San Juan County, Utah (Geographic Keyword)
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This report presents the results of two archeological studies of prehistoric lithic procurement locations: the Halls Crossing site (42SA14829) in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and the White Crack site (42SA17597) in Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah. Both studies suggest that these lithic sources were exploited by mobile hunter-gatherers who produced bifacial cores that they transported throughout their ranges. These thin bifaces served as multipurpose implements,...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 42SA17446, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH (1986)
Site 42SA17446 is located in the Paradox Basin on the Colorado Plateau between Dry Valley and Lisbon Valley in San Juan County, Utah. The site is a multi-component that may exhibit occupations between the middle Archaic an the Late Prehistoric. Eight features were excavated, although only two of the hearths/roasting pits, which were well-preserved, were sampled for pollen. Pollen analysis for these two features was undertaken to provide subsistence data for the site.
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF A HEARTH FROM 42SA10685, SOUTHEASTERN UTAH (1982)
Four pollen samples were taken in connection with the archaeological monitoring of a well pad on Black Mesa in San Juan County, Utah. The site (42SA 10685) was located at an elevation of 5560 feet and consisted of a hearth and a shallow basin metate. Three of these samples represent the stratigraphic sampling of the hearth, while the fourth was taken from the present ground surface.
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 42SA24852, 42SA24853, AND 42SA24889, SAN JUAN COUNTY, SOUTHEASTERN UTAH (2003)
Three archaeological sites in San Juan County, southeastern Utah, were examined for pollen to identify plants processed both at the sites and in association with specific features. Site 42Sa24852, exhibits evidence of both Basketmaker III and Pueblo II occupations. A complex habitation structure (Feature 4) contained several storage bins and a central hearth that were sampled to better understand life and food processing of people living in the structure during Basketmaker III times. The...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT A SLAB-LINED CIST, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH (1987)
Single pollen and flotation samples were collected from an isolated slab-lined cist near Westwater Creek for the purpose of recovering any potential evidence of economic activity. The feature may have had two episodes of use as a roasting and/or processing pit. In addition, a single pollen sample was collected from the present ground surface to serve as a control for interpretation.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 42SA16262, SOUTHEASTERN UTAH (1984)
Site 42SAl6262, radiocarbon dated to an age of 1340 ± 60 BP (610 AD), consisted of a pithouse and a concentration of sherds and charcoal. The site was located in the path of a proposed highway in San Juan County, Utah, between Bluff and Blanding on the north side of Recapture Wash. The local vegetation consists primarily of pinyon/juniper and grasses. Both pollen and macrofloral samples were taken from the main room and antechamber of the pithouse at this site in an effort to identify...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES 42SA23300 AND 42SA23301, UTAH (1998)
Samples from Sites 42Sa23300 and 42Sa23301 in San Juan County, Utah, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Site 42Sa23300 consists of a basin-shaped fire pit and associated midden deposits. Site 42Sa23301 yielded a single hearth. Pollen and macrofloral analyses of hearth fill are used to provide information concerning plant resources that may have been processed in these features. The midden deposits were sampled to identify plants discarded during occupation.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF THREE SITES ON FLAT IRON MESA, UTAH (2004)
Three sites on Flat Iron Mesa in San Juan County, Utah, were sampled for pollen or macrofloral remains to provide evidence for plant resources utilized by the occupants of these sites. Poorly preserved hearths at 42SA22469 and 42SA22475 were sampled for macrofloral remains. Awash of a mano and a soil control sample from 42SA22477, a small rockshelter, were analyzed for pollen.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL INTERPRETATIONS FROM A SLAB-LINED CIST IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH (1984)
Salvage archaeological mitigation of site 42SA16011 in San Juan County, Utah delineated a large oval, slab-lined cist/oven and accompanying shallow ash midden area. Excavation of this cist revealed five distinct stratum, which were sampled for pollen and/or macrofloral analysis in an effort to define the plants that may have been prepared or cooked within this feature. A radiocarbon date from the floor of the cist is reported as AD 140 + 80.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM SITES IN GRAND AND SAN JUAN COUNTIES, UTAH (2005)
Six flaked stone tools collected from Bureau of land Management (BlM) land in Grand and San Juan Counties, southeastern Utah, were submitted for protein residue analysis. Protein residue analysis of the artifacts will be used to provide information concerning possible animal resources processed with the tools.