Pollen (Material Keyword)
Use for any microscopic plant remains
1,926-1,950 (2,995 Records)
Samples from midden deposits at prehistoric site CA-SDI-10,920, along the shoreline of Lake Hodges in southern California, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site contains milling features, midden deposits, and numerous surface artifacts. The milling features yielded 64 milling elements including slicks, mortars, and cupules. Pollen and macrofloral analyses of the midden deposits will be used to provide information concerning plant resources available to and utilized by...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF NORTH ANTELOPE CREEK STUDY AREA, EASTERN POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING (1983)
Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken in the North Antelope Creek Study Area in the Eastern Powder River Basin of Wyoming as part of the Phase II archaeological mitigation program. The sites selected for pollen analysis include 48C0637, 48CAl13, 48CA1042/l046, and 48CA1049. Stratigraphic columns were sampled at 48CAl13 and 48CA1042/l046 to provide paleoenvironmental data. At 48C0637 four hearths (Features B, C, 20, and 51) were analyzed for their pollen content to provide...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF ONE SAMPLE FROM WAIAKAUHI POND, ISLAND OF HAWAII (1997)
A single sediment sample was examined for both pollen and macrofloral remains. No report was requested. Methods, counts, and observations are presented below.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC MATERIAL FROM AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY VESSEL IN THE BILOXI BAY FRENCH SHIPWRECK SITE, 22JA542, BILOXI BAY, MISSISSIPPI (1998)
Organic material around a ballast stone near the midship area of an early eighteenth century vessel was examined for pollen and macrofloral remains that would contribute to an interpretation of the origin of this ship.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF PACKRAT MIDDENS AND OLLAS FROM TWO SITES (AZR:I0:30 AND AZR:I0:31) NEAR BLYTHE, ARIZONA (1987)
Pollen and macrofloral remains of three packrat middens, an olla, resin from an olla lid, and several control samples were analyzed in conjunction with archaeological mitigation of two sites, AZR:I0:30(ASM) and AZR:I0:31(ASM), located near Blythe, Arizona. The data were collected for the purpose of interpreting the paleoenvironment at the time of occupation. In addition, data were sought to identify the contents of the two ollas from different sites. Very little is presently known about...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF ROASTING PIT FILL AT SITE 5RB3042, NORTHWEST COLORADO (1995)
Samples from the fill of three roasting pits at Site 5RB3042 in northwest Colorado were examined for pollen and/or macrofloral remains. These pits all contained fire-cracked rock and charcoal. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning possible plants processed in these features.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES ASSOCIATED WITH A BURIAL AT 42SV2543 IN SALINA, UTAH (2001)
Four pollen samples and one macrofloral sample were examined from a female burial at site 42SV2543. The burial was discovered during trenching operation on Main Street in Salina, Utah. The burial dates to the Fremont culture and yielded a conventional radiocarbon date of 1070 ± 40 BP, with a two sigma calibrated age range of A.D. 890 to 1020.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM 42WS4283, SOUTHWESTERN UTAH (2003)
Site 42Ws4283, situated in the St. George Basin of southwestern Utah, represents a Southern Paiute occupation. A 2-sigma radiocarbon age of AD 1420-1650 is reported for this site. Three pollen and one macrofloral samples were examined from a deflated hearth, a mano, and the modern ground surface to describe vegetation in the vicinity at the time of occupation and also identify plants processed in the hearth and with the mano.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM A PUEBLO II PITSTRUCTURE/KIVA AT THE GREENLEE SITE, 5MT3873, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO (1995)
Samples from a Pueblo II pitstructure/kiva at Site 5MT3873 were analyzed for pollen and charred macrofloral remains. This site is a multicomponent Basketmaker Ill/Pueblo II site. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning possible plant resources utilized in the pitstructure/kiva.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM C&A SITE (5DA1687), COLORADO (2002)
Seventeen pollen samples were examined from the C&A site (5DA1687), a Plains Woodland site located near an intermittent drainage in DA County, Colorado. Pollen samples were collected stratigraphically through deposits at the site to identify past vegetation communities and provide information concerning the paleoenvironment. In addition, four pollen samples were examined from sediments beneath large rocks in excavation units in Blocks A and B. A small burial pit containing remains of two...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM HOT SPRINGS CAVE, SITE 42JB7, UTAH (2000)
Pollen and macrofloral remains were examined from deposits in Hot Springs Cave, site 42JB7, just west of Fish Springs Marsh in western Utah. This site represents a small cave formed during the Late Pleistocene along the Provo level of Lake Bonneville. Fish Springs marsh is believed to have formed around 10,500 b.p., and occupation of the cave is thought to have started at about this time. Pollen and macrofloral samples, including individual charcoal and botanic samples, were collected from...
Pollen and Macrofloral Analysis of Samples from Mound Park Mitigation Site 33SC0001, Scioto County, Ohio (2020)
Mound Park, 33SC0001 is the only known surviving mound remnant of the Ohio portion of the Portsmouth Earthworks. This large, geometric Hopewellian earthwork complex included three separate groups of geometric earthworks. Two features, as well as modern topsoil and subsoil were sampled for pollen analysis. Feature fill also was submitted for macrofloral analysis. Pollen and macrofloral analysis were undertaken to provide information concerning local vegetation prior to construction of the...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE AR-03-04-06-673, OFFIELD LAND EXCHANGE PROJECT, ARIZONA (1995)
Site AR-03-04-06-673 is located approximately two miles west of Sedona in the Sedona Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest. A surface scattering of sandstone rock was noted on the site and originally reported as a potential deflated roasting pit. The feature is currently thought to be either an historic debris pile or a naturally occurring feature. Artifacts observed at the site appear to be Dry Creek Archaic (Horton and Logan 1995) . Two pollen samples and one macrofloral sample...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE AR-03-08-02-419 (LA 115574) FOR THE SACRAMENTO RIVER ROAD, NEW MEXICO (2002)
Samples from two pit features at Site AR-03-08-02-419 (LA 115574) were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. In addition, a macrofloral sample was collected from the general site surface to serve as a control. This site is part of the Sacramento River Road project in southern New Mexico. The site yielded Iithics dating to the Archaic period, although a single radiocarbon sample from one of the pit features yielded a conventional radiocarbon age of 200 ± 60 BP (Beta-167292). This area...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 42CB78 AND 42CB16, EASTERN UTAH (2006)
Samples were examined from sites 42Cb78 and 42Cb16 (Rasmussen Cave) on the Colorado Plateau of eastern Utah. Site 42Cb78 is a Fremont habitation site located on top of a knoll and consists of two possible room blocks and a cist feature. PolJen samples were collected from the floor of a circular rock-lined depression (Feature A) and from the base of a deep, slab-lined pit containing numerous ceramic sherds (Feature C) to determine the nature and extent of subsurface deposits within these...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 42CB827 AND 42CB829, UTAH, FOR THE BLM NINEMILE-DADDY CANYON TESTING PROJECT (2002)
Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined from sites 42Cb827 and 42Cb829, Utah, for the BLM Ninemile - Daddy Canyon testing project. Test pits were excavated at the base of several Fremont petroglyph panels at both sites. A hearth overlain with a small sandstone slab was encountered at 42Cb827. The hearth fill was examined for macrofloral remains, while sediment from the occupation surface adjacent to the hearth was sampled for both pollen and macrofloral remains. Pollen and macrofloral...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 42SA27020 AND 42SA27022, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH (2018)
Sites 42SA27020 and 42SA27022 were recorded by Montgomery Archaeological Consultants as part of the MOAC 17-083 project in the Spanish Valley, approximately 9.5 mi southeast of the city of Moab, San Juan County, Utah. At Site 42SA27020, Montgomery archaeologists recorded a structure and associated midden, which was discovered in association with Pueblo II-III cultural materials, including three Mesa Verde Grey Ware ceramic body sherds (Jessica DelBozque, personal communication, December 21,...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 48FR3317 AND 48FR3318, CENTRAL WYOMING (1995)
Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected and analyzed from Sites 48FR3317 and 48FR3318. These two sites are located in central Wyoming on the south side of a natural gap or pass through the Bridger Mountains to the west and the Bighorns to the east. The majority of the samples were concentrated in or around Feature 1 at Site 48FR3317. Feature 1 is a deep charcoal and rock-filled pit that is currently believed to be a roasting pit feature. A radiocarbon age on charcoal from the bottom of...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 5DA1951 AND 5DA1957, COLORADO (2005)
Sites 5DA 1951 and 5DA 1957 are multi-component sites within the boundaries of the Rueter-Hess Reservoir Project in Douglas County, Colorado. Radiocarbon dates and diagnostic artifacts obtained from the sites indicate occupations ranging from the Early Ceramic through the Middle Archaic periods. A mano and metate, along with soil control samples, were washed and examined for pollen. Additionally, twenty bulk sediment samples were floated to recover macrofloral remains. Pollen and...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 5ME12,225 AND 5ME12,480, MESA COUNTY, COLORADO (2004)
Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken on samples from two overhangs located within about 50 meters of each other in the Little Park area of Mesa County, Colorado. Pollen analysis has the potential of providing information concerning vegetation at the time of occupation or at the time represented by each sample, if that is different. Macrofloral analysis examines the contents of hearths and ash lenses and has the potential of identifying both fuel and any plants that might have...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES ALONG NINE MILE CANYON, CARBON COUNTY, UTAH (2013)
Seven sites in Nine Mile Canyon, Carbon County, Utah, were excavated during monitoring of the Bill Barrett Corporation’s Peters Point to Dry Canyon Pipeline. A total of 17 fill samples collected from various thermal features that included a roasting pit, a hearth, features associated with two pit structures, unprepared hearths, a possible buried hearth, soil stains, and an unknown feature were submitted for pollen and macrofloral analysis. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES IN PHRI PROJECT 94-1543, TINIAN SURVEY (1995)
Samples from eight sites at different locations on the Island of Tinian were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites were extensively disturbed by World War II activity. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning plant resources available to and possibly utilized by the various occupants of these sites. This information will aid PHRI, Inc. in addressing research questions concerning prehistoric site structure, site sequence, and duration of...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES IN THE LISBON VALLEY, UTAH (2013)
Samples from sites 42Sa22846, 42Sa22859, 42Sa22862, and 48Sa22864 in the Lisbon Valley of southeast Utah were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Pollen and macrofloral samples were recovered from upper and bottom levels of fill in one of two adjoining slab-lined cists at 42Sa22846, from fill of both a slab-lined roasting pit and an inner slab-lined pit at 42Sa22859, from fill of a possible unprepared hearth at 42Sa22862, and from fill in a stone circle that might represent a pine cone...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES IN THE NAVAJO ROUTE N9(5-1) PROJECT, NEW MEXICO (1997)
The Navajo Route N9(5-1) study area is located on the Chaco Slope of the southwestern part of the structural San Juan Basin in the southern part of the Colorado Plateau in northwestern New Mexico. Sites in the project area are associated with the Peach Springs Chacoan community. The overall goal of this research is to understand the organization and function of the Peach Springs Chacoan community. Organization may range from egalitarian through the highly stratified and centralized. This...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES IN THE WIC MEDICINE BOW LATERAL PIPELINE PROJECT, WYOMING (2002)
Samples from features at six sites for the WIC Medicine Bow Lateral Pipeline Project in southeast Wyoming were examined for macrofloral remains. Seven ground stone samples from 48C02672 also were washed for pollen. These sites represent several occupations ranging from 5390 to 210 BP. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the various occupants of these sites.