Starch Analysis (Other Keyword)
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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 41CV389, FORT HOOD, TEXAS (2010)
Site 41CV389 is located at the confluence of Cowhouse and Table Rock Creeks in Fort Hood, Texas. Two samples were collected from features and analyzed for pollen and starches to find evidence of economic activity.
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM EXCAVATIONS WITHIN KEAUHOU 2ND AHUPUA’A, HAWAI’I (2013)
Controlled excavations within Keauhou 2nd Ahupua’a, Hawai’i exposed stone architectural components of prehistoric agricultural, habitation, and/or work areas. Soil samples were collected at the base of the excavations (atop the underlying basalt bedrock and beneath the architectural features). Pollen and starch analysis of the soils samples was undertaken to determine floral elements on the landscape and to identify any cultigens present.
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 48SU2326, SUBLETTE COUNTY, WYOMING (2015)
A prehistoric open campsite, 48SU2326, located east of Sand Draw on a rolling plain, was excavated in association with pipeline trench construction. A cultural horizon (Stratum IIb) yielded evidence of a single occupation represented by numerous thermal basins (Brent Buenger, personal communication April 8, 2015). One modern surface sample and three stratigraphic samples, representing the cultural stratum and the strata immediately below and above it, were submitted for pollen analysis to...
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 48SW17760, SWEETWATER COUNTY, WYOMING (2015)
Site 48SW17760, located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, documents a prehistoric camp on the east side of a low hill that occupies the eastern side of an interfluvial ridge in the northeastern portion of the Washakie Basin (Matthew Kautzman, personal communication May 4, 2015). Open trench inspection of 2010 pipeline construction and subsequent auger, shovel, and test units identified features and artifacts, dated to 1280 ± 40 BP, or the Uinta Phase (Matthew Kautzman, personal communication May...
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 42WN2377, 42WN2401 , 42WN2398, 42WN2400, AND 42WN2150, WAYNE COUNTY, UTAH (2002)
Twenty-three pollen samples were examined from five archaeological sites near Teasdale, Utah. These five sites are located along or in the floodplain of Cottonwood Creek.
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 5DA3208 AND 5DA3419, DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO (2018)
Sites 5DA3208 and 5DA3419 are located south of the town of Parker in Douglas County, Colorado. A 2017 excavation of Site 5DA3208 by ERO Resources revealed a multicomponent prehistoric open camp centered on a knoll overlooking Newlin Gulch (Marcus Espinosa, personal communication, November 21, 2018). Based upon identification of associated cultural materials, ERO suggests that Site 5DA3208 was most intensely occupied during the Late Archaic period. Additional evidence for Early Ceramic and Middle...
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM SITE 48SU3993, SUBLETTE COUNTY, WYOMING (2017)
Site 48SU3993 exhibits three cultural components representing the Great Divide phase of the Early Archaic, the Opal phase of the Early Archaic, and the Pine Spring phase of the Late Archaic. Situated in the northern portion of the Wyoming Basin, this hunter-gatherer open camp represents multiple short-term residential camps. Pollen analysis of the modern surface, three stratigraphic samples, and nine thermal feature samples, as well as starch analysis of the same nine thermal feature samples,...
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF VESSEL WASHES, GEGHAROT, WESTERN ARMENIA (2007)
The site of Gegharot is located on the Tsaghkahovit Plain, a small, roughly triangular intermontane plateau measuring a maximum of 10-12 km wide and situated between the northern slope of Mt. Aragats, the southwestern slopes of the Pambak Range, and Mt. Kolgat in central western Armenia. This is the smallest and highest of three major plains that nestle at the base of Mt. Aragats. Specifically, this site lies immediately north of Mt. Vardablur, a 300 m high weathered massif that rises above...
POLLEN AND STARCH GRAIN ANALYSIS ON SAMPLES FROM KAHALUU AHUPUA'A, HAWAI'I ISLAND (2014)
As part of the excavation of the project area in Kahaluu Ahupua'a, sediment cores were extracted from open air water wells of unknown age. Three segments were sampled at various depths (between 17 and 35 cm) from two different cores and submitted for pollen and starch analysis. The sediment in the samples is composed of organic-rich loam with large seed pods and some detritus material visible (Trevor Yucha, personal communication, March 3, 2014).
POLLEN, DIATOM, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM A CORE NEAR CROSS PLAINS, WISCONSIN (2011)
Six samples representing marsh, lacustrine, and outwash sediment deposits were removed from a core that was collected from a small tributary flowing south into Black Earth Creek just outside the town of Cross Plains, Wisconsin for the purpose of recovering pollen, diatoms, and macrofloral remains. Analysis of these samples was undertaken as a pilot study to examine preservation and the potential for recovering information about vegetation and the paleoenvironmental history of this area from...
POLLEN, FTIR AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF HEARTH FEATURE FILL FROM SITE SDI-7074, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2014)
CA-SDI-7074 is located approximately three miles west of the town of Jacumba, California, near the border with Mexico. Previous analyses examined fill samples collected from 14 features representing fill from burnt floor surfaces, hearths, feature remnants, thermal features, and indeterminate features. Analysis of the fill from these features included pollen and starch analysis, as well as charcoal identification. Additional feature fill samples from 10 new features were submitted in January...
POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS AT SITE 26CK984, LAS VEGAS SPRINGS PRESERVE, NEVADA (2003)
Four samples were analyzed for pollen, phytoliths, and macrofloral remains from a collapsed pit structure at 26CK948 on the Las Vegas Springs Preserve, Nevada. These samples were evaluated to determine if information could be gathered regarding possible use of plant materials associated with the construction or occupation of the structure.
POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSES AT SITE 42GR2069, UTAH (2005)
Pollen, starch, macrofloral, and/or protein residue analyses were conducted on samples representing three pit structures, features within the pit structures, and extramural features at site 42Gr2069 in southeast Utah. Radiocarbon ages range from 1820 ± 40 to 1980 ± 50 BP. Pollen, starch, and macrofloral analyses were targeted towards obtaining subsistence information for use of the vegetal portion of the resource base from several of the structures and features. Protein residue analysis was...
POLLEN, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE ISAIAH DAVENPORT HOUSE, CHATHAM COUNTY, GEORGIA (2014)
The Isaiah Davenport House site is situated on Lots 13 and 14 in the northwestern corner of Columbia Square, Savannah, Georgia. Around 1810, Isaiah Davenport constructed a Federal style home and associated outbuildings on Lot 14 that were inhabited and used by his family and their enslaved household attendants. Isaiah Davenport purchased Lot 13 in 1812 and built a home at this location around 1820. This home currently stands as “...one of the oldest brick structures in the city...” (The LAMAR...
POLLEN, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, MACROFLORAL AND DIATOM ANALYSIS OF SOIL SAMPLES FROM A TRANSBAY BURIAL, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (2014)
The Transbay Project encompasses large portions of San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood on the western side of San Francisco Bay. Near the bottom excavation elevation, at the interface of Marine Sands with Lower Bay Mud, an individual burial was excavated. The burial included human remains and a woven mat that lined the pit and was folded over the top of the individual’s legs (Aimee Arrigoni, personal communication April 17, 2014). From this burial four soil samples were submitted for...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM PERNIL ALTO, PERU (2011)
Pernil Alto is located on the Rio Grande in an arid coastal desert in Southern Peru. Water is supplied by rivers from the Andes. Ten pieces of groundstone that included mortars and a single stone bowl fragment were washed and the resulting particles were submitted to PaleoResearch Institute for analysis to determine what plants were ground using these tools.
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM FRANK’S PUEBLO, SITE LA 9032, NEW MEXICO (2010)
Samples from rooms and midden areas at Frank’s Pueblo, site LA 9032, were examined for pollen and/or macrofloral remains. This site is part of the Salinas Pueblo District in central New Mexico and is one of several small, plaza-oriented, aggregated masonry pueblos on the Chupadera Mesa that formed in the late AD 1200s. These early pueblos date to the Glaze A period, which refers both to the time period of occupation (AD 1200–1350) and the presence of Rio Grande Glaze A pottery sherds (Rautman...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF CERAMIC SHERDS AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF MAMMAL BONE FROM THE LOWER FORT GARY NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, MANITOBA, CANADA (2009)
Ceramic sherds from a single vessel were submitted for pollen, phytolith and organic residue analysis, along with mammal bone fragments for AMS radiocarbon dating. The ceramic sherds were tested for organic reside using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) to determine materials the vessel contained.
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSES OF GROUND STONE ARTIFACTS FROM THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER PERGOLA SITE, FRESNO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2017)
The San Joaquin River Pergola Site, located in northern Fresno County, includes three artifact concentrations, a diffuse artifact scatter, and an area of displaced artifacts. The site is situated atop a stabilized, well-sorted sand dune that does not exhibit stratigraphy. Groundstone, comprising metates, mortars, nether or lapstones, handstones (manos and pestles), and hammerstones were recovered. Six pieces of groundstone were submitted for pollen and starch or phytolith and starch analysis to...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSES OF GROUND STONE WASH SAMPLES FROM SITES NLIP 45 AND NLIP 44 (CA-Sac-1147), CALIFORNIA (2010)
A total of seven ground stone wash samples were submitted for pollen, starch, and phytolith analysis from sites NLIP 45 and NLIP 44, located near Sacramento, California. Washes of the artifacts were conducted by the staff of AECOM and then submitted to PRI for laboratory analysis. The goal of this study is to identify plant remains from the working surfaces of these tools that may provide data useful in assessing tool function and resource availability.
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 ANALYSES ON SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM WATHAYN, NORTH QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA (2019)
Earth Mounds 33 and 34 are located in the Wathayn locality on the Weipa Peninsula of northern Cape York in Queensland, Australia. Evidence suggests that occupation of the earth mounds at Wathayn began after 2000 BP, with the height of occupation occurring between 500 and 100 BP. Use of the earth mounds on the Weipa Peninsula continued well after European settlement, with evidence for Aboriginal adoption of new technologies suggestive of occupation into the modern era (Stevenson et al. 2015:28)....
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF A METATE FRAGMENT FROM THE DANIELSON RANCH SITE (CA-VEN-395), VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2015)
A metate from site CA-VEN-395, a multicomponent site exhibiting prehistoric and historic occupation in the Santa Monica Mountains, was submitted for pollen, phytolith, and starch analysis to assess use of this grinding tool for grinding plant resources.
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF CERAMIC RESIDUE ON ONEOTA AND MISSISSIPPIAN SHERDS FROM THE NORRIS FARMS 36 CEMETERY, ILLINOIS (2015)
Studies of foodways for both the Oneota and Mississippian people include description of ceramic vessels. Warfare/violence has been documented at the Norris Farms 36 cemetery. The adjacent Morton Village contains unquestionable evidence of in-migration of Oneota people, creating a record of co-habitation. Investigation of interactions between these people currently includes examining a sub-set of the ceramic assemblage that is linked to the alteration of Oneota foodways. Four vessels were...