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Persimmon Creek (Site 31CE802) is a Middle to Late Woodland hamlet located approximately twenty miles east of Murphy, North Carolina in Cherokee County. Two lithics and one soil control sample were submitted for protein analysis. The quartz biface, a side/end scraper, exhibited a cutting edge and use-wear on the distal end. The chalcedony scraper/flake tool was accompanied by a control soil sample. Artifact samples were submitted to determine use.
PROTEIN ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE BRIDGE SITE (15LV98), LIVINGSTON COUNTY, KENTUCKY (2019)
Twelve lithics were recovered from the Early Archaic Bridge Site (15LV98) located in Livingston County, Kentucky. The lithics were submitted for protein residue (CIEP) analysis to determine animals processed at the site.
PROTEIN ANALYSIS OF TWO TABULAR TOOLS FROM SITE AZ U:1:433 (ASM), MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA (2017)
Two tabular tools from Site AZ U:1:433(ASM) were submitted for protein residue analysis to assist with their interpretation. This site exhibits occupation during the Classic period based on recovery of a few, small red ware sherds (Hackbarth 2017).
PROTEIN AND ORGANIC (FTIR) RESIDUE ANALYSIS SAMPLES FROM THE YEARLING SPRING OBSIDIAN CACHE, PARK COUNTY, MONTANA (2010)
Originally, two obsidian bifacial scrapers were submitted for protein residue analysis using CIEP from the Yearling Spring Obsidian Biface Cache, located in Park County, Montana. An obsidian biface reduction flake coated with ochre residue was submitted in March 2012. A portion of the ochre residue was removed from the obsidian biface and tested for protein residues. In addition, a piece of ochre/soil matrix recovered from close proximity to the ochre coated tool was tested for protein residues...
PROTEIN AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF A PESTLE FROM SITE CA-TUO-4818, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA (2010)
A granite pestle and an associated soil control sample recovered from Feature 2, an exposed, low-lying granite bedrock milling station at Site CA-TUO-4818 in Yosemite National Park, California, were submitted for protein and organic residue analysis. The pestle was tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and for protein residue using cross-over immunoelectrophoresis (CIEP).
PROTEIN AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF A PESTLE, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF MORTAR CUPS FROM SITE CA-TUO-4818, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA (2010)
A granite pestle and an associated soil control sample recovered from Feature 2, an exposed, low-lying granite bedrock milling station at Site CA-TUO-4818 in Yosemite National Park, California, were submitted for protein and organic residue analysis. The pestle was tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and for protein residue using cross-over immunoelectrophoresis (CIEP). Following completion of this analysis, three additional residue samples and...
PROTEIN AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF CRESCENTS FROM THE DUGWAY PROVING GROUND AND SITE 42MD2620, UTAH (2009)
Three stone crescents were submitted for protein and organic residue analysis. Two of the crescents were found in the Older River Bed delta on the Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, and one was recovered from site 42MD2620 in the Cove Creek area in Utah. Crescents were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and protein residues using cross-over immunoelectrophoresis. The crescents are thought to have been used for harvesting cattail, and it is hoped...
PROTEIN AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM CULP CANYON AND THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS, FORT BLISS MILITARY INSTALLATION, TEXAS (2009)
Three projectile points and five feature fill samples were submitted for protein and organic residue analysis, respectively. The feature fill samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Residue analysis should provide information on subsistence, including materials processed, and possible functions of the artifacts and features, as well as shed light on group mobility.
PROTEIN AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE AZ T:8:68 (ASM), PEORIA, ARIZONA (2010)
Three tabular tools were submitted for protein residue analysis using cross-over immunoelectrophoresis. Five ceramic sherds were submitted for organic residue analysis using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). These artifacts were recovered from site AZ T:8:68 (ASM), located in Peoria, Arizona. The goal of these analyses was to detect and identify any plant and animal-based organic residues that may be present on the surfaces of these artifacts.
PROTEIN RESIDE ANALYSIS FOR SAMPLES FROM SITES AZ M:8:90 (AMS), AZ M:8:94 (AMS), AZ M:8:95 (AMS), AZ M:8:99 (AMS), AZ M:8:108 (AMS), AZ M:8:107 (AMS), AZ M:8:102 (AMS), AND AZ M:8:105 (AMS), ARIZONA (2010)
Protein residue wash samples conducted in the field on 24 grinding slicks, a mano, and a metate, were submitted to PRI for protein residue analysis using cross-over immunoelectrophoresis. These tools were discovered during the Bagdad Solar project, located in Yavapai County, Arizona. Protein residue analysis will test for the presence of animal and plant proteins that may be present on the working surfaces of these tools.
PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) ANALYSIS FOR THE CEDAR FORK CREEK MASTODON SITE, MORROW COUNTY, OHIO (2019)
The Cedar Fork Creek Mastodon site appears to be a PaleoIndian Proboscidean bone workshop located in Morrow County, Ohio. It is believed that the remains of a mastodon are buried somewhere under a modern day bog-like pond (George DeMuth, personal communication, September 23, 2019). It is also believed the prehistoric people harvested and dragged parts of the mastodon away to the workshop located on a nearby hill. The mastodon remains were then likely processed for food and for making useful...
PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) ANALYSIS FOR THE SUNDOG SITE (24LC2289), LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY, MONTANA (2019)
The Sundog Site (24LC2289) represents a prehistoric, short-term occupation and is situated on a large bench near the head of Indian Creek adjacent to the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness Area in Helena National Forest, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. Thirteen lithics recovered from the site were selected and submitted for protein residue analysis to identify animals hunted or processed at the site.
PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) ANALYSIS OF A METATE FROM SITE CA-SDI-16111 (P-37-024301), SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2018)
One granite metate fragment was recovered from Site CA-SDI-16111 (P-37-024301), a prehistoric site located in the Anza Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California. The site consists of two milling features, an agave roasting pit, and artifact scatter (James Daniels, personal communication, September 14, 2018). The granite metate fragment was submitted for protein residue analysis.
PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) ANALYSIS OF A SAMPLE FROM SITE 8HG1330, CARA CARA CORNER, HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA (2018)
Site 8HG1330 (Cara Cara Corner) is located in Highlands County, Florida. Cara Cara Corner is situated west of the Sandy Point Wildlife Refuge on an upland surface near the edge of a wet prairie. A possible Archaic-stemmed projectile point was collected from the site and submitted for protein residue (CIEP) analysis.
PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) ANALYSIS OF ECCENTRIC CRESCENT LITHICS FROM SITE CA-SDI-8797, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2018)
Site CA-SDI-8797, located in the Peninsular Ranges Geologic Province of southern California, yielded five eccentric crescents that were submitted for protein residue analysis to determine their use.
PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) ANALYSIS OF LITHIC SAMPLES FROM THE EATON SITE, ERIE COUNTY, NEW YORK (2018)
The Eaton Site is a multicomponent site situated on a knoll overlooking Cazenovia Creek in West Seneca, Erie County, New York. The site was utilized intermittently from late Paleoindian times to the early 19th Century (William Engelbrecht, personal communication, October 31, 2018). The major occupation of the site was an AD 1550 Iroquoian village. Three chert lithics recovered from an Iroquoian longhouse during the 1990 Buffalo State, State University of New York Field School were submitted for...
Protein Residue (CIEP) Analysis of Lithic Samples from the Eaton site, Erie County, New York (2019)
This report by Linda Scott Cummings and Caitlin A. Clark describes protein residues on 3 chert specimens from Eaton.One specimen did not react to weak antisera, one suggested the processing of both dog and rabbit, and the third suggested processing domestic goat.
PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) ANALYSIS OF LITHICS FROM THE BULL CREEK CAMP, 34BV176, BEAVER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA (2019)
Bull Creek camp (Site 34BV176) is situated on a terrace overlooking Bull Creek, 1.85 km northwest of the junction of north/south-trending US 83 and east/west-trending US 412 in Beaver County, Oklahoma. Five flaked lithic artifacts were recovered from a portion of the site dominated by butchered bison (Bison spp.) bones and a few Camelid bones (Leland Bement, personal communication, February 4, 2019 and April 26, 2019). The Oklahoma Archaeological Survey submitted the lithics to PaleoResearch...
PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FOR HIGHVIEW AT HAZLET SITE (28-MO-449), MONMOUTH COUNTY, NEW JERSEY (2020)
Site 28-Mo-449 is located in the Inner Coastal Plain of New Jersey. One biface and one Bear Island-like projectile point were submitted for protein residue analysis to identify animals that either were killed or processed with these lithics.
PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 32OL0510, OLIVER COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA (2019)
Site 32OL0510 is situated on a small ridge above minor, meandering tributary creeks of Square Butte Creek, approximately 3.5 km west of the town of Center in Oliver County, North Dakota. Three prehistoric stone circle features and associated lithic tools comprise the site. Ethnoscience, Inc., submitted four lithic samples recovered from the site to PaleoResearch Institute for protein residue (CIEP) analysis. Additionally, four sediment samples were collected—two from the center of the features...
PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF BEDROCK MILLING SURFACES FROM SITES CA-SDI-21073, CA-SDI-21074, AND CA-SDI-21114, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2017)
Three prehistoric sites, CA-SDI-21073, CA-SDI-21074, and CA-SDI-21114, are situated in northern San Diego County, California and is part of the Valley Ranch Center Project. The Valley Ranch Center Project location is west of Valley Center Road, south of Lilac Road, and north of Woods Valley Road. All three sites are located in the northeast corner within the Valley Center Project location. Site CA-SDI-21073 is located northwest of Site CA-SDI-21074 and west of CA-SDI-21114, whereas Site...
PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP), ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR), ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION (XRF) ANALYSIS, AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF LITHIC SAMPLES FROM THE ANZICK SITE, 24PA506, PARK COUNTY, MONTANA (2018)
The Anzick Site (24PA506) is located in the intermontane Shields River Valley in Park County, Montana. This collapsed rockshelter contains burial features and an artifact assemblage. It was discovered by construction workers in 1968 (Stockton White, personal communication, October 17, 2018). The context of the site and burial and the original provenience of the artifacts are not known. Six lithics from the artifact assemblage were submitted for protein residue, and elemental composition (X-ray...
PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP), POLLEN, AND ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE CA-MRP-0056/H, MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2018)
Site CA-MRP-0056/H, located in Yosemite National Park in Mariposa County, is situated in a glacially-scoured granitic basin at an elevation of 3,989 feet. This complex site is situated in a region occupied by the Penutian-speaking Central Sierra Miwok and Southern Sierra Miwok, the Bridgeport Valley Paiute, Mono Lake Paiute, and the Mono-speaking Owens Valley Paiute. The Washoe entered the northern park area as far south as Yosemite Valley. Previous analysis of artifacts, which included starch,...
PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP), POLLEN, AND STARCH ANALYSIS AND OBSIDIAN SOURCING FOR SAMPLES FROM SITES CA-SDI-14971, CA-SDI-16695, AND CA-SDI-16696, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2018)
Sites CA-SDI-14971, CA-SDI-16695, and CA-SDI-16696, located in San Diego County, California, are part of the Via de la Valle Project. Seven lithic artifacts were collected and submitted for protein analysis. Obsidian debitage was submitted for obsidian sourcing, and a burned granite bowl was submitted for pollen and starch analysis.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS (CIEP) OF BEDROCK MILLING WASHES FROM SITES CA-RIV-8750, CA-RIV-8751, CA-RIV-8752, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2018)
Bedrock milling outcrops that are part of three archaeological sites (CA-RIV-8750, 8751, and 8752) were sampled for protein residue analysis. Four slicks and two control locations were sampled CA-RIV-8750 (Table 1). Two slicks were sampled at each CA-RIV-8751 and CA-RIV-8752 as well as control locations.