Protein Analysis (Other Keyword)
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Three Clovis projectile point bases and one projectile point tip were submitted for protein residue analysis. These artifacts were recovered from a site in the Cedar Mountains, within the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground in western Utah. This analysis will attempt to recover and identify any plant and animal protein residues that may be present on the surface of these tools.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF LITHIC ARTIFACTS FROM SITES HIOV80, HIOV16, HIOV83, HIOV126, AND HIOV92, FOR THE FORT HILLS 2008 MITIGATION (FMA PROJECT 115708.MI08), ALBERTA, CANADA (2009)
A total of nine stone artifacts were submitted for protein residue analysis from sites Hi0v80, HiOv16, HiOv83, HiOv126, and HiOv92, located in northern Alberta, Canada. Archaeological activities are related to the 2008 Fort Hills mitigation (FMA Project 115708.MI08). These sites are within the Central Mixedwood Natural Subregion of the Boreal Forest Region. Previous analysis of artifacts from this region have yielded a high rate of positive protein residue results, likely due to the...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF LITHIC SAMPLES FROM SITE BlDp-58, YORK COUNTY, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA (2015)
Site BlDp-58, York County, New Brunswick, was heavily impacted during road construction. Nineteen lithics recovered from push piles, test pits, and the surface include twelve fine-grained volcanic scrapers, two fine-grained volcanic projectile points, two finegrained volcanic gravers, a hornfel scraper, a hornfel retouched flake, and a chert retouched flake (Tricia Jarratt, personal communication June 25, 2015). Protein residue washes collected from these artifacts by New Brunswick...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF PROJECTILE POINTS FROM POINT STATE PARK, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA (2008)
Five projectile points were submitted for protein residue analysis from Point State Park in downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, southwestern Pennsylvania. This park is the site of Fort Duquesne, Fort Pitt, and Fort Mercer. Protein residue analysis will be used to provide information concerning possible use of these artifacts to hunt animals.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF STONE TOOLS AND A FEATURE SAMPLE FROM SITES HHOW 49, HHOW 54, HHOW 55, HHOX 11, AND HHOX 15, NORTHEASTERN ALBERTA, CANADA (2009)
A variety of stone tools, including scrapers, projectile points and flakes, as well as, a feature fill soil sample, were submitted for protein residue analysis from a cluster of sites in northeastern Alberta. Previous protein residue analysis of artifacts from this area by PaleoResearch Institute (PRI) have resulted in good rates of positive protein reactivity, possibly due to good preservation from low biological soil activity. Results of this analysis should provide valuable animal subsistence...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THREE PROJECTILE POINTS FROM SITE LA 150615, RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (2009)
Three projectile points and a single soil control sample were submitted for protein residue analysis from site LA 150615, located in Rio Arriba County, northern New Mexico. All three artifacts are from a pit house feature with a Pueblo I-II affiliation (ca. A.D. 700-1050). Protein residue analysis may help determine what animals were hunted, and/or what animal remains were processed using these tools.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS ON A SMOOTHING STONE FROM SITE HdSd-371:606 AT DAVIS FLATS NORTH, WILLISTON LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (2015)
Archaeological assemblages in the Davis Flats North area, near the Williston Reservoir, Peace River Regional District, British Columbia, represent occupations spanning the early Holocene and recent occupations. Site HdSd-371:606 is situated on the western bank of a dendritic channel that bisects a large glaciolacustrian land form. Erosion due to the reservoir has impacted the site, and archaeological materials in the area likely do not reflect accurate depositional provenience. Artifacts have...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS, ORGANIC RESIDUE ANALYSIS (FTIR), AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING AT SITE GDON-18, ALBERTA, CANADA (2009)
Protein residue analysis, organic residue analysis (FTIR), charcoal identification and/or AMS radiocarbon dating was conducted on several projectile points, ceramic, bone, and charcoal fragments from site GDON-18, near the eastern border of Alberta, Canada. The site is situated along the shore of Cold Lake, on a terrace of course sand. Vegetation in the area is generally comprised of boreal trees and shrubs, and associated understory plants. Residue analysis should provide some animal and plant...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS, ORGANIC RESIDUE ANALYSIS (FTIR), CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF ARTIFACTS AND BOTANICAL REMAINS FROM SITE 46BO419, BOONE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA (2009)
Samples from site 46BO419, Boone County, West Virginia were submitted for archaeobotanical and AMS radiocarbon dating analysis. Ceramic, lithic, and other stone tool artifacts were analyzed for protein residues (cross over immunoelectrophoresis) and organic residues (FTIR). Charred botanical remains were submitted for charcoal identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. Results of these analyses have the potential to increase the understanding of Early Archaic through Late Woodland periods in...
PROTEIN RESIDUE AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS FOR A HAFTED KNIFE RECOVERED NEAR TUBAC, ARIZONA (2008)
A hafted knife, similar to a style hafted in the middle and recovered in Texas, was submitted for protein residue and organic molecule analysis to determine what was used as a hafting medium and to address possible use of the knife. This knife was recovered on a terrace just above Tubac, southern Arizona.
PROTEIN RESIDUE AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF STONE TOOLS FROM SITES HHOV337 AND HHOV467, FMA PROJECT 1840 MI06, NORTHEASTERN ALBERTA, CANADA (2009)
A total of 19 samples were submitted for protein residue analysis, and two samples for organic residue (FTIR) analysis from sites HhOv 337 and HhOv 467, located in northeastern Alberta, near the Athabasca River. Vegetation in the area is primarily a boreal forest ecosystem dominated by aspen, white spruce and black spruce. Wetlands are extensive in this region. Protein residue and organic residue (FTIR) analysis will provide data useful in determining tool function and plant and animal...
PROTEIN, ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR), POLLEN, STARCH, AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 11PK1702, ILLINOIS (2009)
Forty artifacts from site 11PK1702 in Bay Creek valley, Pike County, western Illinois, were submitted for ethnobotanic analyses. Twenty-two lithic tools were analyzed for protein, and fourteen ceramic sherds, two hammerstones, and two groundstones were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Pollen, starch, and phytolith analysis were also performed on two of the ceramic sherds. Site 11PK1702 represents a special function lithic workshop with intensive...
STARCH AND PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE AVALON OLD BRIDGE SITE, 28-MI-275, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY (2018)
The Avalon Old Bridge Prehistoric Site (28-MI-275) is located near Deep Run in Old Bridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Phase III archaeological data recovery of the site by RGA Cultural Resource Consultants revealed cultural materials from the Early Archaic to the Woodland periods (Lauren Lembo, personal communication, December 18, 2018). RGA submitted two groundstones (Samples 126a and 359) and two lithic artifacts (Samples 168a and 328) to PaleoResearch Institute for starch analysis...
STARCH, PHYTOLITH, AND PROTEIN ANALYSIS OF LITHIC SAMPLES FROM SITE 36MG0443, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (2010)
Site 36MG0443, situated on an upland hilltop in a plowed field in central Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, is comprised of a shallow basin containing approximately 300 jasper flakes. Of the features present at the site, Feature 3 yielded radiocarbon dates of approximately 600 and 700 BC and was occupied during the Early Woodland period. Three lithic samples from Feature 3 were submitted for starch, phytolith, and protein analysis. The goal of the analysis was to identify use of these lithic...
STARCH, PROTEIN RESIDUE, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF GROUND STONE TOOLS FROM SITE CA-MRP-305/H, YOSEMITE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA (2009)
A total of five ground stones and one pestle were submitted for pollen, starch, protein residue, and organic residue (FTIR) analysis from site CA-MRP-305/H, located in the Yosemite Valley, and within the boundaries Yosemite National Park. This site is a milling station with contiguous deposits of pestles, handstones, and obsidian flakes. Archaeobotanical and organic residue analysis of these tools will provide information useful to the interpretation of ground stone tool function and subsistence...
STARCH, PROTEIN, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 48SW16971, SWEETWATER COUNTY, WYOMING (2010)
Thirty-six samples, consisting of feature fill, groundstone, fire-cracked rock, and soil controls, from 48SW16971, a multi-component site located southwest of Wamsutter, Wyoming were submitted for starch, protein, and organic residue analysis. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Site 48SW16971 is comprised of Transitional Archaic and Formative components that have been identified through radiocarbon dating of unspecified charred...
STARCH, PROTEIN, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 5MF3006, MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO (2010)
Site 5MF3006, located in Moffat County, yielded numerous manos and metates, indicating that grinding starchy food was important to the occupants of this site. Sampling focus was on groundstone and control samples related to these groundstone. Analyses selected for identifying food processing include starch, protein residue, and FTIR.
TRACKING POSSIBLE ACORN USE AT SITES LA 113042, LA 129214, LA 129216, LA 129217, AND LA 129300, NEW MEXICO, AND NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS OF ACORNS (2010)
Eight stone tools consisting of two tabular knives, a metate, and seven manos from sites LA 113042, LA 129214, LA 129216, LA 129217, and LA 129300 were submitted for combined pollen, starch, protein, and organic residue analysis. These combined analyses provide a thorough examination, allowing for the potential for multiple lines of evidence to support subsistence strategies and tool function interpretations. In addition, acorns from two locations in New Mexico were submitted for a thorough...