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DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Jennifer L.B. Milligan. Peter Kovacik.

Sheep Rock Spring (24JF292) is a deeply stratified Middle to Early Precontact occupation site located northeast of Whitehall in Jefferson County, Montana. This stratified alluvial/colluvial locality is situated on the southeast-facing slope of Bull Mountain near Sheep Rock Spring in the Sheep Creek Valley. The spring is currently used as a water source for cattle. The existing radiocarbon chronology on bone indicates that the zone of fluctuating water table has introduced contaminants (Wilson...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Peter Kováčik.

A possible bison bone fragment was recovered from House 2 of the Minneapolis site, 14OT5, situated in Ottawa County, Kansas. An AMS radiocarbon date of 1070 ± 15 RCYBP had been obtained on ceramic residue from this site, but was not a credible age for this context. Therefore, a fragment from the long bone shaft was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating to obtain a context date to corroborate or refute the residue date; however, no collagen was present. As a result, charred residue from a ceramic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost.

A Besant phase potsherd with visible residue from site 24LT505 was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating and phytolith and starch grain analysis. Radiocarbon dating the charred residue provides information on when the vessel represented by this sherd was primarily in use. Phytolith and starch grain analysis provides information on some of the foods prepared or stored within the vessel.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

A total of fifteen peat samples from multiple sites near La Paz, Bolivia were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. Samples were collected from the Charquini (Glacier Charquini) site, as well as Escalerani 2 and Escalerani 1, HP 2 and HP 1, Punto 2 and Punto 1, Rio La Paz (La Paz River), TC 1, and Tuni-condoriri.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Three vegetation samples recovered during 2009 and 2010 field work in Peru were submitted for radiocarbon dating. The samples included two unidentified hardwood shrub twigs and a clump of grass associated with the margin of a receding glacier.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Four charcoal samples were submitted from sites 24PH2977 and 24PH2973 near Ft. Peck Lake, Montana. These sites represent Avonlea cultural material scatters. Charcoal samples were identified and processed for AMS radiocarbon analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Thomas Lux.

A bison pre-molar recovered from site 24CH395 near Square Butte in Chouteau County, Montana, was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. A single root from the pre-molar was dated, leaving the tooth enamel available for other possible analyses.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

A portion of canvas containing a portrait of St. Harold was submitted for an AMS radiocarbon date. The painting is thought to have originated in either Switzerland or Italy.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

A drilled rib bone was submitted for radiocarbon dating. The bone, which has been curated for many years, had several severe cracks and had been shellacked. Treatment prior to radiocarbon dating included removing the shellac, then recovering collagen.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

A paper sample from an antique Quran was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. The book was expected to be less than 1,000 years old (Mansur Sajady, personal communication, January 12th, 2011). A radiocarbon date for this Quran will help validate its age for the purpose of appraising its value.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kovacik.

Papyrus fragments from an artifactual document from Egypt were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. The age of the papyrus is expected to fall between 1,000 to 3,000 years ago. Ancient and modern modifications impacting the artifact prior to its time at the museum include insect holes and exposure to human skin oils due to handling. Dates from the sample will provide information on the time period when the document was produced.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Charcoal that was hand picked from a hearth along Terlingua Creek was submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Bone and carbon-enriched sediments from the MacHaffie Site (24JF4) in west-central Montana were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Two pieces of bone from site 25FT376 were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. This site reflects a remnant of a Holocene terrace on an island in Hugh Butler Lake (Red Willow Lake) in Frontier County, Nebraska. This island is usually under water in the reservoir, but has been exposed during draw-down of the reservoir for repairs to Red Willow Dam. The island surface contains a scatter of bison bone, chipped stone tools, and lithic debitage. Site 25FT376 is believed to reflect an Early Archaic,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Three bone fragments from Site CA-SDI-1313/14791 were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is located on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in northern San Diego County, southern California. These bone fragments are expected to date between 6800-3000 BP. Sufficient collagen was recovered from only one of the bone fragments; therefore, an additional three bone samples were submitted. A total of four dates were obtained.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Melissa K. Logan.

A single bone fragment from Spokane Creek, Montana was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Linda Scott Cummings.

Bone fragments collected from sites HdSd-70 and HdSd-370 were recovered during the Williston Reservoir Archaeology Project - 1301, British Columbia, Canada. Sites HdSd-70 and HdSd-370 are in close proximity to one another along an old river channel in the semi-eroded reservoir drawdown zone. The bone at these sites consisted of isolated and restricted surface and subsurface scatters at the edge of the channel. Dates from these samples are expected to fall in the mid- to late-Holocene.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Bone fragments collected from sites HdSd-70 and HdSd-370 were recovered during the Williston Reservoir Archaeology Project - 1301, British Columbia, Canada. Sites HdSd-70 and HdSd-370 are in close proximity to one another along an old river channel in the semi-eroded reservoir drawdown zone. The bone at these sites consisted of isolated and restricted surface and subsurface scatters at the edge of the channel. Dates from these samples are expected to fall in the mid- to late-Holocene.

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

A small collection of mammal long bone fragments and a few salmonid vertebrae were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. Although two salmonid vertebrae and several long bone fragments were processed to recover gelatin, only one sample was submitted for an AMS radiocarbon date.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Two daub samples collected from a bowl-shaped pit feature at the Pantanello site in the Matera Province of Italy were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

A fabric fragment, charcoal, and wood from Nahal Amram, Israel, were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. Nahal Amram is an area of ancient copper mining, and all three samples are associated with mines.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Charred organic residue from four ceramic sherds from multiple sites in Minnesota were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

A shell sample was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating from site DcRu-1,a resource processing area, in southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The sample was recovered from an intact shell midden or processing pit located underneath a built up disturbance zone. AMS radiocarbon dating will provide temporal information for use of this feature, which is believed to have been during the last 2500 years.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kovacik. Linda Scott Cummings.

Site DfRw-13 consists of intact and disturbed shell midden deposits extending across the upper terrace of the Ladysmith town sewage treatment plant, British Columbia. Deposits at the site have been reported of low archaeological significance (Park 2004), and plans to construct a secondary sewage treatment system will clear and level the only remaining terrace with the site. AMS radiocarbon dates on three shell samples collected from DfRw-13 will provide temporal data for the site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

The carbon and clay cores of two sculptures were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. A bronze Brahmanic sculpture of Vishnu was purportedly made during the Sukhothai era in Thailand. These pieces are noted to have been produced from the 1300s until the first quarter of the 1500s. A bronze sitting Buddha from Bhutan was supposedly cast during the 1400s. Radiocarbon dating of samples from both statues was completed to verify the dates.