. In addition, more limited evidence for an Early Woodland (ca. 800 BC) occupation was

recovered. The primary occupations at the Henry Site are during the late Early and early Middle

Archaic (ca. 7500-6500 BC). Artifacts recovered for analysis at both sites are from non-feature

contexts. Protein residue analysis will be used to provide information concerning possible use

of these artifacts to process animals. FTIR analysis will examine the nutting stone and axe for

evidence of proteins, oils, lipids, and/or carbohydrates.

Cite this Record

PROTEIN RESIDUE AND FTIR ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS FROM TUSCARORA CREEK, THE HENRY SITE (36JU113) AND THE GRONINGER SITE (36JU15), PENNSYLVANIA. Kathryn Puseman, Linda Scott Cummings, R.A. Varney. 2007 ( tDAR id: 379455) ; doi:10.6067/XCV84Q7TG1

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Keywords

Culture
Late Archaic • Late Woodland

Material
Chipped Stone • Ground Stone

Site Name
Groninger Site • Henry Site

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Axe • FTIR • Lithic Artifacts • Nutting Stone • Protein Residue Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Pennsylvania

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