Basin-Shaped Hearth Fill (Other Keyword)
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Samples from the fill of four hearth features at site 48SU4435 in southwestern Wyoming were floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site is a prehistoric camp containing hearth features, lithic debris, fire-cracked rock, and bone fragments. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources that might have been processed in the hearths and woods burned as fuel.
MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT THE MALIN CREEK FISHING HOLE SITE, 24YE353, MONTANA (2002)
Eight samples from site 24YE353 on the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park, Montana, were floated to recover charred macrofloral remains. These samples represent three basin-shaped hearths and two concentrations of fire-cracked rock surrounded by flat river cobbles found on a living surface. Lithic artifacts were found from 0 to 40 cm below the surface, and Avonlea (A.D. 250-1000), Pelican Lake (1000 B.C. to A.D. 200), and McKean (3500-1000 B.C.) points were mixed throughout the...