Ancestral Puebloan (Culture Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Pieces of daub/mortar from masonry structures found at sites AR-03-07-03-61, AR-03-07-03-865, and AR-03-07-03-1158 in northern Arizona were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites represent rock shelters near the north rim of the Grand Canyon and Basketmaker/Puebloan occupations of the area. Daub/mortar from sites AR-03-07-03-61 and AR-03-07-03-865 were collected from partially collapsed granaries in rock shelters that are believed to have been used for food storage and possible...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from Sites MJ 123, MJ 125, and MJ 235 were examined for pollen and/or charred macrofloral remains. These sites are located in the Upper Basin, which is located in Kaibab National Forest south of Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona. Site MJ 123 is a fire-cracked rock-pile site. Three Jeddito Plains sherds and four Desert Side-Notched projectile points suggest that the site represents a Late Prehistoric (post-AD 1150) site. Site MJ 125 is a Pueblo II Western Anasazi...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Three sites near Navajo, Arizona, were examined for their pollen and macrofloral remains as part of the Coronado Railroad Project. Occupations at AZ K:14:32 (ASM) and AZ K:14:33 (ASM) included primarily Basketmaker III and Pueblo I, while the occupation at AZ K:14:35 (ASM) represents Pueblo II. Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined from a variety of features both inside and outside pithouses to define the subsistence base at these sites. In addition, the pollen record assists in...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from features at four sites in the Sand Hollow Reservoir Project area of Washington County, southwestern Utah, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. The majority of these samples were excavated from features at site 42WS2820. Stratigraphic pollen columns from two localities at 42WS2820 were sampled in an effort to define past vegetation and infer paleoenvironmental conditions. Pollen and macrofloral analyses of samples from features at the archaeological sites will be used to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from a vessel at the Hite Site. A corrugated vessel containing pack rat midden remains was located in a crevice at Glen Canyon National Park, where it had been cached. A corn cob was recovered in the vicinity of the vessel. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted in an effort to determine what may have been cached in the vessel.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Pollen and macrofloral analysis at ten sites in Canyonlands National Park was designed to address several different elements of the paleoenvironmental and subsistence records. Pollen samples from the present ground surface were collected to characterize the modern pollen record with respect to the modern vegetation. Stratigraphic samples were collected from three sites to provide an accurate view of paleoenvironmental conditions in the vicinity of Gray's Pasture at Island-in-the-Sky during...

DOCUMENT Full-Text LInda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

Archaeological testing and mitigation of the Rio Bonito Site (LA37452), located in the Rio Bonito Valley, produced pollen and macrofloral samples, as well as corn cob fragments for analysis. The site is situated on the eastern bank of the Rio Bonito at an elevation of 1864 m (6120 ft.). The Rio Bonito and its northern tributaries drain the northeastern flanks of the Sierra Blanca Mountains and join the Rio Ruidoso at Hondo approximately 25 km to the southeast. The Rio Bonito Valley floor...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 42WS1220 is an open campsite located in the Saint George Basin, Washington County, Utah. The site is situated on three active dunes along the eastern side of Cottonwood Wash with Interstate 15 north-bound lanes running through it. The site produced multiple features, lithics, ground stones, and ceramics dating between the Archaic period and the Puebloan and South Pauite periods (Aaron Woods, personal communication, November 14, 2018). Two thermal feature fill sediments were submitted for...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

Four archaeological sites in the Vermilion Cliffs area approximately 26 miles east of Kanab, Utah were sampled for pollen/macrofloral analysis during archaeological testing. These Kayenta-Virgin Anasazi sites are located in the Sonoran vegetation zone or southwestern Utah. Local vegetation includes primarily Juniperus (juniper), Artemisia (sagebrush), and Graminae (grasses). Pollen and macrofloral analyses at these sites were directed towards the identification of the floral portion of the...

DATASET Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

Pollen Data from Richinbar Ruin

DOCUMENT Full-Text James Schoenwetter.

Eight surface pollen samples and 41 subsurface samples from 4 archaeological sites were analyzed as part of a Laboratory of Anthropology (NM) salvage project to determine (a) applicability of the Colorado Plateau Pollen Chronology and (b) if environmental/vegetation patterns were similar or distinct at the time of occupation than those evidenced palynologically today. Concludes that CPPC does not apply in this district and that vegetation patterns were distinct. Data tables and pollen diagrams...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James Schoenwetter.

Unpublished report, 1960 Describes pollen study of 115 samples from Wetherill Mesa (Mesa Verde National Park) undertaken at the Geochronology Laboratories, University of Arizona. Stratified pollen records from site 1205 provide information on past environmental events; records from site 1200 (Long House) contain horizon markers and a record of cultural activities. The majority of samples analyzed in an attempt to determine a palynological identifier of cornfields were unproductive.

DOCUMENT Full-Text James Schoenwetter.

Study of more than 100 pollen records to: define the site's PIV and Historic horizons pollen sequence, determine changes in arboreal coverage over time, assess likelihood of paleoclimatic change, and to consider the effects of pre-existing environments on culture.

DOCUMENT Full-Text James Schoenwetter.

Study of pollen samples from these two Reeve Phase sites was undertaken excluding Cheno-am and Compositae pollen from the pollen sum. Cross-dating suggests a five-horizon pollen sequence; three horizons are evidenced a both sites, the other two are from samples superimosed on the occupation floors of rooms. Dates between A.D. 1375 and 1490 are suggested for the sequence. Also discusses economically significant pollen types and presents cultural ecological interpretations. Published 1973

DOCUMENT Full-Text James Schoenwetter.

Discusses local vegetation patterns, modern pollen/vegetation relationships, pollen sequence and chronology for the site, correspondence of ceramic-dated pollen horizons at this site with those elsewhere in the SW, cultural ecological implications of the pollen record, and plant resource availability during prehistoric occupation.

DOCUMENT Full-Text James Schoenwetter.

Draft version of the chapter published in Mount et. al. (1993) Wide Reed Ruin, Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site. Southwest Cultural Resources Center Professional Papers No. 51:125-131.

DOCUMENT Full-Text James Schoenwetter.

Pollen records from two features at site LA 9200 dated by correspondence with the Colorado Plateau Pollen Chronology.

DOCUMENT Full-Text James Schoenwetter. Veronica Da Costa.

Squash and possible maize pollen in sediment samples from checkdams suggests the features are prehistoric and were used for crop production. No evidence that local environment was different when the features were used.

DOCUMENT Full-Text James Schoenwetter.

Letter report of pollen study suggests the Colorado Plateau Pollen Chronology (CPPC) is not applicable to sites in this part of the Verde River Valley. Distriution of economic pollen types suggets rooms 2 and 3 had different cultural functions.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Rosa Maria Albert.

Samples from pit structures, pits, and a trash deposit at Area 15 of Pueblo Salado were examined for pollen, phytoliths, and macrofloral remains. Area 15 represents the easternmost component of Pueblo Salado and appears to be associated with an early Classic or even a late Sedentary occupation. Previous pollen studies at Area 8/9 and 14 of Pueblo Salado showed a strong association with riverine resources, and every macrobotanical sample contained maize remains. Pollen, phytolith , and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost.

Samples from rooms and midden areas at Frank’s Pueblo, site LA 9032, were examined for pollen and/or macrofloral remains. This site is part of the Salinas Pueblo District in central New Mexico and is one of several small, plaza-oriented, aggregated masonry pueblos on the Chupadera Mesa that formed in the late AD 1200s. These early pueblos date to the Glaze A period, which refers both to the time period of occupation (AD 1200–1350) and the presence of Rio Grande Glaze A pottery sherds (Rautman...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings. Rosa Maria Albert.

Pollen and phytolith analyses were conducted on samples from three sites within the Sanders rural community expansion area in Apache County, Arizona. Analysis was undertaken to answer research questions concerning cultural processes of site formation, to assist in determining regional development of Pueblo II and Pueblo III transition, to assist in identifying prehistoric cultural exchange, to identify evidence of past environment including vegetation and agricultural practices, and to...

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Twelve coprolites from Level II of Room 21 in Step House, Site 5MV1285, in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, were examined for pollen, phytoliths, macrofloral remains, and possible parasites present. Room 21 was probably an unroofed work area in use during Pueblo times. The coprolites were recovered in the south two-thirds of fill above the upper floor or walking surface of Room 21. Pollen, phytolith, and macrofloral analyses will provide direct evidence of diet and information concerning use...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost. Kathryn Puseman. Melissa K. Logan.

Aztec Ruins National Monument is the largest ancestral Puebloan community in the Animas River Valley. Several multi-story buildings, smaller structures, and kivas represent residential and ceremonial structures. Room 225 in West Ruin, a great house, contained numerous coprolites, six of which were sent to PaleoResearch Institute. Of these six coprolites, in order to remain within budgetary limits, three were selected for analysis that included finding and identifying macrofloral remains, pollen,...