Archaic (Culture Keyword)

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The DAP research design was structured to systematically address broad domains of inquiry that encompass economy and adaptation, paleodemography, social organization, extra-regional relationships, and cultural process. The variables used in the botanical datasets represent the various lines of evidence needed to mitigate “bioturbation, preservation, and sampling biases” and establish the “case for cultural association of botanical remains preserved in the archaeological record” (Petersen, Clay...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Site 48CO1409, Converse County, Wyoming, contains six stone circles/tipi rings with limited chipped-stone artifacts and a small dart point. The upland site is situated among eroded hills that provide the necessary materials for tipi ring construction along the South Fork Dry Fork Cheyenne River (dry) (John Greer, personal communication June 15, 2015). Core 4, Ring 1, demonstrated a buried charcoal/ash layer at 10–14 cmbs. A sample recovered from this cored layer was submitted for macrofloral...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Site 7594-1 lies on the crest of a high and narrow ridge 12.2 miles north of Glenrock, in Converse County, east-central Wyoming. Diagnostic artifacts recovered at this lithic scatter indicate Late Archaic (~ 500 BC to AD 1000) occupation (John Greer, personal communication May 5, 2015). Ash fill from the soil probes across the middle of a hearth was submitted for macrofloral analysis and AMS radiocarbon age determination.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

The small prehistoric Site 48CO3613, located in Converse County, Wyoming, is a lithic scatter with a surface-exposed open hearth feature. A small projectile point, recovered among the scattered flakes and tools, is believed to be a Late Archaic dart point from approximately 2000 BP (John Greer, personal communication November 16, 2014). Charcoal/ash-rich feature fill was collected from the hearth and submitted for macrofloral analysis and AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Site 48CO3625 represents an isolated hearth located in Converse County, Wyoming. The feature, exposed in the middle of a road, was sampled for macrofloral analysis and AMS radiocarbon dating. No artifacts were directly associated with the site; however, lithics were recovered within approximately 50 m of the hearth. The date is expected to fall within the Late Archaic or early Late Prehistoric Period, about 2000 years BP (John Greer, personal communication November 15, 2014).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Soil samples from between and below two stacked metates sitting atop a hearth at site 5WL6465 in northeastern Colorado were examined for macrofloral remains. Charcoal fragments recovered from the samples were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is a multicomponent site containing diagnostic projectile points from the Middle Archaic (3000-1000 B.C.) and Late Prehistoric (A.D. 150-1540), as well as ceramics from the Middle Ceramic (A.D. 1150-1540). Macrofloral analysis is used to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a shallow hearth at 48SW14020 was floated to recover macrofloral remains. This feature yielded an uncalibrated radiocarbon age of 4670 ± 60 BP, indicating an Archaic occupation. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources processed in this hearth.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from eight archaeological sites along Navajo Route 474(4) in Sandoval County, New Mexico, were floated to recover macrofloral remains. Three botanic samples also were examined. These sites represent prehistoric Archaic or Basketmaker II occupations, Pueblo III, and historic Navajo sites. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources that were utilized by the various occupants of the sites. Macrofloral analysis will assist in addressing the research...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Two soil samples from pit features at Site 32NM212 in eastern Pennsylvania were floated to recover charred macrofloral remains. The area contains both Archaic and Late Woodland components, and charcoal from the pit features samples was separated for radiocarbon dating. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning possible plant resources that may have been utilized by the occupants of this site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Two samples from the lower 20 cm of fill from a partly deflated hearth/roasting feature at site 5LA10929 were floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site was exposed in a modern road cut at the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS) in southeast Colorado. It is a multi-component sheltered camp with a sparse lithic scatter, rock art, and thermal features. Charcoal from the feature yielded radiocarbon ages of 1935 ± 120 and 1855 ± 95 BP, reflecting occupation during the Late Archaic/Developmental...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Three samples from the stratified fill from a large Middle Archaic pit at site 5MF4929 in northwest Colorado were examined for macrofloral remains. A single sample from the homogeneous fill of a small, shallow oxidized basin also was floated to recover macrofloral remains; however, the feature yielded a modern date of 118.71 ± 0.72 pmc (Beta-182157) and likely represents burned modern trash. These features were discovered during road construction activities for the Cobb State #1 access and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

A total of 98 soil samples from arbitrary levels in 2-m x 2-m units and from features in the southeast portion of Site 12PE929, the Cawalivano site, in Perry County, Indiana, were examined for macrofloral remains. This area of the site contains two primary cultural horizons, representing Middle Archaic and Late Archaic occupations. Archaeological investigation at this site provides a unique opportunity to study early prehistoric lifeways in the Ohio Valley, particularly how groups utilized...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

The fill from a rock feature at site 10VY348 in west-central Idaho was floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site represents a prehistoric camp, and diagnostic artifacts suggest Late Archaic and Late Prehistoric occupations. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized at the site and to aid in determining a possible function for the rock feature.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a hearth with fire-cracked rock at site 48AB1878 in southeast Wyoming was floated to recover charred macrofloral remains. This site is a multicomponent site with chipped stone tools and debitage, fire-cracked rock scatters, and diagnostic artifacts from the Middle and Late Archaic periods as well as the Late Prehistoric period (Adams 2009). Sagebrush charcoal from the hearth returned a date of 2940 ± 40 BP (Beta 263534). Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide subsistence...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from the fill of four hearth features at site MOC SD 3-4-2 and one hearth feature at 48SW10697(MOC WAM 2-4-18) were examined for macrofloral remains. These sites represent large prehistoric camps in southern Wyoming. The hearth from 48SW10697(MOC WAM 2-4-18) and one of the hearths from MOC SD 3-4-2 represent Middle Archaic occupations of the area with radiocarbon dates of 3810 ± 50 BP and 3620 ± 50 BP, respectively. A Late Archaic occupation is represented by Hearth 24 (1670 ± 60...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from six hearths at Site 5BLl53 in northern Colorado were examined for macrofloral remains. This site is a multicomponent site, and the hearths represent late Archaic, Middle Archaic, and late Prehistoric occupations. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning woods used as fuel and plants processed at the site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from several sites in the Ancho Canyon Mine Area, New Mexico, were examined for macrofloral remains. This area appears to be one where several cultures overlapped. Radiocarbon dates range from 290 B.C. to A.D. 1870, representing Late Archaic through historic Jicarilla Apache occupations. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning subsistence activities at these sites.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kovacik.

The Bailey Site (NYSM #11165) is a small campsite in Oswego County, New York, containing artifacts dating from the Chance Phase of the Late Woodland Period. There is also a Transitional/Terminal Archaic component to the campsite,although this occupation left no large features and seems to reflect limited site use. The light fractions of seventeen flotation samples collected from features and use surfaces were submitted for macrofloral analysis to provide evidence of seasonal or year-round...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Nine samples from features at Sites 5HF1079, 5HF1082 , 5HF1096 , and 5HF1109 in south-central Colorado were floated to recover charred macrofloral remains. These sites represent late Archaic through late Prehistoric occupations, with radiocarbon dates ranging from 2060 ± 70 BP to 520 ± 60 BP. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized at these sites.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

The floated light fractions from five samples at Site CA-SDI-13078 (Rhodes Crossing Project) were analyzed for macrofloral remains. This site is located in San Diego, California, and radiocarbon dates reflect Late Archaic and Late Prehistoric occupations. Samples were recovered from columns in two control units, one of which contained a small hearth. Macrofloral analysis is used to determine plant resources processed at the site, as well as wood burned as fuel.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from features at sites CA-SBR-5568/H, CA-SBR-10073, CA-SBR-10074, CASBR-10075, CA-SBR-10078, and CA-SBR-12464 in southern California were processed for macrofloral remains and examined using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR). In addition, charcoal from CA-SBR-5568/H was submitted for AMS radiocarbon analysis. Sites CA-SBR-10073, CA-SBR-10074, and CA-SBR-10075 represent prehistoric vegetation processing and lithic reduction activity areas that appear to have been seasonally...

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

Red Canyon Ranch, located in the foothills of the Owl Creek Mountains southwest of Thermopolis, Wyoming, contains evidence for multiple human occupations from Paleoindian to Historic times. Archaeological investigations and subsequent archaeobotanical analyses and radiocarbon age determinations span a period of several years and are currently ongoing. To facilitate these analyses, a single site designation of 48HO375 has been assigned. The earliest investigation centered on two hearths: one...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Peter Kováčik. R.A. Varney. Kathryn Puseman. Jammi L. Ladwig.

The goal of the Permian Basin MOA Task Order 10 was to analyze 500 AMS radiocarbon samples collected from feature context by the Carlsbad Field Office Cultural Resource Staff (including recovering and identifying charcoal and/or burned annual remains from each of the samples prior to selecting the best item to date), as well as analyzing 500 duplicate samples collected at the same locations for environmental and subsistence related evidence using starch, phytolith, and macrobotanical analyses....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Franktown Cave is a large rockshelter in Douglas County, Colorado, that experienced multiple occupations from at least the Middle Archaic through the Protohistoric periods. A large amount of material has been collected in the cave from five separate excavations dating to the 1940s, 1950s, and 1976 including chipped stone artifacts; ground stone; potsherds; perishable artifacts such as fiber, hide, bone, and wood; and ecofacts such as com, other plant remains, animal bone, shell, and wood. A...

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

A single sediment sample was recovered from Unit N971.87/E973.75 during Phase III excavations at the Betzwood Boathouse, located in Valley Forge National Historic Park, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. This sample was examined for macrofloral remains and for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR). Charcoal from the macrofloral sample was AMS radiocarbon dated. Three projectile points from the unit were analyzed for protein residues. Diagnostic artifacts suggest a...