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Three core samples recovered from two underwater sites (GA426 and HI178) on the outer continental shelf off the Texas coast in the Gulf of Mexico were submitted for pollen and organic residue analysis. Two of the samples were examined for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and two were examined for pollen. Pollen and organic residue analysis will be used to determine if the core samples represent sites on land or deposition of floral remains blown to sea.
POLLEN AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SOIL SAMPLES FROM THE POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, HAWAI’I (2011)
Twenty-one sediment samples from seven culturally modified pits excavated into lava flows in the Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawai’i were submitted for pollen and organic residue analysis. Six additional sediment samples from a Hawai’ian Petrel nesting area on Mauna Loa, located in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, were submitted as FTIR control samples representing modern avian activity. These samples were made available specifically to answer the need for identifying the possibility that the...
POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS FROM SITES 42KA7714 AND 42KA7715, KANE COUNTY, UTAH (2015)
Sites 42KA7714 and 42KA7715, Kane County, Utah, were documented during monitoring of Highway 89 construction in the Kanab Canyon vicinity (MOAC 13-307 project). An isolated basin-shaped hearth (42KA7714) provided a radiocarbon date of AD 970-1025. This basin yielded charcoal, fire-altered rock, and bone fragments, but no other artifacts (Hanna Romes, personal communication June 23, 2015). Macrofloral and pollen analysis was requested for two samples from Feature A, site 42KA7714. Located...
POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FOR SITE LA 159158, LOCO HILLS, NEW MEXICO (2009)
Five hearth fill samples from site LA 159158 in the Loco Hills region of New Mexico were submitted for macrofloral analysis. The samples were excavated as part of an oil spill remediation project at Well Site RJ Unit 123. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the prehistoric occupants of the area. One mano fragment and two ceramic sherds were also submitted for pollen and organic residue analysis, respectively. The ceramic sherds were...
POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS, CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 45SN28 AND 45SN303, WASHINGTON (2009)
Sediment, charcoal, feature fill, and fire-cracked rock samples from sites 45SN28 and 45SN303 in Snohomish County, northwestern Washington, were submitted for pollen, macrofloral, and organic residue analyses to provide subsistence information. These samples were also submitted for charcoal identification and AMS radiocarbon dating to establish chronology. Organic residues were recovered for identification using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Pollen, macrofloral, and FTIR...
POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR), AND AMS RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM FEATURES AT SITE 42WS4832, UTAH (2009)
Site 42Ws4832, located in Washington County, southwest Utah, contains slab-lined thermal features, a spiral alignment of upright slabs, a surface rock cairn, rock scatters, lithic flakes, and ceramic sherds. Samples from the fill of six slab-lined thermal features were examined for pollen, macrofloral remains, and/or for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Charcoal fragments from five of the features also were AMS radiocarbon dated. Pollen and macrofloral...
POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN AND AMS RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS AND BOTANICAL REMAINS FROM THE SAND HOLLOW 2 PROJECT SITES: 42WS3544, 42WS3552, 42WS3554, 42WS3557, 42WS3559, 42WS4197, 42WS4198, 42WS4242, 42WS4247, 42WS4251, AND 42WS4682, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH (2008)
Samples from sites 42WS3544, 42WS3552, 42WS3554, 42WS3557, 42WS3559, 42WS4197, 42WS4198, 42WS4242, 42WS4251, 42WS4682, and 42WS4247 in the Sand Hollow 2 Project area of Washington, County, southwest Utah, were examined for pollen, macrofloral, protein, and organic residues, the latter using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Pollen, protein and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide subsistence information concerning plant resources utilized by the various occupants of these...
POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN RESIDUE, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSES OF ARTIFACTS AND SOIL SAMPLES FROM SITES 42KA4478 AND 42KA6293, KANE COUNTY, UTAH (2008)
Sites 42Ka4478 and 42Ka6293 are prehistoric Virgin Anasazi occupations located north of Kanab, Utah, and east of Kanab Creek. Radiocarbon dates of 1570 ± 40 BP and 1670 ± 40 BP from 42Ka4478 reflect a Basketmaker occupation, while the presence of decorated ceramics and radiocarbon dates from corn cobs of 1340 ± 40 BP and 1170 ± 40 BP at 42Ka6293 indicate a Pueblo I association. Samples from features at sites 42Ka4478 and 42Ka6293 were examined for pollen and/or macrofloral remains to provide...
POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN RESIDUE, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES ALONG NINE MILE CANYON, UTAH (2013)
Fill samples from various features at sites along Nine Mile Canyon in northeast Utah were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Two projectile points were tested for protein residues to determine animal resources that might have been hunted using these tools. Seven pieces of fire-cracked rock (FCR) were examined for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Radiocarbon dates, rock art, artifact assemblages, and the presence of corn indicate that many of the...
POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN RESIDUE, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SOIL AND ARTIFACTS FROM SITE CA-SDI-10690, CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA (2010)
Column samples from site CA-SDI-10690 at Camp Pendleton in San Diego County, California, were submitted for macrofloral analysis. Protein residue, organic residue (FTIR) and pollen analyses were conducted on three stone tools, and pollen control samples were examined from the four corners of the site. This site represents a lithic and tool scatter associated with a Luiseño occupation. The goal of these analyses was to identify plant and animal remains useful in interpreting subsistence and...
POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 42EM53, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH (2011)
This Fremont residential site (42EM53) is situated on a ridge top west of Muddy Creek in Castle Valley, a broad valley with a highly varied topography. Samples from activity area fill, hearths, a pit structure, and a storage pit were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. A fire-cracked rock from the fill of a hearth and a grinding stone from one of the activity areas were examined for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). A side scraper from the activity...
POLLEN, ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR), ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION (Pxrf), AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF FEATURE FILL SAMPLES FROM SITES STM-034, STM-036, STM-040, STM-045, STM-049 AND STM-060, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2015)
The Stateline Solar Farm (SSF) Project Area, located in the Mojave’s Desert’s Ivanpah Valley, San Bernardino County, California, occupies a predominately flat area between several mountain ranges. Lakebed and alluvial fans dating through the Pleistocene as well as a Precambrian outcrop comprise the 6,487 acres encompassed by the project area (Hannah Hicok, personal communication May 6, 2015). During construction monitoring archaeologists located four possible hearths (STM-034, STM-036, STM-040,...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF FEATURE FILL SAMPLES FROM SITE LA 159599, NEW MEXICO (2009)
Fill from two features from site LA 159599, Eddy County, New Mexico were submitted for pollen, phytolith, and organic residue analysis. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). A soil control sample recovered from the ground surface was also submitted for pollen analysis.
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN RESIDUE, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT FROM THE SMITH SITE (A09111.000369), SARATOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK (2011)
A soil sample from the Smith Site (A09111.000369), located in Malta, Saratoga County, New York, was examined for pollen, phytolith, and macrofloral remains, as well as protein and organic residues. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). This historic site dates from the latter half of the 19th century (Adam Luscier, personal communication, January 21, 2011). Pollen, phytolith, macrofloral, protein, and organic residue (FTIR) analyses...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN RESIDUE, FTIR ANALYSIS, AND AMS DATING FOR 24GA493 (HORSE BUTTE PENINSULA SITE) AND AMS DATING AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS FOR 24GA416 (REAS PASS SITE), MONTANA (2007)
Sites 24GA493 (Horse Butte Peninsula Site) and 24GA419 (Reas Pass Site) are located in Gallatin County, southwestern Montana. Excavations of these sites is part of an on-going effort to re-license the Hebgen Reservoir development along the Madison River near West Yellowstone. Pollen analysis was conducted on samples collected stratigraphically from the Reas Pass Site (24GA419) to provide paleoenvironmental information for sediments from a column that yielded a radiocarbon date of 8760 ± 20 BP...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSES ON SAMPLES FROM THE MISSION SAN GABRIEL GARDEN COMPLEX, SITE CA-LAN-184H, CALIFORNIA (2012)
Samples were examined from excavations in the Bishop’s Garden area at the San Gabriel Mission Archaeological Site, CA-LAN-184H, in southern California as part of the Alameda Corridor East Construction Authority’s (ACE) San Gabriel Trench Grade Separation project. This area contains a large, dense, partially intact Mission period (1769-1834) artifact deposit and two substantial archaeological features associated with occupation of the San Gabriel Mission. A total of 83 column samples from a Water...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 24LN202 AND 24LN2210, LINCOLN COUNTY, MONTANA (2009)
Samples from sites 24LN202 and 24LN2210, Lincoln County, Montana, were submitted for pollen, phytolith, macrofloral, protein, and organic residue analysis, and AMS radiocarbon dating. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). The goal of these analyses is to better understand the function of several cultural features, determine if other features are of cultural or geologic origins, and to identify some of the plants and animals that may have...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) AND AMS RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS OF FEATURE FILL, CERAMIC, LITHIC ARTIFACTS AND CHARCOAL FROM SITES LA 132116, LA 149259, LA 149260, LA 149266, LA 149268, LA 149274, LA 149279, AND LA 149284, EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (2009)
Feature fill, ceramic and lithic artifacts, and charcoal from eight sites (LA 132116, LA 149259, LA 149260, LA 149266, LA 149268, LA 149274, LA 149279, and LA 149284), in Eddy County, New Mexico were submitted for pollen, phytolith, and organic residue analysis, and AMS radiocarbon dating. Pollen and phytolith analysis was performed on feature fill and sediment samples, as well as fill recovered from a ceramic vessel. Feature fill associated with this vessel was examined for charcoal, which was...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR), AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF SAMPLES FROM MADISON COUNTY, ALABAMA (2018)
Sites 1MA277 and 1MA098 lie within the Redstone Arsenal U.S. Army post in Madison County, northern Alabama. Sediment samples collected from four different features were submitted for macrofloral and subsequent radiocarbon analysis. In addition, fill of Feature 13 (1MA098) was examined for pollen, phytolith, and organic residue (FTIR) analysis.
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, PROTEIN AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE LYUKAS-KURGAN, HAJDÚNÁNÁS, HUNGARY (2009)
Seven sediment samples from the Lyukas-kurgan located near Hajdúnánás, Hungary were originally submitted for pollen analysis. Later, an additional nine samples that included sediment, ceramics, wood, a mat fragment, and a possible leather fragment were submitted for pollen, phytolith, protein, and organic residue analysis. Organic residue samples were tested using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR).
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP), MACROFLORAL, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES CA-SDI-21240 AND CA-SDI-21805, CAMP PENDLETON, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2018)
Sites CA-SDI-21240 and CA-SDI-21805 are located on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in northern San Diego County, California. Cultural deposits at both sites contain marine shell and animal bones, as well as flaked stone and groundstone tools (Tanya Wahoff, personal communication April 26, 2018). Various artifacts collected from both sites were submitted for protein residue, pollen, and phytolith analysis. Soil control samples associated with artifacts also were provided. Macrofloral analysis...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF A SOAPSTONE VESSEL FROM SITE NA-CA-SBA-204-1, SANTA YNEZ VALLEY, CALIFORNIA (2016)
A soapstone vessel recovered in a Santa Ynez Valley as part of a burial (13) of a woman aged 35–50. Radiocarbon dates of 802 ± 24 and 929 ± 23 RCYBP on shell recovered from a nearby burial have been reservoir corrected to 1659–1875 and 1507–1679 A.D., respectively. Charred food residue recovered from the interior of the soapstone vessel was studied to determine its contents. This vessel was recovered from Los Padres National Forest and curated at the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum. Samples...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF A COPROLITE SAMPLE FROM OTIS HARE SITE (8LI172), LIBERTY COUNTY, FLORIDA (2017)
The Otis Hare Site (8LI172) is a riverbank freshwater shell midden campsite or small village located in Liberty County, northwest Florida. It is situated about 5 kilometers southwest of the town of Bristol, in the middle Apalachicola River valley (Nancy White, personal communication November 28, 2017). One sample of either human or canine coprolite was submitted for pollen, phytolith, starch, macrofloral, and FTIR analysis, and AMS radiocarbon age determination.
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSES AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF A STEATITE BOWL FROM HORSETOOTH RESERVOIR, COLORADO (2012)
A steatite bowl found at Horsetooth Reservoir, northern Colorado, was washed to recover pollen, phytoliths, and starches. An area of thin residue from the interior of the bowl was examined for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Charred residue from the bowl exterior also was examined for organic residues and was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating.
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSES; MACROFLORAL AND CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION; AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM SITES CA-LAN-2994, CA-LAN-2995, CA-LAN-2996, AND CA-LAN-2997, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2013)
Four sites exposed in a Forest Service road cut within Segment 11C of the Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project in Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, California exhibited features sampled to obtain sediment samples for pollen, phytolith, starch, macrofloral and organic residue (FTIR) analysis, charcoal identification, and AMS radiocarbon dating.