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One sample of a fragment of the leather cover from a ledger/daybook curated at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum was submitted for protein residue analysis and AMS radiocarbon dating to ascertain the animal source and age of the hide.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS FOR SAMPLES FROM SITES LA 37155, LA 37127, LA 37130, LA 37156, LA 37175, AND LA 162325, FORT BLISS MILITARY RESERVATION, NEW MEXICO (2010)
A total of 15 stone artifacts that included stones from rock-lined pits, plane scrapers and agave knives were submitted for protein residue analysis from several Archaic and Formative period sites located within the Fort Bliss Military Reservation. Previous to this study, burned limestone rocks were submitted to PaleoResearch for organic (FTIR) analysis from these same sites, as well as from a few other sites in the general area (Logan 2010). FTIR analysis was successful in detecting plant...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS FOR SAMPLES FROM THE KUEBLER RANCH SITE, CA-SD1-8654, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2010)
Four pre-historic stone tools were submitted for protein residue analysis from the Kuebler Ranch site, CA-SDI-8654, located in San Diego County, California. The goal of the analysis was to detect plant and animal protein residues that may be present on the working surfaces of these tools.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS FROM SITE CA-MEN-1371, MENDOCINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2019)
A chert flaked stone tool recovered from Site CA-MEN-1371, Mendocino County, California was submitted for protein residue analysis.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A COPPER HARPOON FROM SITE MC.02N, McCARGOE COVE, ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK, KEWEENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN (2017)
A copper harpoon recovered in situ at a Nipissing beach habitation site (McCargoe Cove Site MC.02N) in close proximity to the Minong mine was submitted for protein residue analysis to determine its use.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A POSSIBLE STONE TOOL FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (2010)
A broken boulder that may have been used as a stone tool (maul) was submitted for protein residue analysis. This tool was recovered from the National City Mastodon Site in National City, a southern suburb of San Diego, California. The rock was found among broken mastodon bones. If this boulder was used to process plant or animal remains, identifiable proteins may be present in the micro-crevices on its surface.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A TRIANGULAR PROJECTILE POINT FROM SITE 46CH07, CALHOUN COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. (2009)
A single triangular projectile point from site 46CH07 was submitted for protein residue analysis. This site is located in Calhoun County and along the floodplain of the Henry Fork of the Little Kanawha River. Protein residue analysis will be used to identify any potential residues that may be adhering to the surface of this artifact.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM SITE 5DT813, DELTA COUNTY, COLORADO (2007)
Two spear or knife blades from site 5DT813 were submitted for protein residue analysis. It is possible that protein residues from plant and animal remains can be detected, thus, providing a better understanding of the function of these tools.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF BEDROCK MILLING FEATURE WASH SAMPLES FROM THE BTC MILLING SITE, P-33-11224, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2010)
Washes from three bedrock milling features (mortars) and a surface control sample were submitted for protein residue analysis from the BTC Milling Site, P-33-11224, located in Riverside County, California, near the community of French Valley. The goal of the analysis is to identify any plant, animal, and insect protein residues that may be present on the use surfaces of three non-portable bedrock milling features.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF BEDROCK MILLING FEATURES FROM SITE CA-SDI-19,241, TECATE, CALIFORNIA (2011)
Washes of three bedrock milling features from site CA-SDI-19,241 near Tecate, California were submitted for protein residue analysis. The goal of this analysis is to identify plant and animal resources that might have been processed using these features.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF BLADE SCRAPERS FROM CLOVIS SITE 42TO3794, DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, CEDAR MOUNTAINS, UTAH (2010)
Eight blade scrapers made from chert material were submitted for protein residue analysis from site 42TO3794, which is situated within the Dugway Proving Ground, located in the Cedar Mountains of Utah. This site is reported as being a Clovis site, so testing of these tools included the Late-Pleistocene suite of animal antisera.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF CLOVIS POINTS AND GREAT BASIN POINTS FROM SITES 42MD2502, 42MD2604, 42MD2620, 42MD2679, 42MD2645, AND 42MD3076, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH (2008)
Eight Clovis and four Great Basin Stemmed projectile points and bases were submitted for protein (blood) residue analysis. These artifacts were associated with lithic scatters recovered from six sites, all affected by moderate to severe wildland fire intensity and wind deflation of sediments. The goal of this study is to detect protein residues associated with the use of these artifacts.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF FLAKED OBSIDIAN TOOLS FROM THE NORRIS CAMPGROUND SITE (48YE14), YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING (2008)
Protein residue analysis was conducted on 10 obsidian flaked tools from the Norris Campground site (48YE14), located within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The site is located within the Norris Geyser Basin and is currently characterized by open timber stands. This site has been occupied periodically for approximately 9000 years and may have served primarily as a short-duration camp and obsidian biface production workshop. All of the submitted tools were excavated during the 1993 field...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF FOUR CLOVIS POINTS FROM THE DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, DUGWAY, UTAH (2009)
Three Clovis projectile point bases and one projectile point tip were submitted for protein residue analysis. These artifacts were recovered from a site in the Cedar Mountains, within the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground in western Utah. This analysis will attempt to recover and identify any plant and animal protein residues that may be present on the surface of these tools.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF LITHIC SAMPLES AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF GROUNDSTONE FROM SITE 46KA622, KANAWHA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA (2010)
A single groundstone fragment with a utilized surface from site 46KA622 in Kanawha County, West Virginia, was submitted for organic residue analysis using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Sixteen lithic tools and nine soil control samples also were submitted for protein residue analysis. These analyses will be used to determine possible materials processed with the artifacts.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF LITHIC SAMPLES FROM THE GAULT SITE (41BL323), BELL COUNTY, TEXAS (2013)
The Gault site (41BL323) is a large, multicomponent site situated in the valley of a small stream between the Black Prairie region of the Gulf Coastal Plain and the Edwards Plateau ecotones in Bell County, Texas. A nearby chert outcrop was part of what attracted humans to the area. Six lithics were recovered during the 2013 site excavations from a block adjacent to a 1998 excavation where mammoth remains and Clovis tools were exposed. The six lithics were submitted for protein residue analysis...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF LITHICS FROM CA-LAN-8, TOPANGA, CALIFORNIA (2017)
Three basalt unifaces recovered at CA-LAN-8 during the Topanga Underground Utilities District Project (TUUDP) in the unincorporated community of Topanga were submitted for protein residue analysis to determine if there was a signature of use.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF LITHICS FROM SITE 47LC164, ONALASKA, WISCONSIN (2010)
A total of 14 stone tools, mostly scrapers and projectile points, were submitted for protein residue analysis from site 47LC164, Onalaska, Wisconsin. The goal of the analysis is to detect and identify any protein (blood) residue that may be present on the use-surfaces of these tools.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF METAL WEAPONRY FROM SITE 28ME363 POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLE OF PRINCETON, MERCER COUNTY, NEW JERSEY (2016)
The Princeton Battlefield, dating from the Revolutionary War, saw engagement between British and American forces. The battle erupted with a fury, but the location of the initial fighting is not well defined. Munitions, both lead and iron, recovered from this battlefield were submitted for protein residue analysis in an effort to assist in definition of the intensity of the battle.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF PROJECTILE POINTS AND POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF PIPE FRAGMENTS FROM THE MCGLOIN BLUFF SITE (41SP11), TEXAS (2009)
Six chert projectile point fragments were submitted for protein residue analysis, along with two probable smoking pipe fragments for pollen, phytolith, starch, and organic residue analysis. As both pipe fragments belonged to the same pipe the fragment with the least naturally occurring asphaltum on the exterior was selected for organic residue analysis, and both fragments were used for pollen, phytolith, and starch analysis. The pipe fragment selected for organic residue analysis was tested...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF PROJECTILE POINTS FROM POINT STATE PARK, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA (2008)
Five projectile points were submitted for protein residue analysis from Point State Park in downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, southwestern Pennsylvania. This park is the site of Fort Duquesne, Fort Pitt, and Fort Mercer. Protein residue analysis will be used to provide information concerning possible use of these artifacts to hunt animals.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE WISHBONE SITE (42To6384), TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH (2017)
The Wishbone Site (42To6384) includes a buried flaked stone assemblage, accompanied by a hearth feature. A pooled mean of three radiocarbon dates (10,390 ± 21 BP) was obtained on willow charcoal. The site is situated on an open salt flat supporting sparse pickleweed/iodine bush (Allenrolfea occidentalis). Fourteen flaked lithics were submitted for protein residue analysis. Four sediment control samples were collected from the general site area and one location near an artifact.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THREE PROJECTILE POINTS FROM SITE LA 150615, RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (2009)
Three projectile points and a single soil control sample were submitted for protein residue analysis from site LA 150615, located in Rio Arriba County, northern New Mexico. All three artifacts are from a pit house feature with a Pueblo I-II affiliation (ca. A.D. 700-1050). Protein residue analysis may help determine what animals were hunted, and/or what animal remains were processed using these tools.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THREE STONE TOOLS FROM AN ISOLATED CACHE, SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO (2009)
Three lithic artifacts recovered from an isolated cache were submitted for protein residue analysis. The cache was discovered during site boundary delineation for Site LA 21136 in southeastern New Mexico. These types of artifacts are commonly called agave knives, but may not have functioned as such. The purpose of protein residue analysis is to better understand the function of these tools.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS, CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF SAMPLES FROM THE AMANDA’S TERRACE SITE (8HG1312), HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA (2017)
The Amanda’s Terrace Site (8HG1312), a prehistoric lithic scatter, is located in the Sandy Point Wildlife Refuge in Highlands County, Florida. Eight lithic artifacts including two flake tools, a reshaped biface/knife, a possible Paleoindian fluted point, and four points dating to the Early and Middle Archaic periods (Doug MacDonald, personal communication April 12, 2017) were submitted for protein residue analysis using counter immunoelectrophoresis (CIEP). In addition, charcoal identification...