Wood Identification (Other Keyword)
26-50 (53 Records)
Two wood samples from a Japanese tea house were submitted for identification. The Japanese tea house is located in the Huntington Botanic Gardens in San Marino, California. Wood samples were collected from the mudsill and from the tongue and groove sub-flooring.
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM A LATE 18TH CENTURY SHIPWRECK (BISC ACC. 283) IN BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK, FLORIDA (2011)
Four wood samples from Biscayne National Park, Florida, were submitted for identification. The wood was cut directly from the timbers of a late 18th Century shipwreck (BISC ACC. 283) in a submerged saltwater context.
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM A MINING CAMP IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA (2001)
A single piece of wood from a mining camp in southeast California was submitted for identification.
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM A POSSIBLE DUGOUT CANOE FOUND IN LAKE PEND O'REILLE, NORTHERN IDAHO (2004)
Wood from a possible dugout canoe found in Lake Pend O'reille, Idaho, was submitted for identification. The sample was recovered from the outermost layer of original log present. This possible canoe yielded calibrated radiocarbon ages of AD 1680 to 1770, AD 1800 to 1940, and AD 1950.
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM A PREHISTORIC BOW (2003)
A small piece of wood was removed from a prehistoric bow for the purpose of identifying the type of wood used in construction of the bow. This bow was purchased at a garage sale in California and was believed to be associated with the Chumash culture; however, the presence of a green, copper-based pigment on the bow suggests that it was from a Southwest group (Jeb Taylor, personal communication).
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM AN UNIDENTIFIED WHALING SHIPWRECK SITE NEAR THE PEARL AND HERMES ATOLL, NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS (2005)
Wood samples were recovered from an unidentified whaling shipwreck site near the Pearl and Hermes Atoll located in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Samples are believed to represent the keel and garboard strake of the site where wood was buried beneath approximately five inches of sand. Wood samples were submitted for identification.
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM CA-MNT-110, PACIFIC GROVE, CALIFORNIA (2003)
A single piece of uncharred wood associated with an ash sample at site CA-MNT-110 in Pacific Grove, California, was submitted for identification prior to radiocarbon analysis to determine the type of wood represented.
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK, AND DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA (2002)
Several fragments of wood taken from sources in Joshua Tree National Park, Channel Islands National Park, and Death Valley National Park, California, were submitted for identification. Wood was identified so that similar material can be used to preserve the buildings.
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE CITY CEMETERY SITE, LOS ANGELES CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL #9, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (2010)
A total of 25 wood samples from the fill of 18 features at the City Cemetery Site in Los Angeles County, California, were submitted for identification to provide information concerning types of wood used as coffin wood for the interments represented by these features. AECOM encountered the features during mitigation activities related to the construction of Los Angeles Central High School #9. This cemetery served as the official city cemetery for the city of Los Angeles between 1850-1890....
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE HEADWORKS CAMP SITE, 24DW447, MONTANA (2011)
Three wood samples from the Headworks Camp site, 24DW447, were submitted for identification. This site was a historic work camp used by workers of the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation project in the early 1900s. Samples were submitted from a board or cut piece of lumber found beneath the floor of the camp Mess House, from a wooden wall that lined a cellar, and from the general area of a former stable location.
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE JOHN YOUNG HOMESTEAD SITE, HAWAII (2005)
Pieces of wood from an in situ threshold at the John Young Homestead Site, Hawaii, were submitted for identification. John Young was a British sailor who was stranded in Hawaii in 1790. Young became King Kamehameha's military advisor and trading agent, and was made governor of the island from 1802 to 1812. The threshold is within the entrance located in the western wall of the main residence. The John Young residence and several features on the site were constructed in 1798, and might have...
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE NOSTRUM SPRINGS STAGE STATION (48HO375) AT RED CANYON RANCH, WYOMING (2010)
The Nostrum Springs Stage Station, located on the Red Canyon Ranch near Thermopolis, Wyoming, is designated part of site 48HO375. This stage station was built by the Nostrum family sometime after 1897 and serviced the stage line between Ft. Washakie on the Wind River Indian Reservation and the town of Thermopolis. The stage line operated until 1927, when a railroad went through Red Canyon. The wooden structure of the stage station was exposed by clearing vegetation in the summer of 2010. Wood...
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE SALMON RIVER ESTUARY, OREGON (2011)
A single wood sample from an area believed to be the possible site of the Three Rox shipwreck was submitted for identification. This site is located in the Salmon River Estuary, Oregon. The wood is speculated to be part of an ancient shipwreck. “Amateur British historian Bob Ward has hypothesized the vessel is a Spanish Barque, pirated by Francis Drake on his famous voyage while in Costa Rica, and piloted by Rodrego Tello” (Kutsch 2011).
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE WAKULLA FISHWIER, 8WA843, FLORIDA (2011)
Two wood samples from the Wakulla Fishwier site, 8WA843, in the Wakulla River, Florida, were submitted for identification. Wood was recovered from a stake used in construction of a fishweir believed to date around 2000 BP, as well as from a tree stump growing 9.5 feet below the current Wakulla River level.
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE WRECK OF A STEAMBOAT, POSSIBLY THE NORTH ALABAMA, IN THE MISSOURI RIVER (2005)
Fourteen wood samples were submitted for identification from a steamboat that wrecked and sank in the Missouri River between Vermillion and Yankton, South Dakota (site 25CD82). This steamboat is believed to be the North Alabama, which sunk on October 27, 1870. Wood samples were identified to determine types of lumber used in construction of the steamboat.
MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE LA 32078, NEW MEXICO (2010)
Floated light fractions from features at site LA 32078 on the White Sands Missile Range in south-central New Mexico were examined for macrofloral remains. Individual botanic, charcoal, and wood samples from these features also were identified. This site is an Early Formative Period, Jornado Mogollon, Mesilla phase (A.D. 200-A.D. 1000) habitation site containing shallow hut-type structures, shallow and deep pit structures, a small hearth/thermal feature, large bell-shaped pits, one small and...
MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE RIFLE WICKIUP VILLAGE, SITE 5GF308, WESTERN COLORADO (2004)
Fill from the west half of a hearth in a Ute wickiup at the Rifle Wickiup Village, site 5GF308, was floated to recover charred macrofloral remains that would indicate plant resources processed in the hearth. A wood fragment believed to represent a fuel source also was submitted for identification. Site 5GF308 is located northeast of Rifle, Colorado. This site is reported to contain more than 60 structures, most of which are the remains of Ute wickiups.
MACROFLORAL, WOOD IDENTIFICATION, AND PHYTOLITH/SPHERULITE ANALYSES AT SITES LA 155815 AND LA 156001 ON THE KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO (2012)
Samples from the fill of a hearth and an earth oven at site LA 155815 and from an area of burned sediment with ash and charcoal associated with ceramic sherds at site LA 156001 were floated to recover macrofloral remains. Three wood samples from posts surrounding the hearth and an earth oven were submitted for identification. In addition, a column sample from an area that borders the location of a 1620 temporary field hut believed to have been used to farm and tend sheep at LA 155815 was...
Out of Ice: A Review of Greater Yellowstone Area Ice Patch Hunting Technology (2015)
While the unique plant and animal communities of the alpine are of clear ethnohistorical and modern significance to the indigenous communities of the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA), no histories regarding the use of ice patches have been identified. Information sharing with tribal groups and the public regarding the nature of ice patches, including the technical analysis of recovered materials, fosters understanding of and appreciation for these endangered features. This paper focuses on the...
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENTS AND IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD ASSOCIATED WITH THE H.L. HUNLEY, SOUTH CAROLINA (1996)
The H.L. Hunley was a Confederate submarine that sank in February of 1863 just outside Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Six pollen sample were collected from a sediment column approximately 85 cm deep that had accumulated atop the H.L. Hunley after its demise in 1863. Analysis of these six samples should assist in identifying the nature of the sediments, particularly with respect to timing of sedimentation. In addition to the six pollen samples, a single piece of wood recovered from near...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AND IDENTIFICATION OF BOTANIC REMAINS FROM BLACK DOG CAVE, SITE 26CK5686/BLM 53-7216, NEVADA (2000)
Sediment samples recovered from a wall profile in Room 2 of Black Dog Cave (Feature 13, Locus 4) at the Black Dog Mesa Archaeological Complex (26CK5686/BLM 53-7216) in southeast Nevada were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Pollen analysis also was conducted on adobe from the bottom of a slab-lined storage pit in the room. Botanic remains from several units within the cave were submitted for identification. Black Dog Cave consists of an extensive cavern containing features and...
POLLEN, PHYTOLlTH, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE HAGAN VILLAGE SITE, 24DW2, MONTANA (2001)
Soil samples from two bell-shaped cache pits at the Hagan Village site, 24DW2, in east-central Montana were examined for pollen, phytoliths, and macrofloral remains. Charcoal and wood from the larger pit also were submitted for identification. This site is a Late Prehistoric habitation site that has been subject to extensive disturbance from pothunting, cultivation, and grazing. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant resources that might have been...
WOOD AND CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM B. F. SISK DAM, CALIFORNIA (2009)
Two wood samples and eight charcoal samples were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. These samples were collected from Bench 5 and Bench 4 at the B. F. Sisk Dam in central California. Samples were identified, and radiocarbon dates were obtained on nine samples.
WOOD AND CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION OF SAMPLES FROM CAPE KRUSENSTERN BEACH RIDGE SITE COMPLEX, NORTHWEST ALASKA (2011)
Seventeen samples from the Cape Krusenstern beach ridge archaeological site complex in northwest Alaska were submitted for identification. This archaeological site complex is situated in the Cape Krusenstern National Monument. A total of thirteen wood samples, one charcoal sample, one sedge stem fragment, and two peat-like samples were examined.
WOOD AND CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION OF SAMPLES FROM CAPE KRUSENSTERN BEACH RIDGE SITE COMPLEX, NORTHWEST ALASKA (2011)
A total of 124 wood/charcoal samples from the Cape Krusenstern beach ridge archaeological site complex in northwest Alaska were submitted for identification. This site complex is situated in the Cape Krusenstern National Monument.