Sacramento Valley, California (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Curtis Nepstad-Thornberry.

Two pre-floated soil samples from CA-SHA-47 were sent for macrobotanic identification. The samples were recovered from a subsurface cobble layer identified as Feature 1. This feature was unique at the site and contained a variety of artifacts including ground stones, chipped stone, and fire-broken rocks and cobbles. The prehistoric activities associated with the site are unknown; although use as an aboriginal salmon drying area has been postulated (Lisa Shapiro, personal communication,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Two macrofloral samples were excavated from CA-YUB-1157 in the Sacramento Valley, California. One sample was collected from an excavation unit that contained prehistoric cultural material, while the other sample was recovered from a large, abandoned stream channel. Historic material was noted in the upper levels of the site. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide environmental and prehistoric subsistence information.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

The floated light fractions from fill of a prehistoric archaeological feature at site CA-TEH- 45 in the northern Sacramento Valley, California, were examined for macrofloral remains. The two macrofloral samples represent areas of white ashy soil and red soil in a possible cooking area. Charcoal from the feature fill yielded a calibrated radiocarbon date of AD 795-1235. Macrofloral analysis is used to determine woods burned as fuel and plant resources that might have been processed in this...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

A single steatite pipe, recovered from a low, earthen midden at CA-TEH-45, exhibited a large quantity of burned residue. This residue was examined for pollen, phytoliths, starch granules, and/or identifiable plant cells to identify plants that might have been burned or smoked in the pipe.