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DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan. Chad Yost.

Three ceramic sherds and four lithic tools from the Reeders Creek West site (28ME360) in Mercer County, New Jersey, were submitted for organic and protein residue analysis. The samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transfer Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Protein residue analysis was conducted using cross-over immunoelectrophoresis (CIEP). Organic residue analysis was used to identify foods cooked in the vessels represented by these sherds. Protein residue analysis was used to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Twenty ceramic sherds that include El Paso Polychrome, Mimbres Black on White, Playas Red, an instrusive brownware that might be Casas Grande, and an undifferentiated brownware were recovered from site FB 5000 on the McGregor range at the Fort Bliss Military Installation in New Mexico and submitted for organic residue analysis. Ceramics were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Eight ceramic sherds consisting of biochrome, brownware, and polychrome styles from sites LA107448, LA107449, LA123294, LA151195, and LA151197 on the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico were submitted for organic residue analysis. Ceramics were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan. Linda Scott Cummings.

Ceramic sherds from the Ravens Nest site (48SU3871) in Sublette County, Wyoming, were submitted for organic residue analysis. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Organic residue analysis provides information regarding diet, specifically plants and/or animals processed using ceramic vessels at this site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

A fire-cracked rock recovered from a component stain at site 48SU3000 in Sublette County, Wyoming was submitted for organic residue analysis. The fire-cracked rock was tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Organic residue analysis was used to provide information regarding diet and artifact function.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Fifteen fire-cracked rocks from five fire-cracked rock platform features at the Koubek Site (18CA239) in Caroline County, California were submitted for organic residue analysis. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. FTIR analysis of organic residues will be used to provide information regarding diet and use of the platform features.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Fill and fire-cracked rock recovered from six hearths at the Sevenmile Gulch Site (48SW1673) in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, were submitted for organic residue analysis. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Organic residue analysis is used to gain information regarding economic use of plants and animals at the site, and perhaps feature and artifact function.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Groundstone and fill recovered from a housepit and two culturally stained soil concentrations at site 48SU229 in Sublette County, Wyoming were submitted for organic residue analysis. The samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Organic residue analysis will be used to provided information regarding the foods processed at the site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Feature fill recovered from two separate hearths at site 48SU5452 in Sublette County, Wyoming was submitted for organic residue analysis. Fill samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan. Linda Scott Cummings.

Charcoal from the fill of a basin-shaped hearth at the Elbee Village site (32ME408) was submitted for identification. This hearth was exposed in an erosional cutbank of the Knife River and contained an abundance of charcoal. The Elbee site is an extensive earthlodge village in west-central North Dakota dating to the A.D. 1500s. The hearth was found away from and stratigraphically below the level of the village and might reflect an earlier occupation of the area.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Three ceramic sherds and three groundstone fragments from site LA 32229 in Eddy County, New Mexico were submitted for organic residue analysis. Samples will be tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Organic residue analysis will be used to gain information regarding diet and tool function.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Site LA 5148, located in the Laguna Plata Archaeological District of Lea County, New Mexico, was examined. The site was situated next to a playa. Groundstone, lithic tools, and ceramics recovered either in subsurface or from the modern surface were submitted for organic residue analysis using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Analysis of organic residues will be used to gain information on paleodiet, specifically foods cooked in ceramic vessels, and materials ground and processed...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Twenty burned limestone rocks and associated sediment samples from Formative and Archaic components of rock-lined baking pits at sites LA 37113, LA 37127, LA 37130, LA 37149, LA 37155, LA 37156, LA 37175, LA 161979, and LA 162325 on McGregor Range at the Fort Bliss Military Reservation in New Mexico were submitted for organic residue analysis. Of the samples submitted, nine burned rocks and associated sediment samples were selected for organic residue analysis based on their ability to provide a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

A total of seventeen samples including feature fill, ceramics, and fire-cracked rock from sites LA 96006 (FB 5053), LA 116848 (FB 16002), LA 116851 (FB 16005), LA 116852 (FB 16006), LA 116854 (FB 16008), LA 116855 (FB 16009), LA 120761 (FB 16391), and LA 120768 (FB 16398) located on McGregor Range at the Fort Bliss Military Instillation in southeastern New Mexico were submitted for organic residue analysis. These samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Burned rock from the Eastep Site (14MY388) in Montgomery County, Kansas and ceramic sherds from the Forrest Site (14PA303) in Pawnee County, Kansas were submitted for organic residue analysis. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Organic residue analysis will be used to provide information regarding foods processed.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

A mano fragment recovered from the Spring Rings site (48CO2720) in Converse County, Wyoming was submitted for organic residue analysis. The mano was tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Organic residue analysis is used to provide information regarding diet and tool function.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Four freshwater mussel shells from the Wall Ridge site (13ML176) in Mills County, Iowa were submitted for organic residue analysis. Five additional modified freshwater mussel shells from sites 13ML136 and 13ML139, and four modern, non-culturally utilized freshwater mussel shells recovered from the Mississippi Valley also were submitted for comparison and reference, respectively. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Organic residue...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

In Minnesota, understanding ceramic periods of prehistory and their attendant subsistence practices is of critical importance. Our previous study (Scott Cummings 2017) indicates that problems with radiocarbon dates on ceramics are not unique to this period. Instead, the entire prehistoric record is affected. The natural Minnesota landscape contributes dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and organic carbon (DOC), confounding efforts to create a clean radiocarbon record. When graphing all dates from...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik. Linda Scott Cummings.

Sites 48YE304 and 48YE380 lie in a wetland near the outlet of Yellowstone Lake and beginning of Yellowstone River in Teton County, Wyoming. One sediment, one charcoal, and one FCR sample from each site were submitted for macrofloral, charcoal, and organic residue (FTIR) analysis, respectively. In addition, one AMS radiocarbon date was requested for the charcoal sample from Site 48YE304.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Eight ceramic sherds were recovered from three archaeological sites that included Turner Farm (29.9), Eddington Bend (74-8), and Hirundo (73-9). Five sherds from Turner Farm contained sufficient charred food crust for AMS radiocarbon dating. Of these, four qualified for financial support from an NSF grant (No. 1659988) to examine use of different chemical pre-treatment on charred food crust. In addition, all eight ceramic samples were examined for their chemical signatures using Fourier...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Jayroe Site (41HM51) is a late Prehistoric small campsite situated in Hamilton County, Texas. The site lies at the northeast margins of the Balconian biotic province, near its boundary with the Texan and Kansan biotic provinces, on the edge of a terrace overlooking the Leon River. The site features two hearths/pits, two bone concentrations, and two mixed burned rock and artifact concentrations with extensive lithic and faunal assemblage, and sherds from ceramic vessels. Fourteen Late...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 41VV112 (Cave 1) is located downstream of the Pecos River in Val Verde County, Texas. Cave 1 is part of the Shumla Caves excavation in 1933 by George Martin. A twined basket that dates to 3,700 BP was recovered from the excavation and sent for FTIR analysis to identify pitch that lined the basket.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Carl’s Cave (Site 24LC0242) is located on the east side of Holter Lake near the entrance to the Gates of the Mountain, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. This shallow cave is situated in a limestone outcrop approximately 8 meters above the lake (Dr. Lauri Travis, personal communication, September 3, 2019). Multiple flakes and boiling stones were recovered from the interior of the cave. Two boiling stones were selected for organic residue (FTIR) analysis to determine if the stones retained an...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan. Kathryn Puseman.

Sediment samples from the Alm Shelter (site 48BH3457) in Paint Rock Creek Canyon, northern Wyoming, were examined for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). These samples were recovered from hearths in varying levels of the shelter. In addition, uncharred grass stems and two charcoal samples from the shelter weresubmitted for AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Three charcoal samples from the Alm Shelter, site 48BH3457, in Wyoming were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. These samples are expected to range in age from less than 2000 years BP to about 8000 years BP.