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DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Burned rocks with adhering sediment and fill recovered from rock-lined baking pits at site LA 37157 were submitted for organic residue analysis. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Organic residue analysis provides information regarding diet, specifically materials processed in rock-lined baking pits.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Site LA 5148, located in the Laguna Plata Archaeological District of Lea County, New Mexico, was examined. The site was situated next to a playa. Groundstone, lithic tools, and ceramics recovered either in subsurface or from the modern surface were submitted for organic residue analysis using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Analysis of organic residues will be used to gain information on paleodiet, specifically foods cooked in ceramic vessels, and materials ground and processed...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Artifact and feature fill samples from sites DiOb 61 and DiOb 62 in southwest Saskatchewan, Canada were submitted for organic residue analysis. A soil control sample for site DiOb 61 also was provided as a baseline for comparison. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Organic residue analysis provides information concerning the compounds that were extracted from the samples and through matches with our reference library of raw and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Twenty burned limestone rocks and associated sediment samples from Formative and Archaic components of rock-lined baking pits at sites LA 37113, LA 37127, LA 37130, LA 37149, LA 37155, LA 37156, LA 37175, LA 161979, and LA 162325 on McGregor Range at the Fort Bliss Military Reservation in New Mexico were submitted for organic residue analysis. Of the samples submitted, nine burned rocks and associated sediment samples were selected for organic residue analysis based on their ability to provide a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

A total of seventeen samples including feature fill, ceramics, and fire-cracked rock from sites LA 96006 (FB 5053), LA 116848 (FB 16002), LA 116851 (FB 16005), LA 116852 (FB 16006), LA 116854 (FB 16008), LA 116855 (FB 16009), LA 120761 (FB 16391), and LA 120768 (FB 16398) located on McGregor Range at the Fort Bliss Military Instillation in southeastern New Mexico were submitted for organic residue analysis. These samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Burned rock from the Eastep Site (14MY388) in Montgomery County, Kansas and ceramic sherds from the Forrest Site (14PA303) in Pawnee County, Kansas were submitted for organic residue analysis. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Organic residue analysis will be used to provide information regarding foods processed.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

A mano fragment recovered from the Spring Rings site (48CO2720) in Converse County, Wyoming was submitted for organic residue analysis. The mano was tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Organic residue analysis is used to provide information regarding diet and tool function.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Visible residue scraped from sherds representing six Early Arpád and Arpád ceramic vessels found at the Szombathely-Zanat-Trátai-dulo site (86/VAS010, Zanati elkerulo 1./0.lh.) (9-00146, KÖH:67809) in Hungary was submitted for organic residue analysis. The samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Organic residue analysis was used to gain information regarding diet, specifically foods cooked and/or processed in ceramic vessels.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Sediment recovered from an unspecified location at the M6 autópálya építése Dunaújváros-Szekszárd szakasz Tolna-Mözs-Községi Csádés földek TO-02 (9-00006) (KÖH:30717) site in Hungary was submitted for organic residue analysis. The sample was tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Organic residue analysis was used to gain information regarding diet, specifically foods processed in the vicinity of the sample area.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Paul M. Miller.

Sites T-031618-01 and T-032118-01 are located in the high plateau region between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, near a north/south trending portion of Old Saddle Road and about half of a kilometer south-southwest of the Mauna Kea Recreation Area in the Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawai'i County, Hawai'i. The Research Corporation of the University of Hawai'i (RCUH) and the Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit of the Pacific International Center of High Technology Research (PICHTR) submitted 17 sediment...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Four freshwater mussel shells from the Wall Ridge site (13ML176) in Mills County, Iowa were submitted for organic residue analysis. Five additional modified freshwater mussel shells from sites 13ML136 and 13ML139, and four modern, non-culturally utilized freshwater mussel shells recovered from the Mississippi Valley also were submitted for comparison and reference, respectively. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Organic residue...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan. Linda Scott Cummings.

Three tubular stone pipe stem fragments from the Madeira I site (28BU740) near Moorestown in Burlington County, New Jersey were submitted for organic residue analysis. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Organic residue analysis provides information concerning the compounds that were extracted from the samples. Information concerning materials that might have been smoked using these pipes is derived from matches with our reference...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

In Minnesota, understanding ceramic periods of prehistory and their attendant subsistence practices is of critical importance. Our previous study (Scott Cummings 2017) indicates that problems with radiocarbon dates on ceramics are not unique to this period. Instead, the entire prehistoric record is affected. The natural Minnesota landscape contributes dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and organic carbon (DOC), confounding efforts to create a clean radiocarbon record. When graphing all dates from...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik. Linda Scott Cummings.

Sites 48YE304 and 48YE380 lie in a wetland near the outlet of Yellowstone Lake and beginning of Yellowstone River in Teton County, Wyoming. One sediment, one charcoal, and one FCR sample from each site were submitted for macrofloral, charcoal, and organic residue (FTIR) analysis, respectively. In addition, one AMS radiocarbon date was requested for the charcoal sample from Site 48YE304.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Eight ceramic sherds were recovered from three archaeological sites that included Turner Farm (29.9), Eddington Bend (74-8), and Hirundo (73-9). Five sherds from Turner Farm contained sufficient charred food crust for AMS radiocarbon dating. Of these, four qualified for financial support from an NSF grant (No. 1659988) to examine use of different chemical pre-treatment on charred food crust. In addition, all eight ceramic samples were examined for their chemical signatures using Fourier...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L.B. Milligan. Linda Scott Cummings.

Sentinel Bluff Rockshelter is situated along the western edge of Turtle Creek in Tehama County, California. On an interior wall of the rockshelter are two negative hand pictographs created with a maroon-colored pigment that appears to have been “sprayed” around the hands. A small sample of the pigment was collected for elemental composition (pXRF) and organic residue (FTIR) analysis to determine whether the paint was made using organic compounds, mineral compounds, or a combination of the two....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Jennifer L.B. Milligan. Cody Dalpra.

The Ferguson site (3HE63) is a two acre multi-component Caddo mound site in Hempstead County, southwestern Arkansas. It is adjacent to Caruse Creek within the Little Missouri River drainage. The Ferguson site was first recorded by the Arkansas Archaeological Survey in 1971 and was excavated between 1972 and 1974. These excavations revealed two Caddo mounds, a Fourche Maline midden, a small Caddo and Fourche Maline cemetery area, and an underlying Dalton and early Archaic component (Chowdhury...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Jayroe Site (41HM51) is a late Prehistoric small campsite situated in Hamilton County, Texas. The site lies at the northeast margins of the Balconian biotic province, near its boundary with the Texan and Kansan biotic provinces, on the edge of a terrace overlooking the Leon River. The site features two hearths/pits, two bone concentrations, and two mixed burned rock and artifact concentrations with extensive lithic and faunal assemblage, and sherds from ceramic vessels. Fourteen Late...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan. Chad Yost.

Samples from sites EfOo 134, EfOo 160, EjOp 6, FaOq 124, and FaOq 125, discovered during reconnaissance for the Keystone XL Pipeline Project in southeastern Alberta, Canada, were submitted for organic and protein residue analyses. Organic residue analysis was performed on a long bone fragment, fill samples from four hearths and a pit feature, and associated soil control samples using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). A biface tip fragment and a Besant dart were examined for protein...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan. Chad Yost.

Samples were submitted for analysis from two sites located on the upland prairie grasslands of Alberta, Canada north of the Red Deer River. A lithic projectile point from site EfOo160 was tested for protein residues and organic residue analysis was performed on a firebroken rock and a sediment control sample from site EgOo 9. These analyses are used to detect any animal and plant residues that may be present on the surfaces of these artifacts.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan. Linda Scott Cummings. R. A. Varney.

Cork, wood, and glass samples recovered from two barrels and two incomplete bottles at the Prince of Wales Fort National Historic Site in northern Manitoba, Canada, were submitted for organic residue analysis. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Organic residue analysis is used to provide information regarding the contents of the barrels and two glass bottles. A piece of birch bark bearing a dark red stain from a birch bark container was...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

A cast iron cooking pot was retrieved from 660T22 during GHMPR SGang Gwaay Storm Damage mitigation in Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve. Basal sediment was submitted for starch and organic residue analysis, the latter using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectropscopy (FTIR) to search for evidence of this pot’s use.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 41VV112 (Cave 1) is located downstream of the Pecos River in Val Verde County, Texas. Cave 1 is part of the Shumla Caves excavation in 1933 by George Martin. A twined basket that dates to 3,700 BP was recovered from the excavation and sent for FTIR analysis to identify pitch that lined the basket.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Carl’s Cave (Site 24LC0242) is located on the east side of Holter Lake near the entrance to the Gates of the Mountain, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. This shallow cave is situated in a limestone outcrop approximately 8 meters above the lake (Dr. Lauri Travis, personal communication, September 3, 2019). Multiple flakes and boiling stones were recovered from the interior of the cave. Two boiling stones were selected for organic residue (FTIR) analysis to determine if the stones retained an...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Melissa K. Logan.

Excavations of the Round Mountain Gold Corporation Shoshone Creek Data Recovery Project have exposed a large paleo-channel or levee, a cache of flakes, multiple thermal features, and a possible midden or occupation surface at site CrNV-61-8850 (26NY10398). The site is situated in Big Smoky Valley near Round Mountain, Nye County, Nevada and contains nine features and cultural materials including an assemblage of 23 ceramic fragments from a possible single Intermountain Brown Ware jar. Of the...