California, Macrofloral (Other Keyword)
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Two pre-floated soil samples from CA-SHA-47 were sent for macrobotanic identification. The samples were recovered from a subsurface cobble layer identified as Feature 1. This feature was unique at the site and contained a variety of artifacts including ground stones, chipped stone, and fire-broken rocks and cobbles. The prehistoric activities associated with the site are unknown; although use as an aboriginal salmon drying area has been postulated (Lisa Shapiro, personal communication,...
MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF FEATURE FILL AT SITE CA-TEH-45, CALIFORNIA (2000)
The floated light fractions from fill of a prehistoric archaeological feature at site CA-TEH- 45 in the northern Sacramento Valley, California, were examined for macrofloral remains. The two macrofloral samples represent areas of white ashy soil and red soil in a possible cooking area. Charcoal from the feature fill yielded a calibrated radiocarbon date of AD 795-1235. Macrofloral analysis is used to determine woods burned as fuel and plant resources that might have been processed in this...