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PROJECT US Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District. US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

An archaeological investigation of Brookville Reservoir was led by Beth Kolbe of Applied Archaeology Laboratories, Ball State University during 1991 and 1992. Brookville Reservoir spans Franklin and Union counties and is located along the east fork of the Whitewater River in the Whitewater drainage. Archaeological investigation of the Brookville Reservoir were performed to evaluate the nature and significance of sites in the area, determine how sites were being impacted by shoreline erosion,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott.

Site 48SW5057 is located in the northern portion of the Great Divide Basin in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The site is situated on a sand sheet between sandstone outcrop ridge spurs at an approximate elevation of 6800 ft. Pollen samples were collected from this site during archaeological mitigation to examine both the paleoenvironment and subsistence. Two separate stratigraphic columns were sampled at 32 samples were taken from features to examine the subsistence base. Occupation at this site...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Bog Lemming Trench is located on the Sadie Creek Fault, approximately 3.25 km northwest of the town of Crescent, Clallam County, Washington. Four bulk soil samples were submitted to recover charred remains suitable for AMS radiocarbon age determination.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Paul M. Miller.

The Warm Springs Valley Fault is a strike-slip fault in the northern Walker Lane, Washoe County, Nevada. In the autumn of 2018, a team from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) opened a trench across the Warm Springs Valley Fault. The objectives of the UNR geologists is to better understand the timing and recurrences of earthquakes related to the fault. Three sediment samples (Samples WSV_C14#11, WSV_C14#10, and WSV_C14#9) were submitted to PaleoResearch Institute by UNR to recover charcoal for...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A total of nineteen bulk soil samples, fourteen detrital charcoal samples, and one wood sample from along the San Joaquin River near Fresno, California, were examined to recover organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon dating. These samples were recovered from Holocene alluvium in soil pits downstream of Friant Dam and from auger holes in slackwater deposits upstream of the dam. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon-datable material was...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Site LA 183591, an artifact scatter with a burned caliche concentration, lies along the east facing slope of Nimenim Ridge in Eddy County, New Mexico. Fill from the burned caliche feature with charcoal staining was submitted for macrofloral analysis to recover and identify charred floral remains suitable for AMS radiocarbon analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Three samples of sediment containing charcoal flecks were submitted for extraction of charcoal, charcoal identification, and AMS radiocarbon dating. These samples were recovered from Late Holocene alluvial deposits of the San Antonio River, Texas. Two of the samples yielded charcoal in sufficient quantities for AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal samples were recovered from the fill from two features at the Paired-Features Site, 41PS735, in west Texas. These charcoal samples were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. The site consists of a multi-component open campsite containing a large ring midden, roasting facilities, a possible tipi ring, and scatters of prehistoric and historic artifacts. Recovery of a single corner-notched dart point suggests a Late Archaic component. Charcoal identification determined...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

The Alpine project site is located near the city of Alpine in Utah County, Utah. This site represents an undisturbed fault scarp. Eighteen soil samples and nine charcoal samples, collected from a paleoseismic trench opened across the Wasatch Fault, were submitted to recover and identify material appropriate for AMS radiocarbon age determination.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

The Maple Canyon project site is situated in a vertical quarry in a sparsely populated neighborhood near Woodland Hills, Utah County, Utah. Samples were collected from the north wall of a trench across the Wasatch Fault. Ten soil samples and a charcoal sample were submitted for macrofloral and charcoal identification to recover and identify material suitable for AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Melissa K. Logan.

A small amount of sediment from a prehistoric burn feature at site 32ME1030, North Dakota, was examined for macrofloral remains and organic residues. Charcoal recovered from the sample was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. Organic residues were identified using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). AMS radiocarbon dates also were obtained for two bison mandible fragments from site 32MZ411. These sites reflect prehistoric campsites found along the shores of Lake Sakakawea in western...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost. Linda Scott Cummings.

Feature fill and stratigraphic soil samples were submitted for phytolith analysis from a rockshelter site, 15BR247, located in Breathitt County, Kentucky. Phytolith analysis was undertaken to better understand what the environment was like during the occupation of the site, and to identify any microbotanical remains from areas within and in front of the shelter. Macrophysical climate modeling was employed to generate a model of past climate for the area.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Amy Williams.

The procedures employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, Curation and Archive Analysis Branch, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX) to rehouse the archaeological material from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Perry Creek Dam and Reservoir are discussed below. The first step involved in the rehousing process was to obtain copies of all cultural resource reports, artifact catalog sheets, and field...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Six bulk soil samples from two paleoseismic trenches were floated to recover organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon analysis. These samples were collected from the Baileys Lake trench site on the Granger fault in Salt Lake City, Utah, as part of the Utah Geological Survey’s efforts to develop detailed information on the timing and recurrence of paleoearthquakes in the West Valley fault zone. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

The Paw Paw Trench site is situated in Obion County, western Tennessee. Five bulk samples, collected from a paleoseismic trench associated with Reelfoot Fault activity (Ryan Gold, personal communication May 31, 2017), were submitted to recover and identify charred floral material appropriate for AMS radiocarbon age determination.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

The Traverse Ridge site is located in Draper, Salt Lake County, Utah. Six bulk soil samples, collected from buried colluvial deposits in two paleoseismic trenches associated with Wasatch Fault, were submitted for macrofloral analysis to recover and identify charred botanic remains and charcoal suitable for AMS radiocarbon age determination.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

A total of six sediment samples were collected at the interface between a distal alluvial fan and playa surface in paleoseismic trenches at Pahrump, Nevada. These samples were examined for the presence of charred organic material suitable for AMS radiocarbon dating. In the absence of larger-sized charred remains, five the samples were extracted to recover microscopic charcoal/particulate soil organics for dating. One of these samples did not yield sufficient particulate soil organics; therefore,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

The Feffer Holloway project site (Holloway BA-4) is located in West Hollywood, southern California. One soil sample, collected with a bucket auger (BA-4) from an alluvial fan deposit, was submitted for macrofloral analysis and subsequent AMS radiocarbon age determination. These deposits are expected to be 30,000 years old.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Eleven bulk soil samples from a paleoseismic trench across the San Andreas Fault at the Filoli site in San Mateo County, California, were floated to recover organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon age determination. These samples were collected from the south and north walls of the trench and range in depth between 0.2–2.5 m below ground surface. Botanic components were identified and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated. Ten AMS radiocarbon dates were obtained on charcoal...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

The Filoli paleoseismic site is located on the San Andreas Fault in Woodside, San Mateo County, California. Bulk soil samples collected from the north wall of Trench 2 and from the south and north walls of Trench 3 were submitted for macrofloral analysis to recover charred remains suitable for AMS radiocarbon age determination. One to four different charred remains from every sample were selected, yielding a total of 30 AMS radiocarbon dates.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Sites CR1, CR2, and CR3 comprise Holocene terraces located immediately below the Grand Coulee Dam along the Columbia River, Ferry County, Washington. Two bulk soil samples from each site were submitted for macrofloral analysis. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated. Additionally, three samples underwent microscopic charcoal recovery due to insufficient macroscopic charcoal. Two microscopic charcoal samples were...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik. Linda Scott Cummings.

A selection of bulk soil samples collected from trenches and augers excavated as part of the Rovner Simi Project, Simi Valley, southern California, were floated to recover organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon age determination. In addition, two charcoal samples also were submitted for identification and microscopic charcoal was extracted from five sediment samples. Botanic components and charcoal fragments were identified, and optimal radiocarbon datable material, including microcharcoal,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Bulk soil and detrital charcoal samples were recovered from natural exposures or soil pits on stream terraces adjacent to the Dungeness River in the northeastern portion of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington. These samples are from terraces incised into the alluvial plain between the eastern Olympic Mountains and the Strait of Juan de Fuca at Dungeness Bay. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified in each of the samples, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A total of eleven bulk soil samples, three charcoal samples, and two shell samples were examined for the presence of organic material suitable for radiocarbon analysis. These samples were recovered from two trenches at the Penrose Drive site in Salt Lake City, Utah. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated. Dating of material from the trenches will be used to help develop detailed information on the timing and recurrence...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Six bulk soil samples from paleoseismic trenches across the Minto Fault, Denali Fault, and Castle Mountain Fault in Alaska were floated to recover and identify organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon age determination. In addition one macrofloral sample and eight detrital charcoal samples from a trench across the Northern Foothills Thrust (Alaska) also were submitted for identification. Botanic components and charcoal fragments were identified and potentially radiocarbon datable material was...