Ground Stone (Material Keyword)
Lithic artifact formed or finished by polishing the body or edges with an abrasive
7,501-7,525 (10,216 Records)
Pollen analysis was undertaken on samples from four archaeological sites (34HP70, 34HP76, 34HP131, and 34HP138) in the panhandle of northwest Oklahoma. A piece of groundstone and a soil control sample were examined at 34HP70 to determine what, if any, plants were ground using this tool. At site 34HP76 the floor of a pit was examined to identify possible use of the pit. A hearth at 34HP131 was examined to identify economic activity associated with this feature. Finally, at 34HP138 several...
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS FROM SDI-7197, THE SALT CREEK I PROJECT, CALIFORNIA (1990)
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS FROM SDI-7197, THE SALT CREEK I PROJECT, CALIFORNIA: Pollen and phytolith analysis was conducted on groundstone and flaked stone tools from this site in an effort to define the plants that were processed with these tools. BLOOD RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM SITE SDI-7197 CALIFORNIA: The primary objective of this analysis was to determine if information derived by the analysis of blood residues retained on lithic artifacts could provide further...
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF A METATE FROM MEDICINE LODGE CREEK SITE, WYOMING (2003)
The Medicine Lodge Creek site is located on the eastern margin of the Bighorn Basin in north central Wyoming. A metate from the Crow horizon at the site was recovered during backhoe trenching and submitted for pollen and phytolith analysis to identify plants that might have been processed.
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF GROUNDSTONE AND CERAMIC RESIDUE FROM SITE 41PN175, TEXAS (2012)
Groundstone tools and ceramic sherds from site 41PN175 were submitted for pollen, phytolith, and starch grain analyses. This site is a middle-late Caddoan farmstead or hamlet located in Panola County, in eastern Texas. Pollen, starch, and phytolith analyses were used to recover and identify microscopic plant remains derived from processing and cooking activities.
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM A SHRINE AT THE SITE OF GEGHAROT, ARMENIA (2011)
Thirty-five samples of sediment adhering to a variety of vessels and grinding stones from the site of Gegharot in Armenia were examined for pollen and phytoliths. Samples were obtained by washing the tools in the field, then submitting the washes to PaleoResearch Institute. They were received in two shipments, allowing preliminary analysis of the first fifteen samples to assess issues of preservation prior to completing the study. Recovery of both pollen and phytoliths from the initial samples...
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM CA-ORA-711, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2005)
Three burned manos and two control samples were collected from a habitation camp east of Aliso Creek in Orange County. The samples were collected from features 10 and 13, which are burned rock features or hearths. The samples were examined in an effort to discern what these manos might have been used to process.
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE TALEGA SITE (CA-ORA-907), EASTERN SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA (2004)
Fifteen manos and metates from the Talega Site (CA-ORA-907) were submitted for pollen or phytolith analysis. This multi-occupation, habitation site yielded radiocarbon ages that ranged in age from 500 to at least 9,620 BP, while dates from the third pedostratigraphic unit ranged from cal BP 4370-3800. Older features from the fifth pedostratigraphic unit are estimated to range in age from 6,000 to 8,000 years old (Personal communication, Michael Tuma, July 27, 2004). Seven of these...
POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS AT SITE CA-SDI-5326, CALIFORNIA (2000)
Two manos and one metate fragment from Site CA-SDI-5326 in southern California were washed for pollen and possible protein residues. This site is located within the northern limit of the City of San Diego and is believed to represent a temporary resource extraction and processing camp. Pollen and protein residue analysis is used to provide information concerning plant and animal resources that might have been processed using these tools.
POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS AT SITE SEA1736, COLORADO (2003)
One mano for pollen analysis and two chipped stone tools for protein residue analysis were recovered from site 5EA1736 just east of Avon, Colorado. This site represents a prehistoric open camp/lithic scatter. Pollen analysis of the mano is used to determine plants that might have been processed using this tool. Analysis of protein residues obtained from a projectile point fragment and a flake tool will be used to provide information concerning animal resources that might have been...
POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS FOR SEVERAL SITES IN THE OAK COUNTRY ESTATES, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2002)
Samples from eight archaeological sites located along Santa Maria Creek in Oak Country Estates, southern California, were examined for pollen and/or protein residue. Four stratigraphic pollen columns were examined to provide evidence concerning vegetation from the time of prehistoric occupation until present. In addition, several pieces of ground stone and flaked lithics were examined for evidence of food processing or procurement. Radiocarbon ages, ranging from 1800 BP to 1000 BP and...
POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS FOR SITES 10CM294, 10EL840, 10GG137, 10GG325, 10GG480, AND 10GG702, SOUTHERN IDAHO (2005)
A total of 14 artifacts were found on the surface and in looters' backdirt piles at six sites on land owned by the Shoshone Bureau of land Management (BlM) field office. These sites are located in Camas, Elmore, and Gooding Counties in south-central Idaho. A mano, three pestles, and five pieces of groundstone were washed for pollen and starches to provide information concerning processing of plant resources. Six soil samples were examined for pollen to provide control samples for the...
POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A LARGE BASIN METATE FROM SITE CA-SDI-295, WOODS VALLEY RANCH PROJECT, CALIFORNIA (2002)
A large basin metate was discovered during mass grading at site CA-SDI-295 for the Woods Valley Ranch project in northern San Diego County, California. Woods Valley Ranch is a proposed residential and golf course community with surrounding natural open space easements. Large scrapers were used to transport soils from the northwest portion of the site to another portion of the project area, and the metate was found in the resulting spoils pile. Site CA-SDI-295 is a prehistoric residential camp...
POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM SITE 24HL1215 IN THE BEAR PAW MOUNTAINS, MONTANA (2006)
Five pieces of groundstone or probable groundstone were submitted for pollen/starch and protein residue analysis to determine what animals and plants might have bee~ processed using these tools. Site 24HL1215 is situated on a low and narrow terrace overlooking the East Fork of Beaver Creek in Hill County, Montana.
POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF GROUNDSTONE AND SEDIMENT FROM SITE 48UT1984 (2001)
Four pollen and three protein residue samples were examined from 48UT1984, a Uinta Phase Late Prehistoric pronghorn processing area. Radiocarbon ages indicate occupations around 1200 BP and 1700 BP. Pollen and protein residue analyses were conducted to provide information concerning use of a retouched flake, a chopper, and a piece of ground stone.
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS FOR GROUNDSTONE SAMPLES FROM SITE 48LN2041 FROM THE RUBY PIPELINE PROJECT, LINCOLN COUNTY, WYOMING (2011)
Site 48LN2041, located in the Muddy Creek drainage between Kemmerer and Opal, Wyoming, was discovered as part of the Ruby Pipeline Project. It lies approximately 5 miles south of the Hams Fork. Four groundstone fragments, a whole metate, and four soil control samples were submitted for pollen and starch analysis for the purpose of providing subsistence information and interpreting cultural economic activities at this site.
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF A FLOWER POT MORTAR FROM THE CALABRIA SITE, ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2017)
The Calabria Site in Fremont, California is a habitation site that contains a large, moderately disturbed midden and several burials. A flower pot mortar, located above the right arm of Burial 15, was sampled for pollen and starch analyses. This mortar is typical of the Augustine Period.
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF A MANO FROM SITE CA-MEN-3638 AND PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) ANALYSIS OF A LITHIC SAMPLE FROM SITE CA-MEN-3678, MENDOCINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2018)
Sites CA-MEN-3638 and CA-MEN-3678 were recorded by Pacific Legacy as part of the Caltrans Willits Bypass Project and are located in Mendocino County, California. Site CA-MEN-3638 is a prehistoric cultural deposit situated on the northern cut-bank of Upp Creek in the western region of the Little Valley wetlands. A ground stone pestle (Sample 0256) recovered from Site CA-MEN-3638 was submitted to PaleoResearch Institute for pollen and starch analysis. Site CA-MEN-3678 is a prehistoric lithic...
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF A METATE AND SEDIMENTS, NA 26053, PRESCOTT, ARIZONA (2002)
Site NA 26053, a Prescott Culture site, is located north of the present town of Prescott. A metate was washed to recover pollen to identify plants ground, and two additional soil samples were collected nearby. All three samples were examined for pollen and starches to address food processing in this portion of the site.
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF A METATE FROM 34HP138 (2003)
A metate was recovered from Feature 1, a large storage pit that yielded a calibrated radiocarbon age of AD 1400-1450 on corn from the fill. This Late Plains Village or early Protohistoric site is located in a dune field between the Cimarron and Beaver River drainages in western Oklahoma. The grinding surface of the metate was washed to recover pollen evidence of foods that might have been ground.
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF A METATE FROM 48FR4459, THE MONETA DIVIDE HOUSEPIT SITE, WYOMING (2005)
A metate recovered from the Moneta Divide Housepit site in the interior Wind River Basin, Wyoming, was submitted for pollen and starch analysis. Radiocarbon ages for this housepit place occupation that yielded the metate approximately 5,390 + 40 BP.
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF A METATE FROM 48SW13159, THE CHAIN LAKES RIM HOUSEPIT SITE, WYOMING (2005)
A metate collected at site 48SW13159 on the Lost Creek Pipeline Data Recovery project was submitted for pollen and starch analysis. The site lies within the Great Divide Basin just below the crest of Chain Lakes Rim.
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF GROUNDSTONE FROM SWALLOW SHELTER (5JF321), COLORADO (2002)
Twelve metate fragments and a single ceramic sherd from Swallow Shelter in central Colorado were examined to provide evidence of vegetal foods that might have been processed. These metates were recovered from levels 3 through 20, representing much of the stratigraphic sequence of occupation at this site. Radiocarbon ages associated with these levels range from 1100 to 3200 BP.
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF GROUNDSTONE FROM THE CHRYSOPS SITE (48CR9375), CARBON COUNTY, WYOMING (2015)
Site 48CR9375, located in the eastern portion of the Washakie Basin, includes several open-air, hearth-tethered activity areas. Radiocarbon dates of 5850 ± 40 BP, 5350 ± 40 BP, and 5760 ± 40 BP were returned on two hearths and an isolated feature, respectively, indicating occupation at the end of the Great Divide phase and beginning of the Opal phase of the Early Archaic Period. A piece of groundstone recovered from an activity area adjacent to Feature 9, an unlined basin hearth, and a control...
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF GROUNDSTONE, MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SOIL SAMPLES, AND PROTEIN ANALYSIS OF LITHIC ARTIFACTS FROM CA-SDI-1313/14791, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2012)
Groundstone tools from excavation units at site CA-SDI-1313/14791 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in northern San Diego County, southern California, were washed to recover pollen and starches derived from processing activities. Various levels of unit fill were floated to recover macrofloral remains from subsistence activities, while three lithic tools were submitted for protein residue analysis to determine plant or animal resources that were processed with these tools. This site contains a...
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE CA-MRP-0442/H, TENAYA LAKE, YOSEMITE, CALIFORNIA (2013)
One groundstone and accompanying soil control sample were submitted for pollen and starch analysis from rockshelter site CA-MRP-0042/H in Mariposa County, California. The rock shelter opens to the west. The site is situated north of Tenaya Lake in a glacially scoured granitic basin west of the Sierra Nevada crest (Sonny Montague, personal communication, March 6, 2013). The surrounding vegetation includes lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), western white pine (Pinus monticola), mountain hemlock...