Archaic (Culture Keyword)
7,701-7,725 (9,666 Records)
A prehistoric open campsite, 48SU2326, located east of Sand Draw on a rolling plain, was excavated in association with pipeline trench construction. A cultural horizon (Stratum IIb) yielded evidence of a single occupation represented by numerous thermal basins (Brent Buenger, personal communication April 8, 2015). One modern surface sample and three stratigraphic samples, representing the cultural stratum and the strata immediately below and above it, were submitted for pollen analysis to...
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 5DA3208 AND 5DA3419, DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO (2018)
Sites 5DA3208 and 5DA3419 are located south of the town of Parker in Douglas County, Colorado. A 2017 excavation of Site 5DA3208 by ERO Resources revealed a multicomponent prehistoric open camp centered on a knoll overlooking Newlin Gulch (Marcus Espinosa, personal communication, November 21, 2018). Based upon identification of associated cultural materials, ERO suggests that Site 5DA3208 was most intensely occupied during the Late Archaic period. Additional evidence for Early Ceramic and Middle...
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM SITE 48SU3993, SUBLETTE COUNTY, WYOMING (2017)
Site 48SU3993 exhibits three cultural components representing the Great Divide phase of the Early Archaic, the Opal phase of the Early Archaic, and the Pine Spring phase of the Late Archaic. Situated in the northern portion of the Wyoming Basin, this hunter-gatherer open camp represents multiple short-term residential camps. Pollen analysis of the modern surface, three stratigraphic samples, and nine thermal feature samples, as well as starch analysis of the same nine thermal feature samples,...
Pollen Studies of the Oaxacan Archaic: Preliminary Statement (1968)
Early version of the paper published in American Antiquity, 1974.
A Pollen Study of the Abiquiu Reservoir (1979)
Draft of the paper published in J.D. Beal, 1980, "1979 Sample and Site Specific Testing Program at Abiquiu Reservoir." School of American Research Contract Archaeology Report.
POLLEN, CERAMIC RESIDUE, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN, AND SHELL ANALYSIS FOR SITES IN THE ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST, UTAH (2003)
Pollen, phytolith, starch, macrofloral, and protein residue analyses were conducted on numerous samples from a variety of archaeological sites in Ashley National Forest, Utah. Sites range In elevation from approxlmately 6100 feet to 9000 feet. In addition, a single shell was submitted for identification. Botanical analyses focused on recovery of information that might indicate economic activity. In addition, the pollen record was expected to provide information concerning local vegetation. A...
POLLEN, FLOTATION, AND MACROBOTANICAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 5AH416, CENTRAL COLORADO (1996)
Samples from Site 5AH416 were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. All but one of the samples were recovered from unlined, cobble-filled hearths. The site is believed to represent a large, prehistoric open camp. This site may be a multicomponent site. Late Archaic style projectile points were recovered from the Feature 5 grid block, while cord-marked ceramics and small corner-notched points suggest seasonal Early Ceramic period (Woodland) occupations. Pollen and macrofloral analyses...
POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, AMS RADICOARBON DATING, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSES AT SITE 24RL0371 FOR THE BAKKEN PIPELINE PROJECT, EASTERN MONTANA (2012)
Fill from a hearth at site 24RL0371 in eastern Montana, near the North Dakota border, was examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Charcoal and charred botanics recovered from the hearth fill were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. A projectile point also was examined for possible protein residues. This site is a pre-contact (Middle Archaic) lithic scatter and historic trash dump. The prehistoric component might have been used as a long-term or multi-seasonal campsite....
POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS AT SITES 42WS2871 , 42WS2872, 42GA3818, 42IN1371, AND 24EM2686, SOUTHERN UTAH (2003)
Samples from five archaeological sites in southwest Utah were submitted for pollen and macrofloral analysis to provide information concerning plant resources utilized at the various sites. Artifacts from three of the sites were analyzed for possible protein residues to determine use of animal resources. Sites 42Ws2871 and 42Ws2872 are located within the city limits of St. George. Site 42Ws2871 is a rock shelter with numerous associated features. A conventional radiocarbon age of 310 ± 40 BP,...
POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FOR THE BEAVER CREEK PIPELINE PROJECT, CENTRAL WYOMING (1993)
This large report discussing and interpreting the pollen and macrofloral records for the Beaver Creek sites 48FR3244, 48ER3245, 48ER3243, 48ER3091, 48ER3092, and 48FR3242 is organized to provide information to many different readers. A review of ethnobotanic literature provides a summary of recorded historic uses for many of the plant types represented in this record. This review is meant to provide a guideline for potential uses of the various plants, not to imply that we can reconstruct the...
POLLEN, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, AND ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION (XRF) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM LA ALBERCA ROCKSHELTER, MEXICO (2018)
La Alberca Rockshelter is a highland cliff painting site located in the Tancítaro volcanic range foothills, Michoacan, Mexico. The site exhibits Mesoamerican motifs on the primary rock panel, while Archaic motifs are distributed throughout the cliff walls. Excavations at the rockshelter recovered obsidian flakes, an obsidian arrowhead, a smoothing or polishing rock, faunal remains, and a human skeleton. The burial included grave goods, and upon further excavation, it appears to have been...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSES FOR RANCHO VERDE, SITE W-240, CALIFORNIA (1999)
Pollen, phytolith, and/or protein residue analysis were conducted on a variety of tools and associated soil controls from Rancho Verde, Site W-240, in southern California. Site W-240 exhibits both a Paleo-lndian (San Dieguito) assemblage and an Archaic assemblage. Current debate ranges over whether the groundstone belongs to the Archaic occupation or the Paleolndian occupation. Pollen, phytolith, and protein residue analyses were conducted at this site to assist in identifying the range of...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS FOR SITES AZ-P-54-24, AZ-P-54-177, AND AZ-P-54-179, APACHE COUNTY, ARIZONA (1993)
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...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 41HE338, HENDERSON COUNTY, TEXAS (2016)
Site 41HE338, located northeast of Poynor in southeastern Henderson County, Texas, occupies an ecotone between the Pineywoods and Post Oak Savanna ecological regions of East/Northeast Texas. Situated on a generally level Pleistocene strath terrace above Caddo Creek at an elevation of approximately 137 m (450 ft) above mean sea level (amsl) and approximately 15 m (50 ft) above the Caddo Creek floodplain, this site has been occupied intermittently since the Paleoindian period. Radiocarbon dates...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH GRAIN ANALYSIS OF FEATURE FILL AND GROUND STONE TOOLS FROM SITE LA 159879, LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (2011)
Feature fill sediment samples and groundstone tools from site LA 159879, Luna County, New Mexico, were submitted for various combinations of pollen, phytolith, and starch grain analysis. Archaeological field investigations at LA 159879 suggest that the site represents the remains of a Late Archaic period base camp. The camp is located on the Deming Flood Plain inside the greater Mimbres Bolson. This analysis was undertaken to recover and identify microbotanical remains of plants associated with...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, AND CHARCOAL ANALYSES IN THE JEWETT MINE PROJECT AREA, TEXAS (1990)
Fossil pollen, phytoliths, macrofloral remains, and charcoal from archeological and geological sites at the Jewett Mine, Texas are analyzed in this appendix. Pollen analysis provides an overview of regional vegetation and hence paleoenvironments for this area. Pollen columns were collected at an alluvial geological site in the Buffalo Creek floodplain and at an archeological site, 41LN106, in the Lambs Creek drainage for this reconstruction. Companion phytolith samples were collected from the...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS AT THE BUCKEYE KNOLL SITE, 41VT98, EASTERN TEXAS (2004)
Two separate areas were excavated at the Buckeye Knoll Site, 41VT98, in southeast Texas. Each of these areas had a stratified sequence. The Knoll Top excavation block contained an Early Archaic cemetery, a few hearth features, and midden deposits. Strata in this excavation block represent the late Paleo-Indian to the Late Prehistoric. A milling stone fragment found in the Knoll Top excavation block was washed for both pollen/starches and protein residues, while general fill, hearth fill,...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) ANALYSIS FOR SAMPLES FROM SORBELLO SITE 1, 28-SA-214, SALEM COUNTY, NEW JERSEY (2018)
The Sorbello 1 Site (28-Sa-214) is located in Oldmans Township, Salem County, New Jersey. The site is bordered by Beaver Creek to the north and the Beaver Creek confluence and Myers Run to the northeast. Diagnostic tools recovered from the Sorbello 1 Site date to the Late Archaic Period (circa 4,000–1,500 BP), and Locus 5 dates to the Middle Archaic, spanning to the Transitional Archaic or Early Woodland. Eleven samples, including fire cracked rock (FCR) sediment and lithic artifacts, were...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, PROTEIN (CIEP) AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF GROUND STONE SAMPLES FROM THE SPOTTED PONY SITE (5BL82), BOULDER COUNTY, COLORADO (2015)
The Spotted Pony site (5BL82) is an Early-Middle Archaic campsite situated in a small grassland clearing along the middle fork of the St. Vrain River in western Boulder County, Colorado. Dates for the site average to 5390 ± 25 RCYBP, placing it with the Mt. Albion complex of the middle Holocene period (Jason La Belle, personal communication February 23, 2015). A milling slab and handstone recovered from the site were submitted for pollen, phytolith, starch, protein residue (CIEP), and organic...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS, AND ARCHAEOCLIMATIC MODELING FOR THE LOWER ARMORY STREET STUDY, HARPERS FERRY NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, WEST VIRGINIA (2012)
The archaeology program at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park has uncovered historic and prehistoric deposits at the Lower Armory Grounds. Soil samples, projectile points, and ceramic sherds from these deposits were submitted for pollen, starch, phytolith, and protein residue analyses. In addition, archaeoclimatic models were developed to provide insight into the climatic conditions of both the prehistoric and historic periods. The goal of this research is to better understand the...
POLLEN, PHYTOLlTH, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE HUECO TANKS STATE HISTORIC SITE, 41EP2, TEXAS (2003)
Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from areas of midden deposits at the Hueco Tanks State Historic Site, 41EP2, in west Texas. The site was divided into 29 archaeological localities to provide convenient units for analysis and management. Time-diagnostic artifacts from these localities indicate that Hueco Tanks was occupied primarily during the Formative period (A.D. 200-1450), although one Paleoindian (10,000 to 6000 B.C.), several Archaic (6000 B.C. to A.D. 200), and a few...
POLLEN, PHYTOLlTH, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS FOR THE WEST BLENNERHASSETT SITE (46WD83-A), WEST VIRGINIA (2006)
A total of 24 lithic artifacts and 3 pieces of groundstone were submitted from the West Blennerhassett site (46WD83-A) on the West Blennerhassett Island in the Ohio River, northwest West Virginia. Samples were recovered from horizons associated with occupations from the Late Early Archaic (c. 6470-6300 B.C.) through the Terminal Early Archaic-Early Middle Archaic (c. 6210-5430 B.C.). The groundstone were washed to recover pollen, phytoliths, and starches to provide evidence for processing...
POLLEN, PHYTOLlTH, MACROFLORAL, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 26CK2605 (2003)
Samples from an Anasazi pit structure at site 26CK2605 in southern Nevada were submitted for pollen, macrofloral, phytolith, and/or protein residue analyses. Fill from a Late Archaic hearth also was examined for macrofloral remains. This site is very large and contains numerous loci and features. The pit structure and thermal pit were located in Midden 1 at Locus 1 in the vicinity of a spring channel. Analyzes were conducted to address questions of subsistence. Pollen, phytolith, and...
POLLEN, PHYTOLlTH, STARCH, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM THE GODBEY FIELD SITE, 46WD214, NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA (2005)
The Godbey Field Site, 46Wd214, is a multi-component open air site located in Wood County, northwest West Virginia. Five groundstone artifacts dating from the Early Archaic to Middle Woodland periods were examined for pollen, phytoliths, and starches in order to provide information regarding the local environment and plant resources available to the occupants of the site. Additionally, nine lithic artifacts associated with the Early to Middle Archaic periods were tested for possible protein...
POLLEN, PHYTOLlTH, STARCH, MACROFLORAL, AND PROTEIN ANALYSIS OF MATERIAL FROM 42PI275, THE ZEVON II SITE, UTAH (2003)
Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted on numerous samples collected both inside and outside a shallow depression at the Zevon II site (42PI275), located near Circleville, Utah. These analyses focused on identifying plants that might have been processed by the Late Archaic to Early Formative or Fremont occupants of this site. In addition, the pollen record provides evidence of local vegetation at the time of occupation. Two human teeth found inside this depression were examined to...