Pollen (Material Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

Pollen analysis on the Beeline Highway Archaeological Project was oriented toward identifying the presence of prehistoric agave. In addition, concentrations of cholla pollen were sought. This analysis concentrated on the identification of subsistence-related pollen as an aid in the interpretation of subsistence activities of the prehistoric occupants.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Four sediment samples and a single ground stone from the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve were submitted for pollen and starch analysis. This area is part of the Chico State BCCER project. The sediment samples represent individual levels and comprise an informal stratigraphic record. Pollen analysis was undertaken to document prehistoric vegetation during the time represented by these sediments and to examine the metate surface for evidence of food processing.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Thomas E. Moutoux.

The Blue Point Site (48SW5734) contains a Pleistocene paleosol, an Alberta/Cody occupation, and other Archaic occupations. Radiocarbon ages from cultural features range from 9540 ± 40 BP to 7030 ± 210 BP. Stratigraphic pollen samples were collected from a column that contains deposits below the Pleistocene paleosol, which yielded a radiocarbon age of 12,110 ± 40 BP from bone collagen, well into Stratum II, above an Early Archaic occupation, estimated at 7200- 7300 BP. This stratigraphic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Thomas E. Moutoux.

The Boots Site (32MZ732) is located in upland rolling hills dissected by deep woody draws leading to the Missouri River, which has been dammed to form Lake Sakakawea. A stratigraphic column with a base prior to BC 5700-5575, near the terminal end of the Paleo- Indian and transition to the Early Plains Archaic for this area, was examined to provide a record of vegetation. The vegetation record should coincide with paleoenvironmental conditions and provide information that may have influenced...

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

Five samples from an overlying peat and underlying silt and mud layers within the most recent surface rupture at the Burro Flats Trench Site northeast of the town of Banning in Southern California were submitted for pollen analysis. The analysis was performed in order to determine whether the rupture can be associated with the 1812 Wrightwood earthquake or the Coachella Valley earthquake, circa 1700.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

A few sediment samples from Trench 40 and Core 2, outside a fishpond at the Coco Palms Site on Kaua’i, were examined for pollen and microcharcoal to provide information concerning use of this area during the past. Since the sediments were collected outside the fishpond, which had been dredged, they might represent earlier fishpond deposits from a time when the fishpond was larger than it is today. Radiocarbon ages returned for several samples indicate an age of 1440-1640 A.D. associated...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Darkmold Site, 5LP4991, represents Basketmaker II and Basketmaker III occupations in the Animal River Valley north of Durango, Colorado. A suite of ten sediment samples were submitted for pollen analysis. Eight of these samples were collected from features, three of which contained burials. The remaining two samples were collected from stratigraphic contexts for the purpose of providing environmental information and controls that would assist in the interpretation of the feature samples.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Phelps Dodge Dos Pobres/San Juan Data Recovery project includes numerous sites, sixteen of which were sampled for pollen. These sites are located on the lower slopes of the Gila Mountains. Most of the sites are arrayed in a northwest to southeast trending swath. The arrangement of the sites on the landscape implies an exploitation of a specific elevation range, or more specifically, a specific vegetation community associated with that elevation range. Pollen analysis identifies the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

Thirty-three pollen samples from four sites on the Dove Creek Canal Reach III Project (sites SDLl12, 5DLl138, 5DL121B, and 5DLl120). Three sites represent Basketmaker III occupations, while the fourth is a late Basketmaker III/Pueblo I multi-component site. Samples were collected from floors, benches, and in association with groundstone to identify the subsistence base and address subsistence activities at these sites.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Twenty-three pollen samples, representing five archaeological sites in the Dove Mountain area, were examined. These sites are located in the upper bajada of the Tortolita Mountains that form the northern boundary of the Tucson Basin. Pollen samples were collected as composites from the floor of structures. One sample represents each structure. Examination of these samples was designed to provide information concerning plants that might have been processed in these structures.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 48CR11356 is located west of the bank of Fillmore Creek and approximately 350 feet southwest of the earthen dike of Seaverson Reservoir. AMS Radiocarbon analysis on charcoal recovered from eight of the thermal features indicates multiple occupations spanning the Opal phase of the Archaic period (5690 ±30 years B.P. 4070 ±30 years B.P.), with more intensive use from approximately 5300–5200 years B.P. Soil samples representing Cultural Stratum II and the base of a feature beneath a piece...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Haul Road site (48SW11645), located on a north-facing slope of a low ridge overlooking Tenmile Draw, exhibits evidence of multiple occupations. The Opal Phase of the Early Archaic and the Uinta Phase of the Late Prehistoric are both represented at the site, although not necessarily in the pollen record. Slab-lined basins, which were sampled for pollen analysis, are common during the Opal Phase occupation. Pollen analysis examined these basins, located in both the South and North Blocks,...

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

The Julian Wash Site (AZ BB:13:17) is located at the I-10/I-19 interchange in Tucson, Arizona. Approximately 87 prehistoric pit structures or possible pit structures, as well as over 100 other pits of various types were noted ranging in age from the Early Agricultural period (3000 B.C. to A.D. 150) to the Tanque Verde phase (A.D. 1150 to 1300). A small historic component also was noted. Pollen analysis focused on examination of floor samples from pit structures in an effort to identify...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Thomas E. Moutoux.

Site AZAA:12:736 (ASM) is located on the Santa Cruz River flood plain in the Tucson Basin. The research design lays out several questions that pollen analysis may address.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Thomas E. Moutoux.

The Mark Twain site (48SW13992) exhibits evidence of at least three occupation components. The oldest component includes three hearths, two of which were excavated into the regolith immediately above bedrock. Feature 3 yielded a radiocarbon age of 4410 ± 50 B.P. (2 Sigma 5280-5170 B.P., 5130 - 5100 B.P., and 5080 - 4860 B.P.). Features 3 and 4, both from this occupation, were sampled for pollen (Table 1). The middle occupation is represented by Feature 5, a basin-shaped hearth, that yielded...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Twenty-five pollen samples were submitted for analysis from the Moxa Housepit Site (48LN616). These samples represent three occupations. Occupation 1 contains several occupations that cannot be separated stratigraphically. Radiocarbon ages of 4430 ± 70 BP (Feature 5) and 4210 ± 70 BP (Feature 3) have been returned for Occupation 1. A previous date of 5790 ± 50 BP was available from Feature 4, noted in the upper portion of Occupation 1. A single radiocarbon age for Occupation 2 was obtained...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

Twenty-six samples from the Towaoc Canal - Reach 1 Project (sites 5MT8899 and 5MT8934) were analyzed for pollen. These samples represent a variety of proveniences in pitstructures and surface structures. Samples collected from floors, hearths, storage features, and mealing bins may be used to identify the subsistence base and address subsistence activities at these sites.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Five pollen samples were submitted from Trench 5 and a Waterline Extension Trench in downtown Honolulu. The 801 South Street Building B project explores wetland deposits that existed prior to development of downtown Honolulu. Pollen analysis examines these deposits for evidence that they were either a natural wetland or were modified and functioned as a pondfield or fishpond.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Three pollen samples collected at Wailua 15, along Kuamo’o Road in Wailua, Kaua’i were examined to provide vegetation information for the time periods represented. Two cores (1 and 2) are represented by these three samples.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Pollen samples representing Prescott-Phase occupation of a semi-subterranean structure and a check dam at YAV 74, as well as the modern surface, were examined to provide information concerning plant use and processing by occupants of this site. Samples collected within the structure represent the floor, the floor beneath a mano, and a pit.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

Three pollen samples were collected for analysis from Natural Chimney Rock Shelter (SJC-1548). Prehistoric use of this site probably encompasses BM III to P I and possibly P II time periods. Three groundstone fragments were recorded at the site. Two prehistoric and one modern feature were also noted at the site. All appear to be firepits, as they contained varying quantities of charcoal and fire-reddened sandstone. The two prehistoric features were sampled for pollen, and a third sample...

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

The Toltec to Prewitt Waterline Excavation project is located in the Red Mesa Valley near Prewitt, New Mexico. Four sites were examined, and all fall primarily within the cultural/temporal range of Late Pueblo II (AD 900 to 1100). Seven pollen samples were collected from these four sites in an effort to gather subsistence data.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Stratigraphic pollen analysis of sediments from three localities at 32WE89, a stone circle site in central North Dakota, focuses on reconstruction of vegetation during the past approximately 1000 years. Sediments in this area appear to represent valley wall slump dating to approximately AD 1000. Radiocarbon ages from the site place human occupation between approximately AD 1205-1290 and AD 1750-1800. A single pollen sample was collected from a rock pedestal in the stone circle to examine...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Three pollen samples were examined from a Sambrito Phase pithouse located at Arboles Point in the San Juan Drainage Basin, Colorado. Samples were collected from the floor and two pits to identify foods processed and/or stored within the pithouse and to better understand subsistence at this site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Sediment samples were collected beneath an oyster shell and from open matrix for pollen analysis from Calusa Island (8LL45), Florida. Radiocarbon dates on marine shell and mangrove wood charcoal provide intercepts of 825 and 765 BC. Pollen analysis of these two samples provides record of local vegetation and allows comparison of pollen preservation, measured by total pollen concentration, from these two contexts.