Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (Geographic Keyword)
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POLLEN, STARCH, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM THE RAKER I SITE, 36NB58, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (2004)
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A total of 20 lithic artifacts from the Raker I site, 36Nb58, in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, were analyzed for possible protein residues to provide information concerning animal resources that might have been hunted/processed using these tools. A possible milling stone found in the fill of a deep, silo-shaped pit also was washed for pollen and starches to determine if plants were ground using this tool. The majority of these artifacts represent a late Middle Archaic to early Late...