Pollen (Material Keyword)

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 Thomas E. Moutoux. Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 5GN2478 is located near the Blue Mesa Reservoir within the Curecanti National Recreation Area, Colorado. The site contains a pithouse structure (Feature 7), approximately 3 meters in diameter. There is currently no age associated with this feature. A probable metate was recovered from within Feature 7 and was washed for pollen. Pollen analysis of the wash residue was undertaken in order to help determine possible plant types processed on the metate and within Feature 7.

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.

Three archaeological sites in San Juan County, southeastern Utah, were examined for pollen to identify plants processed both at the sites and in association with specific features. Site 42Sa24852, exhibits evidence of both Basketmaker III and Pueblo II occupations. A complex habitation structure (Feature 4) contained several storage bins and a central hearth that were sampled to better understand life and food processing of people living in the structure during Basketmaker III times. The...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Sites 5EP46 and 5LA10370 on the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site were sampled for pollen to identify evidence of food or plant processing.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Nine pollen samples were collected from the Military Leaseback Area on Tinian in conjunction with a Cultural Resources Survey. Eight samples represent stratigraphic sediments from Test Unit 2 of archaeological site TN-4-1122 (T-22), located in survey Area 6. The ninth sample was collected during excavation of Test Unit 2 of site TN-1-1189 (T-117), Feature 2, located in Survey Area 7. Pollen analysis was conducted to establish a pattern of vegetation through the depth of sediments represented.

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. Thomas E. Moutoux.

Single pollen samples from ten cores from the Cheyenne River area in South Dakota were examined in search of evidence that might indicate that these sediments accumulated during the historic era. Pollen evidence for the historic era includes pollen from plants known to have been introduced into the western United States during the historic era and are not native to this area. Examples include common weeds such as Erodium cicutarium (cranesbill), Cirsium (Russian thistle), Trifolium...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. R.A. Varney.

The Depression Site (48SW13490) is located southeast of Point of Rocks at the eastern edge of the Rock Springs Uplift in Sweetwater County, southwestern Wyoming. Rose Springs points recovered from the Trench 7 block indicate a Late Prehistoric occupation. The Trench 8 block yielded evidence of two occupations, an Upper component, which is attributed to Rose Springs people of the Late Prehistoric, and a Lower component that appears to represent an Archaic occupation. Calibrated radiocarbon...

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.

Sediment samples collected during a Phase II mitigation of the Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project on O’ahu Island, Hawai’i were examined for pollen. The samples were collected from buried deposits thought to represent traditional Hawaiian wetland taro agriculture (lo’i) (Matt McDermott, personal communication, March 2, 2011). Pollen analysis was used to search for evidence of taro agriculture.

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.

Pollen analysis was conducted on six samples from a prehistoric Chumash site (CA-SBA- 1823) in the western Santa Ynez Mountains. A cache of lithic tools that included groundstone was ·recovered. Pollen analysis of washes of two manos was compared with samples from the sediment within the rock cache, sediment outside the rock cache, and two modern control samples.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Three samples were collected and submitted for pollen analysis from sediments from Cueva Encantada in northeastern Mexico. A travertine layer, as well as sediments above and below the travertine layer were sampled. These samples were examined in an effort to obtain information concerning local vegetation and to provide any information concerning drastic differences noted in preservation above and below the travertine. Fibers were abundant in the cave and restricted to deposits in 60 cm of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The pollen record for Harper's Well in southeastern California is derived from samples collected at 2 cm intervals to provide good resolution for identification of vegetation in sediments thought to represent the historic era at the top of the column and prehistoric levels prior to Spanish exploration and grazing at depths of 12 cm and below. Native Americans settled this area between 1600 and 1774 AD. DeAnza's expedition in 1774 provides our first written records. Prior to 1600 AD, Lake...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Ward Block F Project is located in the Kaka’ako neighborhood of the city of Honolulu, O’ahu, Hawai’i, along the coast between Downtown Honolulu and Waikiki. Excavation of Site CSH 2 uncovered berms and pans related to historic period (post-1778) salt production below 20th century fill deposits. Eleven sediment samples were collected from Site CSH 2 for pollen analysis to determine the extent of historic human modification of the coastal landscape into salt production complexes.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Three pollen samples were collected along a pathway currently bounded by boxwood. These samples were examined to identify pollen that might represent historic vegetation in the gardens at Gunston Hall Plantation in Virginia. Samples were collected at a depth of approximately 5-6 inches below the surface in an effort to recover evidence of historic plants.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Sediment removed from two glass jars recovered from the Late Roman necropolis of Can Bel, Pineda de Mar, in the province of Barcelona were examined for pollen. This analysis was undertaken to identify evidence of plants present in these glass jars.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Thirteen pollen samples from Wadi Mataha, and six from Wadi Mataha 2, Jordan, were examined for pollen content. A few of these samples represent modern deposits examined as controls to understand pollen dispersal and representation of local and regional vegetation. In addition, archaeological samples represent Early Natufian, Late Natufian, and Kebaran occupations. One sample was examined from a burial. Examination of these samples was aimed at defining recovery of pollen and obtaining a pollen...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost.

Beaver Creek rock shelter is located in on the west flank of the Big Belt Mountains at the confluence of Beaver Creek and an unnamed intermittent drainage. This site exhibited nine pictographs located on a secondary terrace and contained a stratigraphic record of deposits approximately 250 cm deep. Pollen samples were collected from eight of the eighteen levels within the shelter and examined to form a record of the paleo environment (Table 1). In addition, a projectile point recovered from...

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. Melissa K. Logan.

Three sediment samples from the excavated profile of the Camarones 14 site in northern Chile were submitted for pollen analysis. The site is believed to represent a middle Holocene occupation associated with the Chinchorro Tradition. These three samples were examined in an effort to provide subsistence information.