Coprolite (Material Keyword)
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A formal report was not written for this project.
DIETARY INFERENCES FROM HOY HOUSE COPROLITES: A PALYNOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION (1978)
The pollen analysis of 59 coprolites from Hoy House and Lion House in Johnson Canyon, Colorado, has yielded information concerning the diet of the Anasazi living at these sites during PIII times. Based on combined pollen and macro-floral analyses, the diet appears to be composed primarily of the cultigens Zea, Cucurbita, and Phaseolus, with heavy reliance on the possibly encouraged Cleome, and other manipulated or wild plants including the Cheno-ams, Oryzopsis, Physalis , and the Umbelliferae ....
EXAMINATION OF PALEOFECES, FEATURE FILL, AND AGRICULTURAL FIELDS AT RAMADITAS and LLANOS DE COLOR, CHILE (2002)
Ramaditas (G6) is one of a series of six sites located in the Quebrada de Guatacondo in northern Chile. The site is situated along a caravan route between the coastal margins and the highlands. By 900 BC, small agro-pastoral groups were occupying the richer, fertile highlands. Trade increased with coastal groups to obtain marine products. Groups regularly moved between the highland salt puna, through the dry sierra, and on to the coastal oases. Archaeological evidence suggests that Ramaditas...
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS FROM THE EAGLE CAVE SITE, VAL VERDE COUNTY, TEXAS (2017)
An Ovis (sheep) coprolite recovered from Eagle Cave in Val Verde County, Texas, was submitted for pollen and phytolith analysis.
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF COPROLITE SAMPLES FROM YAKUTIA, RUSSIA AND THE PONTATOC RIDGE SHELTER, ARIZONA, USA (2018)
Dung from locations in Arizona and Russia were submitted for pollen and phytolith analysis. Pontatoc Ridge Shelter exhibited a surface mat dating approximately 14,000 yr BP. Dung recovered from a pica nest in permafrost in association with Pleistocene-age mammals such as mammoth and rhino. Analysis of microscopic remains (pollen and phytoliths) was undertaken to identify local vegetation at the time each of these dung deposits accumulated.
POLLEN, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES OF SAMPLES FROM SITE LA 158037, NEW MEXICO (2012)
Two samples of coprolitic deposits or sediment containing human excrement from site LA 158037 were examined for pollen, parasite eggs, phytoliths, and macrofloral remains. This site is located in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico, and was excavated as part of the Executive Office Building Data Recovery project. Samples were recovered from a cesspit or early septic tank used by the Beacham and Butler families during the early to middle 1900s. Analysis was undertaken to provide information concerning...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF COPROLITES FROM ROOM 21 IN STEP HOUSE (5MV1285), MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO (1992)
Twelve coprolites from Level II of Room 21 in Step House, Site 5MV1285, in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, were examined for pollen, phytoliths, macrofloral remains, and possible parasites present. Room 21 was probably an unroofed work area in use during Pueblo times. The coprolites were recovered in the south two-thirds of fill above the upper floor or walking surface of Room 21. Pollen, phytolith, and macrofloral analyses will provide direct evidence of diet and information concerning use...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF A COPROLITE SAMPLE FROM OTIS HARE SITE (8LI172), LIBERTY COUNTY, FLORIDA (2017)
The Otis Hare Site (8LI172) is a riverbank freshwater shell midden campsite or small village located in Liberty County, northwest Florida. It is situated about 5 kilometers southwest of the town of Bristol, in the middle Apalachicola River valley (Nancy White, personal communication November 28, 2017). One sample of either human or canine coprolite was submitted for pollen, phytolith, starch, macrofloral, and FTIR analysis, and AMS radiocarbon age determination.
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, PARASITE, MACROFLORAL, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF COPROLITIC MATERIAL FROM THE EAGLE POINT SHELTER (5RB4662), RIO BLANCO COUNTY, COLORADO (2010)
Two separate and distinctly different samples of coprolitic material from a midden pit at the Eagle Point Shelter (5RB4662) in Rio Blanco County, Colorado were submitted for pollen, phytolith, starch, parasite, macrofloral, and organic residue analysis, the latter using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). One coprolite fragment appears to be human, while a smaller fragment appears to be canid. The combination of multiple analyses is used to gain information regarding diet and local...
POLLEN, STARCH, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF COPROLITES FROM ROOM 225, WEST RUIN, AZTEC RUINS NATIONAL MONUMENT, AZTEC, NEW MEXICO (2009)
Aztec Ruins National Monument is the largest ancestral Puebloan community in the Animas River Valley. Several multi-story buildings, smaller structures, and kivas represent residential and ceremonial structures. Room 225 in West Ruin, a great house, contained numerous coprolites, six of which were sent to PaleoResearch Institute. Of these six coprolites, in order to remain within budgetary limits, three were selected for analysis that included finding and identifying macrofloral remains, pollen,...
POLLEN, STARCH, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN RESIDUE, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSES AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF A COPROLITE FROM THE EAGLE POINT SHELTER (5RB4662), RIO BLANCO COUNTY, COLORADO (2012)
A coprolite fragment recovered near a midden at the Eagle Point Shelter (site 5RB4662) in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, was submitted for pollen, starch, parasite, phytolith, macrofloral, protein residue, and organic residue analyses, the latter using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). An AMS radiocarbon date was obtained on botanic material recovered during macrofloral analysis. The fecal material fell from an area above the midden into an excavated portion of the feature. The...