Pollen (Material Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Ten samples were collected stratigraphically from four different strata at Site 002-160, Area 2, Ordnance Annex in Guam. Pollen analysis was undertaken to identify pre-Contact vegetation associated with this area. Site 02-1660 is located on a wide, grassy terrace in an abrupt interface between a karstic landform under limestone forest and sloping savannah. Savannah in this area is dissected by deep ravines that support forests. In addition, a sink filled with water approximately 15 m west...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Pollen and macrofloral samples were submitted from features at sites 42Ws1803, 42Ws1804, and 42Ws4458 in Washington County, Utah. All three sites exhibit evidence of Virgin Anasazi occupations, and site 42Ws4458 also contains evidence of a Basketmaker II-Pueblo I habitation. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant resources that were processed by occupants of these sites. AMS radiocarbon dates provide information on the time of occupation of three...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined from site 26Or3 for the Carson City Freeway project in Carson City, Nevada. Twenty-two pollen and twenty macrofloral samples were analyzed during Phase II testing. An additional 60 pollen and 71 macrofloral samples were examined for Phase III. Radiocarbon dates suggest eight occupation periods. The earliest occupations of the site from AD 230 to AD 410 and AD 410 to AD 620 appear to have been fairly minor periods of site use. Five features are...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Sanjay Eksambekar. Rosa Maria Albert.

Pollen and phytolith analysis of two samples from a tumulus at La Revive, France, raised questions concerning the interpretation of the sediments and reproducibility of results. In an attempt to answer specific questions, three additional samples were submitted for pollen and phytolith analysis during 2005. These three samples also were floated to recover charcoal fragments that were AMS radiocarbon dated. Specific questions included dating Strata 4, 8, and 9. Stratum 4 might have been a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James Schoenwetter.

Comparison of pollen records of 7 archaeological context samples from this site with the Colorado Plateau Pollen Chronology suggests occupation began before A.D. 850 and persisted at least until A.D. 900. These dates are consistant with associated ceramic styles.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Travis Jones.

A sediment sample with an expected age during the late Pleistocene was recovered during the Las Vegas Earthquake Project in Nevada. This sample was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating and pollen analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Seventeen pollen and a single botanic sample were submitted for analysis from the Stone Ball Site (48SW11666). Seven pollen samples represent hearth fills, six samples represent the cultural level and ash/rock middens, and four samples represent washes of rock slabs used as lining for slab-lined hearths. Two of these washes were examined from each component. Two components were noted at this site. Component B, the oldest, is anchored by calibrated radiocarbon ages of 5480 to 4570 BP. This...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Two Dolores corrugated grayware ceramic vessels were recovered from a small sheltered alcove at the Bernstein-Dierking Discovery site, 42SA24364, in eastern Utah. Ceramics and radiocarbon dates suggest occupation during the Pueblo II period. Fill inside the North Pot was sampled at 5 cm intervals for pollen and/or botanic remains to provide information concerning paleoenvironmental conditions as this vessel filled. In addition, a wash was collected from the interior of the pot to determine...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 48SW19958 (21-WAS-008), situated on a narrow ridge and gentle north slope, overlooks Fillmore Creek to the east and moderately large tributaries of Fillmore Creek to the north and south. This site contained 21 scattered fire hearth features and various artifacts that included faunal bone, projectile points, and debitage. This multi-occupation site returned radiocarbon dates suggesting an estimated seven occupations during the Uinta phase of the Late Prehistoric and one occupation...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Stratigraphic pollen and individual charcoal samples were examined from site 50-80-11- 4933 at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kane'ohe Bay, Oahu. Pollen analysis was conducted to identify the three environments labeled zones 1 to 3 and their relationship to one another. These three zones include agricultural wetlands upstream, fluctuating tidal wetlands, and a riverine, estuary-type regime. Charcoal recovered from archaeological deposits were identified and imaged prior to being submitted...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Makua Valley is situated on the west side of the island of Oahu. This dry area is located in the leeward rain shadow of the Waianae Mountains. Modern vegetation includes primarily grass, which is maintained by annual burning. The surrounding slopes and ridges of the valley are forested with a variety of trees typical of leeward Hawai' i, including Kaa haole (Leucaena), Kiawe (Prosopis), and Kukul (Aleurites). Pollen and charcoal samples were examined from this column to provide a baseline...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Twenty four stratigraphic samples were examined for pollen and charcoal from two arroyos in northern New Mexico. This study was designed as a pilot study to examine the possibility of sampling these locations at closer intervals to refine any paleoenvironmental interpretations deemed possible through this analysis. Pollen analysis provides a look at vegetation, while charcoal counts provide a means of assessing fire history. In addition, an archaeoclimatic model was examined to provide...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Barbara Winsborough.

Four trenches were cut through a low lying playa surrounded by large eolian dune piles and sand sheets in the Tularosa Basin of New Mexico. Six sediment samples from three of the trenches (Geological Trench 1 and 2 and FB 16008) were submitted for pollen and diatom analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Barbara Winsborough.

Nineteen additional pollen and two diatom samples were collected from trenches 2 and 3 at Kobler-2. Previous pollen analysis examined pollen from stratigraphic layers in Trench 1 (Cummings 1999), providing information concerning prehistoric vegetation in the area near Lake Susupi. Radiocarbon ages of that study indicate the record included sediments that accumulated prior to AD 260-560 until the historic era. Stratigraphic pollen samples from Trenches 2 and 3 examine sediments to the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost.

A total of seven pollen samples and one sample for diatom analysis were submitted from Metamorphose Point (Site BHT 8). These samples were collected from two different sections of a trench cut. Two sections were sampled at the site. Section 1 included a paleosol (2Ab) that was sampled at the bottom, middle, and top for pollen analysis to better understand the local paleoenvironment. Section 2 is represented by pollen samples from the bottom, middle, and top of possible playa deposits. In...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute. Rood Ronald J.

Sites 5MT8794, 5MT7084, 5MT7044, 5MT7036, and 5DLl08l were mitigated in connection with trenching for the construction of laterals for the Fairview Laterals project in conjunction with the Dolores Project. Site 5MT8794 contained both a small surface room and an isolated hearth which were sampled for pollen in an effort to define patterns of subsistence activity. Sites 5MT7048, 5MT7044, 5MT7036, and 5DLl081 contained only isolated features, some of which were sampled for pollen in an effort...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

Sites 5MT2433 (Aulston Kiva) and 5MT7060 were mitigated in connection with trenching for the construction of laterals for the Fairview Laterals project in conjunction with the Dolores Project. Site 5MT2433 exhibited both a kiva and a shallow rectangular mealing room, which were sampled in an effort to define activities within the structures. In addition, bone was collected during excavation of the kiva and during trenching of 5MT7060 and identified.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

The McEndree Ranch Site, 5BA30, is a Late Archaic village located in the cutbank of a large ephemeral stream in northwest Baca County, Colorado. The excavated portion of the site consists of four hearths and a semi-subterranean house floor along a section of approximately 140 meters of cutbank exposure. Two fire features were radio carbon dated to 2350 - 65 BP (Die. 1254) and 2170 t 55 BP (Die. 1258) (Shields 1980;1). Bison bones and lithic material recovered at the site suggest a wide...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

The Bisti sites are located in northwestern New Mexico near the town of El Huerfano. Site elevations range around 5900 feet above sea level. The surrounding predominant plant community is open grassland with a few scattered juniper. Associated plants include: four-wing saltbush (Atriplex canescens), wolfberry (Lycium sp.), snakeweed (Gutierrezia sp.), yucca (Yucca sp.), and various grasses. The area has been heavily overgrazed. The distributions of snakeweed, yucca, and probably juniper...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

A tipi ring site, 320L270, located at the Glenharold Mine south of Stanton, North Dakota, was the subject of archaeological mitigation. Pollen and macrofloral samples were taken during the course of the excavation in an effort to provide subsistence information. The site is located within the Missouri River Breaks physiographic zone on a low finger ridge approximately 100 feet below the upland terrace. The site is bordered on the east by a wooded ravine containing a spring and on the west...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute. D. Kate Aasen Rylander.

Site 48SU1102 is located on the western edge of the Green River floodplain in the southwest corner of Sublette County in southwestern Wyoming. Both pollen and macrofloral remains were analyzed in conjunction with archaeological mitigation. Two activity areas were sampled for pollen; the eastern excavation block and western excavation block. Stratigraphic pollen samples from both excavation blocks were examined to assess the local paleoenvironment. In addition, pollen and macrofloral...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

Site 48SW5175 is a Late Altithermal site located approximately 5 miles south of Rock Springs, Wyoming. The site is composed of a house pit containing a slab-lined hearth, an exterior slab-lined hearth, numerous small exterior hearths, a midden area, and several humic stains. Three radiocarbon dates from this site indicate a date range of 3710 + 60 BP to 5130 ± 90 BP, with an intermediate date of 4310 + 200 BP. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken at this site in an effort to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

Pollen and macrofloral analysis was undertaken at four sites in the Abiquiu Reservoir Multiple Resource Area in north-central New Mexico. The vegetation in the Abiquiu area varies from short-grass prairie to pinyon/juniper woodland, depending largely on elevation, slope exposure, and soils. Common vegetation within this area includes Pinus edulis (pinyon pine), Juniperus monosperma (one-seeded juniper), Graminae (grasses), Gutierrezia sarothrae (snakeweed), Chrysothamnus nauseosus...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted in conjunction with archaeological mitigation at two sites on the Southern Ute Reservation (5LP1717 and 5LP1719). Located in the La Plata River drainage, these sites represent separate Archaic and Navajo occupations in the northern San Juan Basin. The recovery of pollen and macrofloral remains at these sites was directed toward both paleoenvironmental and subsistence reconstruction.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken at site 41BS706-B in Big Bend National Park, Texas to evaluate the prehistoric environment and gather data concerning the prehistoric economy, the cultural context of various features, and seasonality of occupation. The pollen samples were taken from a stratigraphic pollen column, as well as a feature and the soil beneath a possible metate recovered within a feature. The macrofloral samples concentrated on sampling the features and areas...