Human Remains (Material Keyword)
The remains of any part of a human
2,426-2,450 (3,246 Records)
Microfossil analysis is a technique used to better understand prehistoric diets. As part of a larger multinational project, we gathered and analyzed 112 samples of dental calculus (fossilized plaque) from human remains discovered at Paquimé and other sites in the Casas Grandes river valley to identify various microfossils still present in the silica matrix. With this information, we are able to better understand the flora present during ancient times and how it was used (food, processing, etc.).
Platform Mounds of the Arizona Desert: An Experiment in Organizational Complexity (1993)
Platform mounds were built by the prehistoric Salado and Hohokam people of southern Arizona from the 13th through the 15th century A.O., the Classic period. They are basically artificial, flat-topped hills on which the ruling families of the day built their homes. Additional residences and storage rooms were built around the base of a mound, and the whole was enclosed within a compound wall. Each mound was the administrative, ceremonial, and economic center for a small-scale political system,...
Playa Vista Archaeological and Historical Project, Volume 1: Research Design (1991)
The Playa Vista Archaeological and Historical Project is a multi-step comprehensive approach designed to achieve compliance with applicable Municipal, State, and Federal laws and regulations protecting cultural resources. This document represents the first step: the completion of a project specific research design that presents current knowledge of the cultural resources in the project area and outlines future steps to mitigate potential impacts of the proposed project. To complete the research...
PLC dataset from San Andrés, Tabasco, México
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Point Base Summary (2013)
This table contains Madison point base counts by unit.
Point Lookout, Michigan: a Preliminary Report (1970)
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Point Mid-section Summary (2013)
This table tabulates point mid-sections by unit. Point mid-sections that fit with point bases or tips are tabulated here and again in the "Point Refit Table." These mid-sections are believed to be from Madison Points. See also "Distribution of Projectile Points and Projectile Point Fragments."
Point Summary (2013)
This table tabulates Madison Points by unit. It does not include refit points - see "Point Refit" table.
Point Tip Summary (2013)
This table summarizes point tips by unit. The intention is to include just Madison Point tips, but it is possible that some non-Iroquoian point tips are included.
Poison-Rogers Timber Compartment Arr 05-11-45 (1982)
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Pollen Analysis of Samples from Two Dead Juniper Village, NM 0:3:1:11 (LA 87432), Kirtland Air Force Base, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (1991)
This report presents the results of an analysis conducted on 20 pollen samples taken from various prehistoric features at the Two Dead Juniper Village site in 1983. Analysis revealed the pollen on squash, corn, cholla, prickly pear, grass seeds, Mormon tea, sagebrush, sunflowers and globemallow.
POLLEN AND FAUNAL ANALYSIS AT TWO SITES (5MT2433 & 5MT7060) WITH THE FAIRVIEW LATERALS PROJECT, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO (1985)
Sites 5MT2433 (Aulston Kiva) and 5MT7060 were mitigated in connection with trenching for the construction of laterals for the Fairview Laterals project in conjunction with the Dolores Project. Site 5MT2433 exhibited both a kiva and a shallow rectangular mealing room, which were sampled in an effort to define activities within the structures. In addition, bone was collected during excavation of the kiva and during trenching of 5MT7060 and identified.
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 42SA14187: AN ANASAZI BURIAL IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH (1983)
A burial eroding out of an arroyo sidewall in West Water Canyon has been the subject of archaeological investigation. The burial (42SA14l87) was located in a burial pit within the fill of a large circular pit structure. During the course of archaeological investigations, four pollen and two flotation samples have been analyzed in an effort to gain information concerning the interment. The burial pit contained several artifacts, including two vessels and several polishing stones. Pollen...
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT ASSOCIATED WITH A BURIAL AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF HUMAN BONE FROM SITES 41HY161 AND 41HY163, SAN MARCOS, TEXAS (2009)
Previous pollen analysis of a sample associated with a burial from site 41HY163 in south-central Texas yielded possible evidence of Zea mays pollen. Because the identification was tentative, an additional soil sample was submitted to PaleoResearch Institute for testing. Pollen and phytolith analyses were conducted for the specific purpose of finding any evidence for the presence of Zea mays or to find pollen types that might be confused with Zea mays. After completion of the pollen and phytolith...
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF TWO COPROLITES IN SEARCH OF EVIDENCE OF WAPATO USE, AT 35005, OREGON (1995)
Two coprolites were examined for pollen and starch granules in an effort to identify use of wapato (Sagittaria latifolia), an important root food in the diet of Indians of the Lower Columbia River. Wapato has been documented as an "essential food staple and trade commodity of the Chinooken peoples" (Darby 1996). Evidence in the coprolite record for the presence of wapato should lie in the pollen and possibly starch granule record, since Sagittaria latifolia corms do not produce phytoliths.
POLLEN, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF A 19TH CENTURY PRIVY SAMPLE FROM THE SARGENT STREET SITE, COHOES, ALBANY COUNTY, NEW YORK (2018)
The Sargent Street Site lies within a 1.3 acre block in Cohoes, Albany County, New York. Trenches excavated in the northern portion of the block exposed various historic deposits, including a wood-lined privy (Adam Luscier, personal communication January 19, 2018). The night soil situated below an approximately 30 cm thick layer of coal was sampled for pollen, parasite, and macrofloral analysis. Macrofloral and pollen analysis identify plant foods consumption and trash disposal during mid- to...
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, AND STARCH ANALYSES OF TWO SAMPLES OF DENTAL CALCULUS FROM MIDNIGHT TERROR CAVE, BELIZE (2019)
Midnight Terror Cave lies in the Cayo District, ca. 16 km southwest of Belmopan, in central Belize. Studies of the cave by California State University, Los Angeles, in association with the Belizean Institute of Archaeology, revealed eight naturally divided sections (called ‘Operations’). Significant quantities (more than 10,000 bones and bone fragments) of calcified human remains from the Late Classic period (AD 600–900) lay on the surface of the cave floor (Prout and Brady 2018:3). Operations V...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH GRAIN ANALYSIS OF DENTAL CALCULUS FROM NEMRIK 9, A PRE-POTTERY NEOLITHIC SITE IN NORTHERN IRAQ (2011)
Human teeth with visible dental calculus were submitted for pollen, phytolith and starch grain analysis from the Nemrik 9 site, located in Northern Iraq. The samples comprise single and multiple teeth from 11 different contexts. Nemrik 9 is a pre-pottery neolithic site on the eastern edge of the Fertile Crescent. The goal of this analysis is to provide subsistence information and data useful for better understanding the origins of agriculture in this region.
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING FOR TWO COPROLITES FROM CHAPMAN CAVES, SITE CA-INY-1534, CALIFORNIA (2012)
Two coprolites from the Chapman Caves collection were submitted for pollen, phytolith, starch, parasite, and macrofloral analyses. Chapman Caves, site CA-INY-1534, is located on the Naval Air Weapons Center (NAWS), China Lake, California, and consists of two small rockshelters/caves that had been previously excavated from 1967-1969 by Timothy Shaw Hillebrand. The two coprolites submitted for analysis had not been previously recorded and were recently found labeled in the Chapman Caves collection...
POLLEN, PHYTOLlTH, STARCH, MACROFLORAL, AND PROTEIN ANALYSIS OF MATERIAL FROM 42PI275, THE ZEVON II SITE, UTAH (2003)
Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted on numerous samples collected both inside and outside a shallow depression at the Zevon II site (42PI275), located near Circleville, Utah. These analyses focused on identifying plants that might have been processed by the Late Archaic to Early Formative or Fremont occupants of this site. In addition, the pollen record provides evidence of local vegetation at the time of occupation. Two human teeth found inside this depression were examined to...
POLLEN, STARCH, AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS AT GHWAIR I, JORDAN (1999)
Ghwair I is located along a major drainage to the Dead Sea in southern Jordan. The Pre- Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) village covers approximately 2-3 acres, dating to approximately 7700 BP. This village overlooks the confluence of Wadi Ghwair and Wadi Feinan, which then drains west to the Dead Sea. Pollen and phytolith samples were collected as washes from six pieces of groundstone. In addition, two Caprine teeth, recovered in Room 3, were scraped to obtain dental calculus to identify any...
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,...
Pomme De Terre Reservoir In Western Missouri Prehistory (1961)
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Popular Study Series: Prehistoric Cultures in the Southeast (1941)
This pamphlet contains three short sections. The first is a short summary of archaeological investigations in the Southeastern United States, including at Ocmulgee National Monument (Georgia), Mound State Monument (Alabama), in Tennessee and Kentucky (as part of investigations done prior to water control projects of the Tennessee Valley Authority), and in Lousiana. During the last few years, archeological exploration in the eastern United States, particularly in the southeast portion, has...