Starch Analysis (Other Keyword)
201-225 (265 Records)
Several ground stone samples from the Beatty Curve site (35KL95) in south central Oregon were submitted for pollen, starch, and protein residue analyses. This site is located on Oregon Highway 140 in Klamath County. Pollen, starch, and protein residue analyses were used to gain subsistence information concerning plant and animal utilization, as well as provide an understanding of seasonal site occupation
POLLEN, STARCH, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF GROUNDSTONE FROM SITES CA-SDI-7199 AND CA-SDI-7976, SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2002)
A mano fragment and a metate fragment from Site CA-SD 1-7199 for the Salt Creek Ranch Project, as well as an overturned metate from Site CA-SDI-7976 for the Eastlake III Woods Project, were examined for pollen, starch, and possible protein residues. Both sites are believed to be Late Archaic temporary processing sites in southern San Diego County. Pollen, starch, and protein residue analyses are used to provide information concerning plant and possible animal resources processed using these...
POLLEN, STARCH, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE WATER AUTHORITY SITE (36WH1619), WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (2016)
The Water Authority Site (36WH1619) reflects a series of small prehistoric camps situated on the T1 terrace of the North Branch of Pigeon Creek south of I-70 in the Waynesburg Hills Section of the Appalachian Plateaus physiographic province, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Rock cluster features and artifacts, including bifacial and cobble/pebble tools, and debitage, likely reflect occupations dating between the Late Archaic through Late Woodland/Late Prehistoric periods. Activities at the site...
POLLEN, STARCH, AND XRF ANALYSIS FROM SITE 5LA9555, LAS ANIMAS COUNTY, COLORADO (2018)
A sandstone mano, recovered from Shelter C in the Trinchera Cave Archaeological District, was submitted for pollen and starch analysis to determine its use. A small concentration of blue pigment observed on the mano surface was the subject of X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analysis.
POLLEN, STARCH, MACROFLORAL, AND CORN COB ANALYSES AT THE KUCK SITE (5RB3157), RIO BLANCO COUNTY, COLORADO (2001)
Pollen analysis of samples from Kuck Rock Shelter, site 5RB3157, in northwestern Colorado focuses on examination of hearths, ash pits, a mano, and several clay chinking fragments. This study provides a base framework for examination of prehistoric vegetation and Fremont resource use through pollen analysis. Macrofloral samples were examined from the lower fill of a clay-lined hearth to identify economic activity associated with this feature. A single pollen sample was collected from the use...
POLLEN, STARCH, MACROFLORAL, AND CORN COB ANALYSES AT THE KUCK SITE (5RB3157), RIO BLANCO COUNTY, COLORADO (2001)
Pollen analysis of samples from Kuck Rock Shelter, site 5RB3157, in northwestern Colorado focuses on examination of hearths, ash pits, a mano, and several clay chinking fragments. This study provides a base framework for examination of prehistoric vegetation and Fremont resource use through pollen analysis. Macrofloral samples were examined from the lower fill of a clay-lined hearth to identify economic activity associated with this feature. A single pollen sample was collected from the use...
POLLEN, STARCH, MACROFLORAL, AND CORN COB ANALYSES AT THE KUCK SITE (5RB3157), RIO BLANCO COUNTY, COLORADO (2002)
Pollen analysis of samples from Kuck Rock Shelter, site 5RB3157, in northwestern Colorado focuses on examination of hearths, ash pits, a mano, and several clay chinking fragments. This study provides a base framework for examination of prehistoric vegetation and Fremont resource use through pollen analysis. Macrofloral samples were examined from the lower fill of a clay-lined hearth to identify economic activity associated with this feature. A single pollen sample was collected from the use...
POLLEN, STARCH, MACROFLORAL, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS AT SITE 5LA5840, SOUTHEAST COLORADO (2001)
In 2001, a bulk sediment sample from a burned rock (hearth) midden at site 5LA5840 in southeast Colorado was examined for pollen, starches, and macrofloral remains. This midden is located adjacent to Rockshelter 1 and contains lithic debitage, a few burned bone fragments, ceramic sherds, and a large amount of fire-cracked rock. A knife from the burned rock midden also was analyzed for possible protein residues to determine animal resources that might have been processed with the knife. In...
POLLEN, STARCH, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN RESIDUE, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSES AT SITE CA-SDI-4281, CALIFORNIA (2008)
Samples from the fill of fire-altered rock and shell features at Site CA-SDI-4281 in southern California near the Mexican border were examined for pollen, starches, and macrofloral remains. In addition, pollen/starch samples were recovered from a column through a single 120 cm deep unit. Three groundstone and three projectile points were analyzed for the presence of protein and organic residues, the latter using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Conventional radiocarbon dates...
POLLEN, STARCH, ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS ON SAMPLES FROM THE SOURDOUGH SITE II, 48SW19464, SWEETWATER COUNTY, WYOMING (2018)
The Sourdough II Site (48SW19464) is located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming in the northern portion of the Great Divide Basin. The site is situated on a peninsula that juts onto a dry playa lake bed. Sediment samples collected from house pit and hearth feature fill were submitted for pollen, starch, and/or FTIR analysis, along with a metate/comal that was submitted for pollen analysis.
POLLEN, STARCH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE DUNLAP VILLAGE SITE, 36FA480, PENNSYLVANIA (2005)
Samples were collected from yard areas, privies, and a possible garden area at Dunlap Village, site 36Fa480, in southwest Pennsylvania. This site is an historic miners village dating to the early 20th century and consisting mainly of two-family house and privy remnants. The majority of the yard samples were examined for pollen/starches and parasites, although five yard samples from House Lot 5 also were examined for macrofloral remains. Pollen/starch, parasite, and macrofloral analyses were...
POLLEN, STARCH, PARASITE, MACROFLORAL, AND/OR PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSES AT FORT THORNBURGH, SITE 42DA1005, AND SITE 42DC1424, UTAH (2003)
Samples from three archaeological sites were examined for pollen, starch, and macrofloral remains. A single sample from a probable historic trench privy at Fort Thornburgh in northeast Utah was examined for pollen, starch, and parasites to detect evidence of foods consumed, as well as the possibility that parasite eggs were present. Two samples from 42Da1005, a dual component site with occupations dating from the Archaic and Fremont periods, were examined for pollen, starch and macrofloral...
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,...
POLLEN, STARCH, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN RESIDUE, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSES AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF A COPROLITE FROM THE EAGLE POINT SHELTER (5RB4662), RIO BLANCO COUNTY, COLORADO (2012)
A coprolite fragment recovered near a midden at the Eagle Point Shelter (site 5RB4662) in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, was submitted for pollen, starch, parasite, phytolith, macrofloral, protein residue, and organic residue analyses, the latter using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). An AMS radiocarbon date was obtained on botanic material recovered during macrofloral analysis. The fecal material fell from an area above the midden into an excavated portion of the feature. The...
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, AND CHARCOAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 26CK5986, 26CK6001, 26CK5984, 26CK1285, 26CK1138, AND 26CK1120, NEVADA (2002)
Thirteen sediment samples were submitted for combined pollen, starch, phytolith, and calcium oxalate analysis in an effort to identify the presence of mesquite at any of the six archaeological sites examined (26CK5986, 26CK6001, 26CK5984, 26CK1285, 26CK1138, and 26CK1120). Although all sites share the common goal of finding evidence of mesquite, the features sampled vary by site. At 26CK1120, two cleared circles were of the type that knowledgeable Native Americans indicate might have been...
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF HEARTH FILL AT THE FALLING COW SITE, WYOMING (2010)
Fill from an unlined pit hearth at the Falling Cow site near the town of Saratoga in southcentral Wyoming was submitted for pollen, starch, phytolith, and macrofloral analyses. These analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant resources that might have been processed in the hearth. Charcoal recovered from the sample also was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating.
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF A TUBULAR PIPE FROM THE FALLS CREEK ROCKSHELTER, 5LP1434, COLORADO (2011)
Residue from a tubular pipe associated with a human burial from the Falls Creek Rockshelter site (5LP1434) was examined for pollen, starch grains, phytoliths, and organic residues, the latter using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR). These analyses are used to detect microscopic and molecular remains from plant and animal resources that might have been smoked and/or packed in the pipe for burial.
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF PIPE CONTENTS FROM A BURIAL AT THE DARKMOLD SITE, DURANGO, COLORADO (2011)
Residue from a stone pipe associated with a human burial at the Darkmold Site near Durango, Colorado was examined for pollen, starch, and phytolith remains, as well as organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR). Organic residue analysis is used to detect molecular remains from plant and animal resources that might have been smoked and/or packed in the pipe for burial.
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF STONE TOOLS FROM SITES 5BL121 AND 5BL184, ROLLINS PASS, COLORADO (2011)
Stone tools from two sites within the Rollins Pass study area were submitted for pollen, starch, phytolith, and protein residue analyses. The study area lies along the Continental Divide west of the city of Nederland, Colorado. This area is known for its extensive complex of game drive systems. Two ground stone tools, a mano and metate from site 5BL121, were submitted for pollen, starch, and protein residue analyses. An edge-ground mano recovered from site 5BL184 was submitted for protein...
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, BOTANIC IDENTIFICATION, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSES OF SAMPLES FROM THE LEVEE (12D363) AND KELLER (12D509) SITES, DEARBORN COUNTY, INDIANA (2010)
Six ceramic sherds from the Levee (12D363) and Keller (12D509) sites in Dearborn County, Indiana, were submitted for ceramic and organic residue analyses. Also submitted for phytolith, starch, and organic residue analyses were fill samples recovered from multiple layers of nine thermal features at the sites, including pit hearths and hearth dumps. Control samples associated with each feature also were examined for phytoliths and organic residues. In addition, charred parenchymous tissue samples...
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSES, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM THE CORN CREEK SITE, 26CK2605, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA. (2010)
Samples from features at Corn Creek, site 26CK2605, in the Corn Creek Field Station, Desert National Wildlife Refuge in Clark County, southern Nevada, were submitted for pollen, phytolith, macrofloral (including charcoal identification), and organic residue analyses. Organic residues were examined using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Charred remains recovered from the macrofloral samples were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is very large and contains numerous loci and...
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, PROTEIN RESIDUE, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF A PESTLE FROM THE HIGH BAR CACHE SITE (10IH3488), IDAHO (2011)
A pestle from the High Bar Cache site (10IH3488) in Hells Canyon, Idaho, was submitted for pollen, starch, phytolith, protein, and organic residue analyses. The sample was tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). An AMS radiocarbon date of 525 ± 15 RCYBP had previously been obtained for fragments of inner cedar bark from a woven mat and a large bundle of bark included with this cache (Puseman 2010). Pollen, starch, phytolith, protein, and organic residue...
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, PROTEIN RESIDUE, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM SITES HhOu 70, HhOu 94, HhOu 95, HhOv 378, HhOv 380, HhOv 381, HhOv 384, HhOv 385, HhOv 387, HhOv 431, AND HhOv 432, NORTHEASTERN ALBERTA, CANADA (2008)
A total of 37 stone artifacts from sites HhOu 70, HhOu 94, HhOu 95, HhOv 378, HhOv 380, HhOv 381, HhOv 384, HhOv 385, HhOv 387, HhOv 431, and HhOv 432 of the FMA 145503S MI07 Project located in northeastern Alberta, Canada, were submitted for analysis. These artifacts were subjected to pollen, starch, phytolith, protein residue, and organic residue (FTIR) analysis, depending on their likely function. The goal of this study is to better understand possible plant and animal remains that may have...
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, PROTEIN, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM PROJECT 570-004 (FB 223, FB 9153), DONA ANA COUNTY, FORT BLISS MILITARY INSTALLATION, EL PASO, TEXAS (2009)
Groundstone, utilized flakes, and sediment samples from sites FB 223 and FB 9153 on the Fort Bliss Military Installation in Dona Ana County, El Paso, Texas were submitted for pollen, starch, phytolith, protein, and organic residue analysis. Organic residues are identified using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). The primary goal for analyzing these artifacts is recovery of evidence of food processing.
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, PROTEIN, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES FOR THE UNION PACIFIC STRAUSS RAILROAD YARD DATA RECOVERY PROJECT, SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO (2010)
The Union Pacific Strauss Railroad Yard data recovery project examined numerous sites in the deflated sand sheet environment near Teresa, New Mexico. Coppice dunes and regular surfaces are both present in the study area. Numerous artifacts and sediment samples were examined from twenty-one sites (LA26765, LA103960, LA103961, LA129533, LA129534, LA129535, LA129538, LA129543, LA129544, LA129545, LA160121, LA160123, LA160124, LA160125, LA160126, LA160127, LA160128, LA160131, LA160132, LA160137, and...