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This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Since the publishing of Irrigation Communities: A Comparative Study in 1955, sociopolitical hierarchy has factored strongly in interpretations of irrigation system control. A lively debate has developed as to where control lies, ranging from a central authority (top-down) to water user cooperatives (bottom-up). Although Hohokam irrigation has appeared in that...
The Political Waves of Displacement: Heritage and Neoliberal Urban Renewal (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Urban Erasures and Contested Memorial Assemblages" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. During the 19th and 20th centuries in the US, some urbanization methods included displacement of the working-class and communities of color. Discriminatory housing policies delineated communities to the periphery of the urban landscape, many to industrial zones or fringe housing stock. Largely forgotten, these communities now find...
The Politics of Pots: Becoming New Communities in the Historic Northern Rio Grande (2018)
In contemporary New Mexico, the tripartite division of presumed "Anglo", "Indian", and "Hispano" ethnic communities is naturalized in scholarship and in everyday life, but projecting this division into the past elides diverse historical realities. Pueblo, Apache, and vecino notions of community and landscape stand in contrast to the American imaginaries that underpin some historical anthropology and archaeology in the Southwest. This paper considers the archaeological interpretation of...
The Politics of Practice Theory: Feminist Archaeology Meets Marx and Bourdieu (2019)
This is an abstract from the "The Transformation of Historical Archaeology: Papers in Honor of Charles E Orser, Jr" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In his influential book Race and Practice in Archaeological Interpretation, Charles Orser provided arguably the clearest and most powerful explanation of the usefulness of Bourdieu’s practice theory for historical archaeologists. Despite the use of practice theory for more than two...
Politics, Professionalism, and the Public in Archaeology: The Endeavour Bark Project (2020)
This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP) incorporates the public into professionally directed marine archaeology research. Its volunteers understand how archaeology differs from the popular media, understand the importance of cultural resource protection, and become a constituent group empowering that protection. RIMAP's ongoing study of the British transports scuttled in...
Politics, The Public, And Archaeology In Texas (2017)
This study examines organizations performing CRM archaeology in the state of Texas and the federal laws that dictate their projects (e.g. Section 106 and its implementing regulations at 36 CFR 800.2 [c]). Specifically this research focuses on the legal requirements to "consult the public" or implement a "public outreach" program. However, who constitutes the public and what constitutes outreach and consultation is not specified in the regulations. Consequently, the standards do not necessarily...
The Polk Brothers Livestock Stockyards of Fort Worth (2017)
Brothers James Hilliard Polk and Lucius Junius Polk banded together to form the Polk Brothers Livestock stockyards of Fort Worth. Established in 1885 they were the first stockyard in Fort Worth. They were located south of the present Fort Worth Union stockyards and situated conveniently at the intersection of two rail lines. One notable contract they received was to supply the British Army with horses and mules during the Boer Wars in South Africa at the turn of the twentieth century. Around...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SEDIMENT FROM GEO TRENCHES IN RESACA PALO ALTO, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS (2011)
A series of geo trenches were excavated across the Resaca Palo Alto, into the levees, and just outside the Resaca near Brownsville, Texas. Resaca Palo Alto is a paleochannel of the Rio Grande River. The Resaca deposits consist of three sediment packages deposited during different episodes of fluvial activity. Pollen analysis was conducted on samples from the geo trenches to provide information concerning the paleoenvironmental history of the Resaca. In addition, charcoal recovered from the lower...
Pollen Analysis as a Proxy for Land Use Practices in Massachusetts, 1500-1700 CE (2020)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "New Research on the “Old Colony”: Recent Approaches to Plymouth Archaeology" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Questions of land—who owns it, who controls it, who alters it—are central to human relationships, particularly in colonial contexts where power dynamics are embedded within the physical landscape. In Massachusetts, land was central to cooperation and conflict between the Wampanoag and English. Land...
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF CORES FROM SITE GA426, OFFSHORE NEAR GALVESTON, TEXAS (2011)
Five sediment samples from two cores collected at site GA426, located approximately 31 miles offshore near Galveston, Texas, were examined for pollen. The site is on an old river terrace that is now submerged in an estuary or back bay. The site is a possible Paleoindian site that is expected to date to between approximately 9,000 and 10,000 BP. The area was above water during the last glacial maximum and was subsequently submerged in the range of 8,400 to 10,000 BP (Patrick Hesp, personal...
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE SIREN SITE (41WM1126), WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS. (2011)
Two soil samples representing features from the Siren Site (41WM1126) were submitted for pollen analysis. Recovery of Scallorn arrow points from the sample, combined with a radiocarbon date of 1260-550 cal yr BP from the 2009 survey, indicate a Late Prehistoric I and II Austin Phase occupation. In addition, a Transitional Archaic occupation lies below this level (Steve Carpenter, personal communication, February 14, 2011). Pollen analysis of these samples was undertaken to provide information...
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 OF THERMAL FEATURES AT SITE 41BS611, BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS (2010)
Fill from six features at site 41BS611 in Big Bend National Park, Texas, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These features represent shallow, basin-shaped hearths/thermal features capped with fire-cracked rock. This site is noted to be a large, multicomponent, open campsite containing surface features and deposits of flaked stone and ground stone artifacts. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the occupants of...
POLLEN AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES GA426 AND HI178, TEXAS GULF COAST (2010)
Three core samples recovered from two underwater sites (GA426 and HI178) on the outer continental shelf off the Texas coast in the Gulf of Mexico were submitted for pollen and organic residue analysis. Two of the samples were examined for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and two were examined for pollen. Pollen and organic residue analysis will be used to determine if the core samples represent sites on land or deposition of floral remains blown to sea.
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS FROM THE EAGLE CAVE SITE, VAL VERDE COUNTY, TEXAS (2017)
An Ovis (sheep) coprolite recovered from Eagle Cave in Val Verde County, Texas, was submitted for pollen and phytolith analysis.
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF A STAIN AT 41EN169, TEXAS (1990)
Pollen and phytolith samples were examined from an organic stain at 41RN169 in Runnels County, Texas in an effort to identify the origin of the stain. Control samples from unstained matrix were also examined for both pollen and phytoliths to establish a record with which to compare the data obtained from examination of the stain.
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF GROUNDSTONE AND CERAMIC RESIDUE FROM SITE 41PN175, TEXAS (2012)
Groundstone tools and ceramic sherds from site 41PN175 were submitted for pollen, phytolith, and starch grain analyses. This site is a middle-late Caddoan farmstead or hamlet located in Panola County, in eastern Texas. Pollen, starch, and phytolith analyses were used to recover and identify microscopic plant remains derived from processing and cooking activities.
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT ASSOCIATED WITH A BURIAL AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF HUMAN BONE FROM SITES 41HY161 AND 41HY163, SAN MARCOS, TEXAS (2009)
Previous pollen analysis of a sample associated with a burial from site 41HY163 in south-central Texas yielded possible evidence of Zea mays pollen. Because the identification was tentative, an additional soil sample was submitted to PaleoResearch Institute for testing. Pollen and phytolith analyses were conducted for the specific purpose of finding any evidence for the presence of Zea mays or to find pollen types that might be confused with Zea mays. After completion of the pollen and phytolith...
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT ASSOCIATED WITH A BURIAL FROM SITE 41HY163, SAN MARCOS, TEXAS (2009)
Previous pollen analysis of a sample associated with a burial from site 41HY163 yielded possible evidence of Zea mays pollen. Because the identification was tentative, an additional sample was submitted to Paleo Research Institute for testing. Pollen and phytolith analyses were conducted for the specific purpose of finding any evidence for the presence of Zea mays or to find any suspicious looking remains that might be confused with Zea mays.
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS FOR THE SEARCHER SITE (02-387), BREWSTER COUNTY, TEXAS (2012)
The Searcher Site in Brewster County, Texas contains multiple archaeological sites that are being examined individually. Site 02-387 represents a Late Paleoindian occupation. A pollen and starch analysis of fill from this feature was undertaken to provide information concerning the paleoenvironment and the types of plants that might have been processed.
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM 41CV389, FORT HOOD, TEXAS (2010)
Site 41CV389 is located at the confluence of Cowhouse and Table Rock Creeks in Fort Hood, Texas. Two samples were collected from features and analyzed for pollen and starches to find evidence of economic activity.
Pollen Results From the Loop 375 Archaeological Project (1988)
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Pollen Statistics from Pratt Cave: Preliminary Report (1965)
Pilot study of 9 pollen samples to assess pollen preservation, potential to aid stratigraphic analysis, and recognition of environmental changes.
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 41DL436, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS (2011)
Site 41DL436 lies in a floodplain of Fish Creek in Dallas County, Texas. Pollen and phytolith samples were collected stratigraphically from a column at this site as a feasibility study to examine preservation of these proxy data records. Four samples were examined for macrofloral remains to recover charred material for AMS radiocarbon dating. Charcoal from features in other areas of the site yielded radiocarbon dates from 110 BP to 1090 BP. Four AMS radiocarbon dates were obtained from various...
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...