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

Three ceramic sherds from the site of Monte Palazzia, Calabria were submitted for analysis of organic residue contained within the sherds using FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry). These sherds represent bases of three different vessels.

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

The Tomoka Mound and Midden Complex (Site 8VO81) is located in Tomoka State Park, Volusia County, Florida. During excavations at the site, two Busycon spp. shell vessels (Samples FS 227.01 and FS 276.01) were recovered from the northwest bank of a narrow peninsula extending into the Tomoka Basin (Jon Endonino, personal communication, February 19, 2019). The location of the shell vessels and their association with shell middens and mortuary mounds suggests affiliation with the Thornhill Lake...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Laura Short.

Biomolecular organic residue analysis is an increasingly popular avenue of archaeological investigation. It is most frequently performed on pottery, though other substrates such as groundstone and chipped lithics are common. Recently, these methods have extended to fire-cracked rock (FCR). FCR features such as earth ovens are an excellent potential application: a) botanical evidence is not always preserved in the features and b) cracks that form in the FCR during the cooking process may protect...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Chad Yost. Linda Scott Cummings. Melissa K. Logan.

Samples were submitted from three cultural features excavated during Phase III data recovery at site 11Pk1599 in western Illinois. Charcoal samples from all three features were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating in order to identify woods burned as fuel and to obtain temporal information concerning site occupation. A projectile point/drill from a pit with cultural material was analyzed for possible protein residues to identify animals that might have been processed/hunted...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Kim Kral.

Two sites located on Fort Bliss McGregor Range in Otero County of southern New Mexico yielded a single projecting point and two brownware sherds for protein and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR) testing. Site FB1784 (LA 92756), a Late Archaic/Early Formative site, yielded the projectile point along with two soil control samples for protein residue analysis. Residue from two brownware sherds from an Early Formative site, FB15759 (LA 116603), were examined using FTIR to determine if...

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

Fill recovered from an isolated roasting pit at site LA165923 in Eddy County, southeast New Mexico, was floated to recover macrofloral remains. Charcoal from the macrofloral sample was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. Three stones from the feature, as well as a control stone from the site surface, were examined for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Macrofloral and organic residue (FTIR) analyses will be used to provide information concerning food...

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

Red Canyon Ranch, located in the foothills of the Owl Creek Mountains southwest of Thermopolis, Wyoming, contains evidence for multiple human occupations from Paleoindian to Historic times. Archaeological investigations and subsequent archaeobotanical analyses and radiocarbon age determinations span a period of several years and are currently ongoing. To facilitate these analyses, a single site designation of 48HO375 has been assigned. The earliest investigation centered on two hearths: one...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost. Melissa K. Logan.

Fill from a hearth at site LA 123811 (FB 8612) on the Fort Bliss Military Installation in Otero County, New Mexico, was floated to recover charred macrofloral remains, then obtain a radiocarbon date on identified charcoal. A groundstone recovered from the hearth fill was examined for pollen, phytoliths, and organic residues, the latter using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Ethnobotanic analyses of the hearth fill and the groundstone wash will be used to provide subsistence...

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

Hearth/fire pit fill samples from sites CrNV-11-14170, CrNV-11-14197, and CrNV-11-14923 in Elko County, Nevada, were floated to recover charred macrofloral remains. Firecracked rock recovered from the macrofloral samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Charcoal or charred botanic material from each of the three macrofloral samples was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating to provide temporal information about use of these features....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan. Chad Yost. Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Ten samples from site LA 171726 at the Turner B South Tank Battery in Eddy County, New Mexico, were submitted for macrofloral, phytolith, and organic residue analyses. Seven samples were collected from features in an area of the site contaminated with chlorides and some oil. The remaining samples consisted of fill from two small, basin-shaped thermal features believed to represent hearths in an area of the site not affected by the spill. The results of analyses from samples not affected by the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Chad Yost. Melissa K. Logan.

Fiber and rib material from a coated basket recovered in a rockshelter site in Val Verde County, Texas, was submitted for identification to determine the construction material for the basket. Black residue removed from the inside surface of the basket was examined for pollen, phytoliths, and organic residues (using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) to obtain a better understanding of the residue. The basket was found covering an infant burial that had been wrapped in two layers of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site HHA-1 represents precontact use of a level floodplain at the confluence of two major waterways, the Mohawk River and West Canada Creek. Three samples were collected from Feature 1, a circular fire-cracked rock (FCR) deposit, for macrofloral, phytolith, starch, and organic residue analysis, the latter using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. These analyses examined sediments and FCR from the feature in search of evidence of economic activity.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik. Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 42WS5162 is located in Washington County, Utah, near St. George, at elevations ranging from 800 to 1100 meters above sea level. The site falls predominantly within the Mojave Basin and Range Level III ecoregion (Patricia Stavish, personal communication October 17, 2017). Ten samples from various features were submitted for macrofloral, pollen, and/or FTIR analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Caitlin A. Clark. Jenna Battillo.

Site 24DW0560 is a buried lithic scatter or temporary camp located in Dawson County, Montana, approximately 10.5 km west of the town of Lindsay. Twenty-one samples were submitted for a variety of analyses to better understand resource use among prehistoric huntergatherer populations. Eight lithic samples were submitted for protein analysis. Of the seven rock and sediment samples collected from fire-cracked rock (FCR) features, three were submitted for FTIR analysis, one for macrofloral, one for...

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

Samples from units in three excavation blocks at site 45FS2075 in northeast Washington were examined for charcoal and other macrofloral remains. This site appears to represent pre-contact through contact period occupations. The excavation blocks contained several diffuse hearths consisting of concentrations of fire-cracked rock and bone. Charcoal or charred botanic remains from 34 samples were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. In addition, six lithic artifacts were sampled for protein...

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

Column samples from site CA-SBR-9711 and from a hearth at site CA-SBR-11330 were floated to recover charred macrofloral remains to provide subsistence information concerning plant resources utilized at these sites. Protein residue analysis was conducted on two lithic flakes from CA-SBR-9711 and on a mano fragment from CA-SBR-9717 to determine if these tools were used for processing plant and/or animal remains. The mano fragment also was examined for organic residues using Fourier Transform...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost. Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. David V. Hill.

A single sediment sample was recovered from Unit N971.87/E973.75 during Phase III excavations at the Betzwood Boathouse, located in Valley Forge National Historic Park, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. This sample was examined for macrofloral remains and for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR). Charcoal from the macrofloral sample was AMS radiocarbon dated. Three projectile points from the unit were analyzed for protein residues. Diagnostic artifacts suggest a...

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

Ceramic sherds (some with visible residue), charcoal, charred corn kernels, and a bone fragment from sites 25FT54, 25FT56, 25FT354, and 25RW1 in the Red Willow Creek Valley of southwestern Nebraska were submitted for organic residue analysis, identification, and/or AMS radiocarbon dating. The ceramics were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) to identify probable contents of the residues. Charcoal identification reveals the types of wood burned as...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

A mano recovered from the Big Stay site (48CA1420) in Campbell County, Wyoming was submitted for organic residue analysis. Organic residues were examined using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR).

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

A sandstone mortar recovered from the Tule Creek Village (CA-SNI-25) on San Nicolas Island in the Channel Islands of California was submitted for organic residue analysis. The artifact was tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). This analysis provides information concerning the compounds that were extracted from the mortar. Information concerning foods that might have been ground using the mortar is derived from matches with our reference library of raw...

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

A ceramic effigy vessel recovered from the Wallace Site (5MT6970) in Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado, was submitted for organic residue analysis. Organic residues were tested using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Multiple test extractions were performed on the vessel in an effort to isolate and remove contaminants imparted on the vessel by labeling ink before a final extraction was performed to remove the organic residues from the interior of the vessel.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Burned rock, groundstone, and lithic tools recovered from site 41PT185/C in Potter County, Texas were submitted for organic residue analysis. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Specific artifact provenience data was not provided to PaleoResearch Institute in an effort to minimize bias in the analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan. Chad Yost.

Three ceramic sherds and four lithic tools from the Reeders Creek West site (28ME360) in Mercer County, New Jersey, were submitted for organic and protein residue analysis. The samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transfer Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Protein residue analysis was conducted using cross-over immunoelectrophoresis (CIEP). Organic residue analysis was used to identify foods cooked in the vessels represented by these sherds. Protein residue analysis was used to...

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

Sixteen ceramic sherds from the HódmezÅvásárhely-Kopáncs (KÖH 34520) and Magy-Kauzsay Tanya sites in Hungary were submitted for organic residue analysis. One ceramic vessel sherd from each site, which are represented by sample 613 (Project 9-0395) and sample 279 (project 9-0389) was examined for organic residues by PaleoResearch in 2009 (PRI-09-169). Fourteen additional ceramic sherds from the HódmezÅvásárhely-Kopáncs (KÖH 34520) site, representing thirteen vessels and one pipe, are the subject...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Two ceramic vessel sherds from the Magy-Kauzsay Tanya (9-0389) and HódmezÅvásárhely-Kopáncs (9-0395) sites in Hungary were submitted for organic residue analysis. One sherd representing each site was tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR).