Clay Balls (Material Keyword)
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Since its inauguration in 1946, the Missouri Basin Project of the Smithsonian Institution, along with other cooperating Federal, State and local agencies, has concentrated its efforts toward the salvage of archeological materials that will be lost by the construction of dams and the flooding of reservoirs along the Missouri River and its tributaries. The surveys and excavations have been conducted at historic military forts, trading posts, pioneer settlements and Indian villages; however, most...
STARCH, PROTEIN, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE CA-SAC-15/H, SACRAMENTO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2010)
Samples representing shaped clay, basket impressed clay, and flaked lithics from site CA-SAC-15/H in Sacramento County, California were submitted for starch, protein, and organic residue analysis. Samples will be tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR).