Kern County, California (Geographic Keyword)
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Two macrofloral samples were examined from deflated hearths at site CA-KER-6134 in Kern County, California. This site is a Kawaiisu temporary campsite dating to the Rose Spring Period (ca. 1,500-1,000 B.P.) or the Late Period (1,000 B.P. to present). Macrofloral analysis was conducted in order to determine possible plant resources available to the occupants of this site.
MACROFLORAL AND LITHIC USE-WEAR ANALYSES AT SITES CA-KER-3079, CA-KER-3080, CA-KER-3085/H, CA-KER- 5404, CA-KER-5373/H, AND CA-KER-5392 FOR THE ELK HILLS PROJECT, CALIFORNIA (2004)
The floated light fractions of seven samples from five sites for the Elk Hills Project in Kern County, southern California, were examined for macrofloral remains. One botanic sample aIso was sent for identification. Identification of macrofloral remains will be used to provide information concerning subsistence activities and possible seasonality, as well as to evaluate the potential for obtaining this type of information from additional macrofloral samples. Three chert flakes exhibiting...