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DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 48SU379 is situated approximately 17 miles southwest of the town of Pinedale, Wyoming in the northern portion of the Green River Basin and approximately 1,000 ft south of the New Fork River on a high terrace overlooking the New Fork floodplain. The site consists of a significant lithic scatter of debitage and thermally altered rock. Fill and groundstone samples from several features present within the site were submitted for pollen analysis. The goal of the analysis was to identify foods...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Paul M. Miller.

Site 48SW13143 (18-WAS-008) is located on the southeastern slope of a northeast/southwest-trending low ridge complex in the Washakie Basin of Sweetwater County, Wyoming. During data recovery excavation in connection with the Mountain Gas Resources Caprock 1599-23-41H Pipeline Evaluative Testing, three sub-surface basin hearth features, including Features 1 and 3, were discovered within an area (ca. 8 x 6 m) containing four previously recorded, scattered hearth features and a possible ash dump...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

A sediment sample was collected from the Holland Road Pit Site for pollen analysis. An OSL date of 116,000 years was obtained on gray sediments containing gravel that is overlain by beige sand. The till above the gray sediment is probably a weathered version of the black till from the Rosslyn cut-bank that yielded a radiocarbon date of about 42,000 cal BP.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Scott Miller Mammoth site is a wetland located in the San Luis Valley, Rio Grande County, Colorado. Four peat samples were submitted for pollen analysis to determine the paleoenvironment of the site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The area near Lizard Man Village east of Flagstaff might have been used extensively or intermittently as an agricultural area. Examination of three samples collected from two areas best described as depressions that might represent field areas and another possible field area near a field house for pollen evidence of agriculture provided evidence of maize agriculture.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site LA 80924, located in northwestern New Mexico, yielded two samples for pollen analysis. A sample from the floor of a Navajo bell-shaped pit (F. 13) and from a profile of sediments comprising the Archaic component of the site were examined for pollen. In addition, a modern ground surface sample was analyzed for comparability.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 48CR10089, the Hugus Cliffs Site, is located in the northwestern portion of the Kindt Basin. Situated on an alluvial fan at the base of Hugus Cliff and along the western margin of an unnamed tributary of Little Sage Creek, this site represents a Middle to Late Archaic open camp. Twelve features are situated within an extensive stain. Radiocarbon dates obtained from seven hearths place occupation generally between 4260 ± 30 and 4030 ± 30 BP, with a single intrusive hearth dating 1520 ± 30...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Prehistoric camp site 48SU7579, situated on a northwesterly extending ridge finger, lies at an elevation of 7030 ft overlooking the Alkali Creek drainage valley. Two areas, Blocks A and B, date to the Opal Phase of the Early Archaic. Feature fill was collected from four features for pollen analysis to assess their use and provide paleoenvironmental information. A modern control sample assists with interpretation of prehistoric use.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 48SW3006, located in southwestern Wyoming south of the Chain Lakes Rim and north of Wamsutter, represents multiple hunter-gatherer open camp fire pits. Ten thermal basins were selected for pollen analysis. Radiocarbon dates for these features range from 5430 ± 30 BP to 1090 ± 30 BP. Two stratigraphic samples and a modern surface sample complete the pollen record for this site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Three pollen samples were submitted from sediment samples from site CA-SDI-8654 in the San Ysidro Mountains. These samples were collected stratigraphically for the purpose of examining the record of past vegetation.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Blue Rim Site is a prehistoric open camp located on a finger ridge extending from the south flank of Blue Rim towards the highway. This site includes a disperse scatter of lithic debitage, a concentration of FCR, and three areas of cultural staining (Feature 2). Radiocarbon dates obtained from fire hearths indicate occupation within the Opal phase of the Archaic period (6500-4300 BP). Pollen samples were collected and examined from ten features representing four periods of occupation at this...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Fairbanks Spring Site (26NY1729), located in Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Armagosa Valley was sampled for pollen to provide subsistence information. The site contains evidence of prehistoric, Virgin Anasazi and Southern Paiute, and historic occupation. Artifact scatters of fire-cracked rocks and areas with midden soils, as well as a possible pit structure, an occupational surface, and an historic dugout were noted. Pollen samples were collected for analysis from the modern...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Fossil Creek Site (FCT2-1) is a geological site located on a grassy terrace in the Fossil Creek Basin, Larimer County, Colorado. Four buried soil samples were collected from the fill on the T-2 Terrace. Sample Ab1 correlates to a former floodplain, whereas Samples Ab2, Akb3, and Ab4 represent a possible abandoned meander and buried oxbow lake sediments. These four buried soil samples were submitted for pollen analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Phalanx Pho Site (48SU7506) is located on a large upland bench overlooking the New Fork River in the upper Green River Basin. Site discoveries included 22 scattered features, three semi-circular-shaped feature clusters, and three large charcoal-stained sandy areas. Radiocarbon dates ranged from 5720 ± 30 to 4110 ± 30 BP. Data recovery focused on Stains 4–6, which were sampled for pollen analysis. Single samples were submitted from each stain, then two hearths within each stain were selected...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Two soil samples representing features from the Siren Site (41WM1126) were submitted for pollen analysis. Recovery of Scallorn arrow points from the sample, combined with a radiocarbon date of 1260-550 cal yr BP from the 2009 survey, indicate a Late Prehistoric I and II Austin Phase occupation. In addition, a Transitional Archaic occupation lies below this level (Steve Carpenter, personal communication, February 14, 2011). Pollen analysis of these samples was undertaken to provide information...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Glenna Dean.

This report presents the results of an analysis conducted on 20 pollen samples taken from various prehistoric features at the Two Dead Juniper Village site in 1983. Analysis revealed the pollen on squash, corn, cholla, prickly pear, grass seeds, Mormon tea, sagebrush, sunflowers and globemallow.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Pine Island Site Complex (8LL33), located on Pine Island along the southwestern Gulf Coast of Florida, includes a group of related sites. This complex is located within a large estuarine system comprising Charlotte Harbor, Pine Island Sound, and San Carlos Bay. Two prominent midden-mound complexes, Brown’s Complex and Randell Complex, include anthropogenic water features. Three sediment samples collected from within lightning whelks obtained from a context dating to approximately AD...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Four sites representing a temporary camp of unknown prehistoric affiliation (42Ka2042), an Archaic and Virgin Anasazi temporary camp (42Ka2044), a Late Prehistoric lithic scatter and Historic habitation site (42Ka2068), and an Archaic lithic scatter (42Ka6104) were sampled for pollen to identify local past vegetation, as well as subsistence practices. Fourteen sediment samples, including four control samples, were submitted from these four sites in Kane County, Utah for pollen analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Six stratigraphic pollen samples were examined from Steel's Pass to provide paleoenvironmental information. These samples represent archaeological excavations during the summer of 1994 in grid Unit 6S/4E. Several paleosols or paleosol-like horizons were recorded along with a tephra lense of Mazama ash. Pollen samples were collected and examined from the paleosol-like horizons and the Mazama ash to examine the pollen signature for prehistoric vegetation.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 48CR9097represents an Early to Late Archaic occupation containing five features and divided into a Prehistoric Camp and Faunal Block. Radiocarbon dates obtained for Feature 1, noted at a depth of 26–34 cmbgs, and Feature 3, recovered at a depth of 53–93 cmbgs are reported as 1800 ± 30 and 5300 ± 30 BP, respectively. Three pollen samples were examined from the Prehistoric Camp block, and two pollen samples were examined from the Faunal Block.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Three samples, collected at widely spaced intervals from Core 9, were submitted for exploratory pollen analysis. The purpose of this analysis was to document the presence and preservation of pollen from sediments at this location and recover any identifiable botanic remains and ostracods.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Paul M. Miller.

Site 13DB674 is situated on terrace within an actively cultivated cornfield extending southeast of the junction of east/west-trending Seippel Road and north/south-trending Cousins Road in Dubuque County, Iowa. A lithic artifact concentration consisting of tertiary flake reductions was discovered at the site, with cultural materials recovered from two separate stratigraphic formation members, recognized by geologists as Gunder (c. 10,500–3,000 BP) and Roberts Creek (c. 4,000–500 BP) (Leah Rogers,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Pollen and macrofloral samples were submitted from features at sites 42Ws1803, 42Ws1804, and 42Ws4458 in Washington County, Utah. All three sites exhibit evidence of Virgin Anasazi occupations, and site 42Ws4458 also contains evidence of a Basketmaker II-Pueblo I habitation. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant resources that were processed by occupants of these sites. AMS radiocarbon dates provide information on the time of occupation of three...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Barbara Winsborough.

Four trenches were cut through a low lying playa surrounded by large eolian dune piles and sand sheets in the Tularosa Basin of New Mexico. Six sediment samples from three of the trenches (Geological Trench 1 and 2 and FB 16008) were submitted for pollen and diatom analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from five ring middens at five sites in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These ring middens represent roasting pits or hearths with fire-cracked rock that were used from the Archaic to the Jornada Mogollon and up through the historic Apache period. The Apache are noted to still use these types of pits to roast agave (Diane Prather, personal communication, September 22, 2010). Radiocarbon dates from these features ranged...