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POLLEN ANALYSIS AT FORT LARNED, KANSAS (1975)
Fort Larned National Historic Site, Pawnee County, Kansas was the focus of archaeological investigations conducted by the University of Colorado from 1972 to 1974. During 1973 pollen samples were taken from various features in the vicinity of Fort Larned, as well as from the fort area proper. The primary reason for the sampling of archaeological features was to recover environmental and cultural data. It was hoped that analysis of the environmental data would provide information on the historic...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT FORT UTAH (42UT150), A PREHISTORIC COMPONENT (1984)
Site 42UT150 (Fort Utah) contains both a historic component and a prehistoric component. Three pollen were taken within the prehistoric component, which is described as a Fremont occupation. The fourth sample functions as a control and was taken in·a separate test hole. Continuing excavation at this site has uncovered two large pit areas which are overlain by dense concentrations of midden debris composed of large concentrations of faunal material. Lithic and ceramic material are also...
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 AT THE TERRACE RING SITE (48CA3759), NORTHEASTERN, WYOMING (2003)
Stratigraphic samples were examined from Block 1, Unit 23 N 02E. A calibrated radiocarbon age of AD 1405 is reported at a depth of 60 centimeters, making this stratigraphic record relatively recent. Pollen analysis was undertaken to identify vegetation and changes in vegetation through time near the Terrace Ring Site.
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT THREE SITES IN THE VERDE VALLEY, ARIZONA (1989)
Pollen samples were analyzed from three sites (AZ N:4:23, PD-11, and PD-12) near Tuzigoot National Monument in the Verde Valley. Occupations include Hohokam, Sinagua, and historic Yavapai. Pollen samples collected at these sites represent living surfaces, a roasting pit, and two rock piles. Pollen analysis identified cultigens grown and addresses the subsistence base.
POLLEN ANALYSIS FOR AZ T:12:413(ASM), ROESER HACIENDAS DATA RECOVERY, ARIZONA (2012)
Site AZ T:12:413(ASM) contains evidence of occupation during at least the Pioneer, Sedentary, and Classic periods. Ceramics, which were primarily plainware, did not provide good temporal resolution. The area probably was used for farming and related activities over a period of centuries. Pollen samples were collected from a variety of locations at this site, and samples were selected for analysis from the Pioneer, Sedentary, and Classic periods. The samples represent a variety of protein in...
POLLEN ANALYSIS FOR THE BURRO FLATS TRENCH SITE, CALIFORNIA (2005)
Five samples from an overlying peat and underlying silt and mud layers within the most recent surface rupture at the Burro Flats Trench Site northeast of the town of Banning in Southern California were submitted for pollen analysis. The analysis was performed in order to determine whether the rupture can be associated with the 1812 Wrightwood earthquake or the Coachella Valley earthquake, circa 1700.
POLLEN ANALYSIS IN THE FORMAL GARDENS AT THE ADENA/WORTHINGTON ESTATE, OHIO (1997)
The Adena estate is situated in the uplands above the Scioto River Valley. The estate includes the main house, a wash house, smoke house, spring house, bank barn, overseer's house, the formal gardens, and a vegetable garden. Mixed deciduous hardwood forest borders the estate on the north and west sides, while grass pastures are noted to the east and south. Mr. Thomas Worthington, Ohio's first state senator, built the main house between 1802 and 1807. Formal gardens were constructed in 1814,...
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF A BERM BETWEEN FISHPONDS, FORT DERUSSY, O’AHU ISLAND, HAWAI’I (2011)
Two samples were collected from a possible berm or edge of a berm between fishponds located on a previous floodplain at Fort DeRussy. Cultivation of wetland taro is a possibility prior to construction of the fishponds. Pollen analysis was undertaken to search for evidence that taro was grown in this area.
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF A FLOOR AT CA-SBa-46 (MESCALITAN ISLAND), SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA (1989)
Approximately one-third of the floor of an historic Chumash house was excavated on f1escalitan Island (CA-SBa-46). The floor was sampled for pollen along a 25 cm grid. The floor was clay, while the surrounding floor matrix was sand, so analysis of floor sediments that contained pollen and other debris that had been impressed into the surface was undertaken to identify evidence of subsistence and plant processing activities in the structure.
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF A HISTORIC GARDEN SOIL SAMPLE FROM THE LEXINGTON HOME SEAT PLANTATION, SITE 44FX736, IN LORTON, VIRGINIA (2011)
A soil sample from Site 44FX736, a historical plantation in Lorton, Virginia, was submitted for pollen analysis. The soil was collected from a terraced garden constructed c. 1784 and maintained until c. 1820 (Paul Inashima, personal communication, June 24, 2011). Pollen analysis was undertaken in an effort to identify the garden plantings.
A Pollen Analysis of a Hudson's Bay Company Non-garden Provenience, Fort Vancouver, Washington
The Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research at the University of Massachusetts Boston conducted a palynological analysis on six contiguous soil samples that were collected from the Fort Vancouver site. The samples were recovered from a location associated with the Hudson Bay Company's occupation that is situated in close proximity to what is today Fort Vancouver's Visitors Center, which is scheduled to undergo extensive renovations in the near future (Dorset 2010 Pers. Comm.)....
A Pollen Analysis of a Hudson's Bay Company Non-garden Provenience, Fort Vancouver, Washington. (2011)
The Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research at the University of Massachusetts Boston conducted a palynological analysis on six contiguous soil samples that were collected from the Fort Vancouver site. The samples were recovered from a location associated with the Hudson Bay Company's occupation that is situated in close proximity to what is today Fort Vancouver's Visitors Center, which is scheduled to undergo extensive renovations in the near future (Dorset 2010 Pers. Comm.)....
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF A SEDIMENT SAMPLE FROM SITE 44FX113, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA (2018)
Site 44FX113 is located in Fairfax County, Virginia on the upland portion of the Coastal Plain Province. Within the site is an isolated planting bed. Although the site is historic, there are no records indicating the use of an isolated planting bed as a flower garden, kitchen garden, or a combination of the two. A sediment sample was taken from the planting bed situated in Feature 17-5 in Unit S98W25 approximately 1.25 feet beneath the modern ground surface and within 100 feet of a domestic...
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL DEPOSITS NEAR WEST LOCH, OAHU (1987)
Pollen samples were collected in conjunction with the archaeological survey of an historic settlement on the edge of West Loch in the flood plain of the Honouliuli Stream. Pollen samples were collected from trenches through areas that displayed probable fishpond or pond field sediments. These locations have been identified with the assistance of both historic information and examination of the sediments. Pollen analysis was oriented toward the recovery of pollen types that would indicate...
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF CORE SAMPLES FROM KAMO’OMAIKA’I FISH POND, HALELE’A DISTRICT, KAUA’I, HAWAII (2011)
Seven pollen samples collected from four separate cores at the Kamo’omaika’i fish pond in the Hanalei Ahupua’a of the Halele’a district in Kaua’i were examined (Table 1). The historic use of the area as a fishpond and also for rice agriculture is documented in the historic record. The use of this area prior to 1816, when it was described as a fish pond, is explored through this pollen analysis.
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE CHEYENNE RIVER, SOUTH DAKOTA (2003)
Single pollen samples from ten cores from the Cheyenne River area in South Dakota were examined in search of evidence that might indicate that these sediments accumulated during the historic era. Pollen evidence for the historic era includes pollen from plants known to have been introduced into the western United States during the historic era and are not native to this area. Examples include common weeds such as Erodium cicutarium (cranesbill), Cirsium (Russian thistle), Trifolium...
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE HONOLULU HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT CORRIDOR PROJECT, O’AHU ISLAND, HAWAI’I (2011)
Sediment samples collected during a Phase II mitigation of the Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project on O’ahu Island, Hawai’i were examined for pollen. The samples were collected from buried deposits thought to represent traditional Hawaiian wetland taro agriculture (lo’i) (Matt McDermott, personal communication, March 2, 2011). Pollen analysis was used to search for evidence of taro agriculture.
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT FROM SITE CSH 2, KAKA’AKO, HONOLULU, O’AHU, HAWAI’I (2019)
The Ward Block F Project is located in the Kaka’ako neighborhood of the city of Honolulu, O’ahu, Hawai’i, along the coast between Downtown Honolulu and Waikiki. Excavation of Site CSH 2 uncovered berms and pans related to historic period (post-1778) salt production below 20th century fill deposits. Eleven sediment samples were collected from Site CSH 2 for pollen analysis to determine the extent of historic human modification of the coastal landscape into salt production complexes.
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT FROM THE FORMAL GARDEN AT GUNSTON HALL PLANTATION, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA (1999)
Three pollen samples were collected along a pathway currently bounded by boxwood. These samples were examined to identify pollen that might represent historic vegetation in the gardens at Gunston Hall Plantation in Virginia. Samples were collected at a depth of approximately 5-6 inches below the surface in an effort to recover evidence of historic plants.
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM SITES 42KA2042, 42KA2044, 42KA2068, AND 42KA6104, KANE COUNTY, UTAH (2009)
Four sites representing a temporary camp of unknown prehistoric affiliation (42Ka2042), an Archaic and Virgin Anasazi temporary camp (42Ka2044), a Late Prehistoric lithic scatter and Historic habitation site (42Ka2068), and an Archaic lithic scatter (42Ka6104) were sampled for pollen to identify local past vegetation, as well as subsistence practices. Fourteen sediment samples, including four control samples, were submitted from these four sites in Kane County, Utah for pollen analysis.
Pollen Analysis of Sediments from the Niagra-Mohawk Power Corporation State Street Site, the Quackenbush Square Parking Garage Site, and the Court of Appeals Site (2002)
Subconsultant analysis of pollen from sediments collected at the Quackenbush Square Parking Facility Historic Archaeological Site and two other archaeological sites in Albany, NY. Report appeared as an appendix to the PDF Phase III report.
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENTS FROM WAIAKULA FISHPOND, O'AHU (2004)
Eighteen pollen samples were collected from three trenches at Waiakula Fishpond on the south shore of O'ahu, Hawai'i. This possible fishpond ·was defined by coral-based walls and probably was used in the AD 1400-1600s. The pollen record is a compilation of samples collected from several trenches in an effort to examine a stratigraphic sequence representing accumulation over time.
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF SUSPECTED GARDEN AREAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HAMILL HOUSE, GEORGETOWN, COLORADO (2002)
Twenty pollen samples were examined from suspected garden beds or plots associated with the Hamill House in Georgetown, Colorado. A modern surface sample was examined to provide control information concerning modern pollen rain. In addition, fifteen samples were examined from a possible garden plot in the northeast portion of the lot. This plot was slightly lower than the neighboring sodded area. A single sample was examined from the possible sodded area next to the garden. One sample was...