Archaic (Culture Keyword)
7,651-7,675 (9,666 Records)
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 ON THE INTERSTATE 70 GHOST ROCK DATA RECOVERY PROJECT, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH (1985)
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 AND CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION OF SAMPLES FROM CA-SDI-20130, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2014)
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 AT 42CB1279, UTAH (1999)
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 42GR2780, A MIDDLE ARCHAIC SITE IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH (1998)
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 48PA987 IN NORTHWESTERN WYOMING and POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT FA88-136-1 AND FA88-136-2 IN NORTHWESTERN WYOMING (1989)
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 BLUFF BENCH, SITE 42SA17725, SOUTHEAST UTAH (1996)
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 SITE 24LC1325 (1999)
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 42SL230, UTAH (2002)
Samples from general fill proveniences and a single pit from site 42SL230 at the Salt Lake airport, Utah, were examined for macrofloral remains. Individual charcoal samples were identified prior to submission for radiocarbon analysis. Nine soil samples from two columns and two pieces of groundstone also were analyzed for pollen. Site 42SL230 is a large, multicomponent site with Archaic, Late Prehistoric, and some Fremont deposits. The site experienced fairly severe bioturbation, and the...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 42UN2373, UTAH (2003)
The fill from a basin-shaped charcoal-stained sediment anomaly exposed in a sand dune at site 42UN2372 in northeast Utah was examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. A pollen control also was collected from the modern dune surface. Charcoal from this feature yielded a radiocarbon age of 3700-3490 BP, suggesting an Archaic occupation. Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined in an effort to help identify the function of this anomaly, which is believed to represent the remains of a...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 48001712 IN THE POWDER BASIN, NORTHEASTERN WYOMING (1994)
Samples from three columns at Site 48001712 in the southern Powder Basin of northeastern Wyoming were examined for pollen , and a mano was washed to recover pollen from the ground surface. In addition, flotation sanples from five hearths and a charcoal scatter were sampled for macrofloral remains. Two activity areas were noted at this site that are separated by about 80 meters. Radiocarbon dates suggest a Middle Archaic occupation, with the possibility of an earlier Early Archaic component....
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 48NA2779, WYOMING (1999)
Two pollen and four macrofloral samples were examined from 48NA2779, an archaeological site containing a house pit located south of the Powder River in Wyoming. Radiocarbon ages from two house pits (Features 3 and 4), are reported as 5260 ± 60 RCYBP 5490 ± 60 RCYBP, indicating an Archaic occupation. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted to identify plants processed or used in these house pits.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES 42SV2304 AND 42SV2229, FISH LAKE AREA, CENTRAL UTAH (1996)
Soil samples from features at Sites 42SV2304 and 42SV2229 from the Fish Lake area in central Utah were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Site 42SV2304 is a Fremont site with a rock-ringed structure. Site 42SV2229 is a multicomponent site with occupations ranging from the Late Archaic through the historic period. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were used to determine if root crops, such as Claytonia (spring beauty) or Lomatium (biscuit root), may have been harvested and processed...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES 48FR5305 AND 48FR5343 FOR THE ROCK RIDGE PROJECT, WYOMING (2005)
Pollen, macrofloral, and charcoal samples were examined from sites 48FR5305 and 48FR5343 near Riverton, Wyoming. These sites were identified as a result of the Tom Brown, Inc. Rock Ridge #6-24 construction project in Fremont County, Wyoming. Pollen and macrofloral samples were recovered from levels of fill in a large earth oven and from the fill of a deep, steep-sided basin at 48FR5305, as well as from different levels of fill from an earth oven at 48FR5343. Samples were collected from...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES AZ M:7:41(ASM), AZ M:7:42 (ASM) , AZ M:8:27(ASM)/ AND AZ M:8:37(ASM) IN THE LOWER MAMMOTH DATA RECOVERY PROJECT, NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA (1995)
Soil samples from four sites in the Lower Mammoth Data Recovery (Bagdad) project area, northwest Arizona, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Site AZ M:7:41 (ASM) represents a large rock shelter that was occupied during the Late Archaic period, while Sites AZ M: 7:42(ASM) and AZ M:8:37(ASM) represent Late Prehistoric rock shelter sites. Site AZ M:8:27(ASM) contained numerous roasting pits that formed a debris or mound pile, and radiocarbon dates suggest a Protohistoric to...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE KETTLE CREEK SITES (36CN199 AND 36CN165) , IN CLINTON COUNTY, NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA (1994)
Samples from two prehistoric sites on opposite banks of Kettle Creek (36CN199 and 36CN165) in Clinton County, north-central Pennsylvania, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites are multicomponent sites with occupations ranging from the Archaic through the Late Woodland periods. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide prehistoric subsistence information.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE NOMAD SITE, 48SW9204, SOUTHWEST WYOMING (2003)
The floated light fractions from the fill of five basin hearth features at the Nomad site, 48SW9204, in southwest Wyoming were examined for macrofloral remains to provide information concerning plant resources that were utilized by the site occupants. In addition, a mano fragment found on the edge of a small pit of unknown function (Feature 6) was washed for pollen and starches to determine plants that might have been ground using the mano. A soil control was collected with the mano....
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR SAMPLES FROM SITE 42DC823, NORTHEAST UTAH (1999)
Samples from prehistoric site 42DC823 in northeast Utah were sampled for pollen and/or macrofloral remains. This site has been lithic cross-dated to the late Archaic and possibly the protohistoric, while radiocarbon dates range from 3740 to 840 BP. Pollen and macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning possible plant resources utilized by the Archaic occupants of the site.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR SAMPLES FROM SITES 41MV318 AND 41MV319 IN THE DOS REPUBLICAS PROJECT AREA, TEXAS (2011)
Samples from the fill of three concentrations of burned rock and soil interpreted as hearths from sites 32MV318 and 32MV319 were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites are located in the Dos Republicas project area near Elm Creek, a tributary to the Rio Grande River, in southern Texas. Radiocarbon dates from these three features reflect Middle and Late Archaic occupations. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FOR THE CORAL CANYON II PROJECT, SITES 42WS1220, 42WS1221, 42WS1222, AND 42WS3636, UTAH (2003)
Samples from four sites in the Coral Canyon II archaeological project in southwest Utah were examined for pollen and/or macrofloral remains. These sites represent Middle Archaic Late Archaic, and Southern Paiute occupations of the area. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide subsistence information concerning plant resources available to, and possibly processed by, the various occupants of the sites.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS FROM 48CR1929, 48CR3961, AND 48CR3962, CARBON COUNTY, WYOMING (1982)
Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from three sites twelve miles southeast of Wamsutter, Wyoming during the course of archaeological mitigation along the Mapco Pipeline. The sites represent Altithermal, Middle Archaic, and Late Archaic/Late Prehistoric occupations. These sites, 48CR39l, 48CR1929, and 48CR3962, are located within two miles of each other in the Red Desert/Great Divide Basin area of western Carbon County. The present environment at these sites is a mixed desert...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF A DARK ORGANIC STAIN AT SITE AZ B:1:36(ASM), NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA (1996)
Fill from a dark organic stain in a sand dune at Site AZ B:1:36(ASM) in northwest Arizona was analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. Artifacts recovered from this stain also were washed for pollen. This stain was exposed by a roadcut, and may represent the remains of cultural activities from the Archaic Period. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning subsistence activities to help determine eligibility of the site for inclusion in the National...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF A SINGLE HEARTH FROM SITE 48FR5351, WYOMING (2006)
The fill from a single hearth excavated during mitigation at site 48FR5351 in the Wind River Basin of central Wyoming was examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site consists of the hearth (Feature 2) and a tight concentration of fire-cracked rock (Feature 1). Charcoal from the hearth yielded a conventional radiocarbon age of 1520 ± 40 BP, placing use of the hearth at the transition from the Late Archaic (2500-1500 BP) to the Late Prehistoric (1500-200 BP). Pollen and macrofloral...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF FEATURE FILL FROM SITES 42WN1975 (CARCASS CORNERS) AND 42WN2150, SOUTH-CENTRAL UTAH (2000)
Sediment samples from features at Late Archaic Sites 42WN1975 and 42WN2150 in south-central Utah were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning plants available to and utilized by the Late Archaic occupants of these sites.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF HEARTH FILL AT 5EA2145, WESTERN COLORADO (2003)
Site 5EA2145 consists of an isolated hearth exposed in a road cutbank west of McCoy, Colorado. Fill from the hearth was examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. The hearth had been heavily disturbed by road maintenance activities and was in danger of being destroyed; therefore, a salvage operation was undertaken to obtain radiocarbon, subsistence, and paleoclimatic samples. Charred material from the hearth yielded a calibrated radiocarbon date of 3250 ± 60 years B.P. (Beta 180108),...