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These are the raw data files associated with the analysis of archaeobotanical remains recovered from excavations of the Middle Formative La Blanca and Late Formative El Ujuxte, Guatemala. Aside from the raw botanical data, these files include the 1996,1997, and 2000 informes from El Ujuxte and the 2005 and 2008 informes from La Blanca.
Archaeological Investigations at La Ciudad, AZ T:12:1(ASM), The Frank Luke Addition Locus, Volume 2: Analytical Studies, Synthesis, and Data Appendixes (2016)
Logan Simpson archaeologists recovered a total of 18,799 ceramic artifacts during testing and data recovery within the FLA Phase 2 and Phase 3 loci. The collection mainly consists of body sherds (92 percent) and rim sherds (8 percent) from pottery vessels, but small numbers of non-vessel ceramic artifacts (e.g., figurines, pipe stems, and raw clays), partially reconstructible vessels (PRV), and a complete vessel (CV) also were recovered. The PRVs generally consist of multiple refitted sherds...
Archaeological Investigations in Support of the Phoenix Bioscience Center Project: Data Recovery at AZ T:12:70 (ASM), Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2008)
Archaeological data recovery was conducted in advance of the development of a small portion of the Phoenix Bioscience Center site. Data recovery efforts were implemented following the results of prior archaeological testing of the study area, which is located within the boundaries of a previously documented archaeological site AZ T:12:70 (ASM) (Pueblo Patricio). In total, nineteen features were investigated, including eight aboriginal (historic and protohistoric/historic) features, nine...
Archaeological Investigations in Support of the South Phoenix Loop Street and Landscaping Projects: Data Recovery at AZ T:12:231 (ASM), Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2009)
This report presents the results of an archaeological testing and data recovery program conducted by EcoPlan for COP on approximately three acres of land in south Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. These archaeological investigations were conducted in advance of the COP Neighborhood Services Department’s South Phoenix Village Loop Street and Landscaping project (COP Cost Center Numbers ND30010010 and ND30010011). Because project activities associated with these projects were deemed likely to...
Archaeological Survey and Small-Scale Excavation in the Salado Draw Watershed, Lea County, New Mexico (redacted) (2023)
This report is a component of an undertaking entitled Salado Draw Archaeological Survey, Small-Scale Excavation, and Geomorphological Characterization, General Services Administration Contract No. GS- 10F-0396P. The work was commissioned by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Manage- ment– (BLM–) Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) as part of research to be carried out under the Permian Basin Programmatic Agreement, Blanket Purchase Agreement No. 11, Contract No. L14PA00010. It...
The Coronado Project: Anasazi Settlements Overlooking the Puerco Valley, Arizona, Volume 2 (1993)
The three volumes of The Coronado Project present a wealth of information on the archaeology of the Puerco Valley of east-central Arizona. Volume 2 presents the analytical data for each artifact category and for the biological resources. Project authors examine the available resources, their acquisition, and the paleoeconomy in relation to the physical setting of the project area sites. They also present results of the human remains analyses, including a review of the remains recovered from...
Establishing phytolith analogs for four forest formations of lowland Ecuador: Results and applications to archaeological and paleoenvironmental interpretation (2021)
As part of the Phytoliths in the Flora of Ecuador Project (PFE) (Pearsall 2016), phytolith assemblages from 82 surface soil samples from four distinctive vegetation formations, xerophytic coastal forest (Chanduy valley), mixed deciduous/evergreen forest (Jama region), coastal evergreen forest (Bilsa Biological Reserve), and Amazonian lowland forest (Jatun Sacha Biological Reserve) were studied, with the goal of establishing phytolith vegetation signatures to facilitate archaeological and...
On Swiddening and Pigs: The Management of Micronesian Agroforests (2016)
Agroforestry, or the growing of tree crops, is a long-standing and key food production practice throughout much of the world. As with all systems of food production, the way that humans manage agroforests has a profound impact on their composition as well as their sustainability. For over 2,000 years, eastern Micronesians have relied largely on tree crop production, vegeculture, and fishing for subsistence. In this study, we focus on late prehistoric manipulation of floral environments on the...
Paleoethnobotany Studies from Archaeological Investigations in the Salado Draw Watershed, Lea County, New Mexico (2023)
This paleoethnobotanical study is a component of an undertaking titled Salado Draw Archaeological Survey, Small-Scale Excavation, and Geomorphological Characterization, GSA Contract No. GS-10F-0396P. The work was commissioned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) as part of research to be carried out under the Permian Basin Programmatic Agreement, Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) No. 11, Contract No. L14PA00010. It addresses Task 10 (a paleoethnobotany research...
PFE Project, Supplemental Table 1 Chanduy full data (2021)
Phytoliths in the Flora of Ecuador Project (PFE). Complete dataset of diagnostic phytoliths from the Chanduy locality.
PFE Project, Supplemental Table 2 Jama full data (2021)
Phytoliths in the Florida of Ecuador Project (PFE). Complete dataset of diagnostic phytoliths from Jama locality.
PFE Project, Supplemental Table 3 Bilsa full data (2021)
Phytoliths in the Flora of Ecuador Project (PFE). Complete dataset of diagnostic phytoliths from the Bilsa locality.
PFE Project, Supplemental Table 4 Jatun Sacha full data (2021)
Phytoliths in the Flora of Ecuador Project (PFE). Complete dataset of diagnostic phytoliths from the Jatun Sacha locality.
PFE Project, Supplemental Table 5 Combined data set for multivariate statistical analyses, natural log of frequency plus 1 (2021)
Phytoliths in the Flora of Ecuador Project (PFE). Combined phytolith data set (four localities) for multivariate statistical analyses, natural log of frequency plus 1
PFE Project, Supplemental Table 6 The discriminant functions and their classification of soil samples into data sets (2021)
Phytoliths in the Flora of Ecuador Project (PFE). The discriminant functions and their classification of soil samples from four localities into data sets
Phytoliths in the Flora of Ecuador Project
The Phytoliths in the Flora of Ecuador project was undertaken by Deborah M. Pearsall and colleagues from 1997 to 2008, with periodic work through 2012, to establish diagnostic phytolith types and phytolith vegetation signatures to enhance archaeological and paleoenvironmental phytolith applications in coastal and Amazonian Ecuador. Research was conducted in Ecuador and at the University of Missouri (MU) Paleoethnobotany Laboratory. Outcomes or products of the project include: descriptions and...
Plant Microfossils Recovered from Dental Calculus at Casas Grandes, Mexico (2016)
Microfossil analysis is a technique used to better understand prehistoric diets. As part of a larger multinational project, we gathered and analyzed 112 samples of dental calculus (fossilized plaque) from human remains discovered at Paquimé and other sites in the Casas Grandes river valley to identify various microfossils still present in the silica matrix. With this information, we are able to better understand the flora present during ancient times and how it was used (food, processing, etc.).
Plants and People in Ancient Ecuador: The Ethnobotany of the Jama River Valley (2004)
"Plants and People in Ancient Ecuador: The Ethnobotany of the Jama River Valley" explores the interrelationships between the prehistoric residents of a small valley in coastal Ecuador (South America) and the dry tropical forest habitat in which they lived. The book has three related objectives. First, "Plants and People in Ancient Ecuador" is an ethnobotany, a work that explores how, through the medium of culture, people shape and are shaped by the world in which they live. I take as my...
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF SOIL SAMPLES FROM CUSTIS SQUARE SITE (04BC), WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA (2022)
Three soil samples collected from the Custis Square house site (04BC), located in Williamsburg, Virginia, were submitted for experimental pollen and phytolith analyses to inform the sampling strategy for Colonial Williamsburg archaeologists. Three different depositional environments were selected for review. Pollen analysis was conducted on all three types of samples, while phytolith analysis contributed to understanding two of the contexts.
Real Alto Supplementary Figure 1: Structure 1 images (2019)
Real Alto Supplementary Figure 1: Structure 1 images
Real Alto Supplementary Figure 2: Structure 10 images (2019)
Images of microfossils recovered from stone tools from Structure 10, Real Alto, Ecuador
Real Alto Supplementary Figure 3: Structure 20 images tools (2019)
Images of microfossils recovered from stone tools from Structure 20, Real Alto, Ecuador
Real Alto Supplementary Figure 4: Structure 20 images sediments (2019)
Images of microfossils recovered from sediment samples from Structure 20, Real Alto, Ecuador
Real Alto Supplementary Figure 5: Charnal House Mound images (2019)
Microfossil images from stone tools from Charnal House Mound structures, Real Alto, Ecuador
Real Alto Supplementary Figure 6: Dental Calculus images (2019)
Microfossil images from dental calculus samples, Real Alto, Ecuador