CIEP Analysis (Other Keyword)
151-172 (172 Records)
The Wishbone Site (42To6384) includes a buried flaked stone assemblage, accompanied by a hearth feature. A pooled mean of three radiocarbon dates (10,390 ± 21 BP) was obtained on willow charcoal. The site is situated on an open salt flat supporting sparse pickleweed/iodine bush (Allenrolfea occidentalis). Fourteen flaked lithics were submitted for protein residue analysis. Four sediment control samples were collected from the general site area and one location near an artifact.
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 OF THREE STONE TOOLS FROM AN ISOLATED CACHE, SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO (2009)
Three lithic artifacts recovered from an isolated cache were submitted for protein residue analysis. The cache was discovered during site boundary delineation for Site LA 21136 in southeastern New Mexico. These types of artifacts are commonly called agave knives, but may not have functioned as such. The purpose of protein residue analysis is to better understand the function of these tools.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THREE STONE TOOLS FROM SITE FDOT 31, SOUTHEASTERN ALBERTA, CANADA (2010)
Site FdOt 31, a multi-component site located in southeastern Alberta, has an upper component with radiocarbon dates of 1080 ±40 and 1190 ±40 RCYBP and a lower component with a radiocarbon date of 6950 ±50 RCYBP. A total of three stone tools were submitted for protein residue analysis. A quartzite biface (sample 1962) was found in the upper component and a quartzite biface (sample 1881) and a projectile point (sample 1875) were found in the lower component. The goal of the analysis was to...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF TWO LITHIC ARTIFACTS FROM SITES HJOV12 AND HJOV26, NORTHEASTERN ALBERTA, CANADA (2009)
Two biface stone artifacts were submitted for protein residue analysis from sites HjOv12 and HjOv26, located in northeastern Alberta, Canada. The goal of this analysis is to detect protein residues that may be present on the surface of these tools as a result of their use.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS, CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF SAMPLES FROM THE AMANDA’S TERRACE SITE (8HG1312), HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA (2017)
The Amanda’s Terrace Site (8HG1312), a prehistoric lithic scatter, is located in the Sandy Point Wildlife Refuge in Highlands County, Florida. Eight lithic artifacts including two flake tools, a reshaped biface/knife, a possible Paleoindian fluted point, and four points dating to the Early and Middle Archaic periods (Doug MacDonald, personal communication April 12, 2017) were submitted for protein residue analysis using counter immunoelectrophoresis (CIEP). In addition, charcoal identification...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS, CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF BONE AND CHARCOAL FROM THE FRANCOIS PAULETTE CABIN SITE (2315R), WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA, CANADA (2010)
The Francois Paulette Cabin Site (2315R) site is a stratified, multi-component, precontact site located along the Slave River in Wood Buffalo National Park, northern Alberta. Charcoal and bone recovered from this site were submitted for identification and/or AMS radiocarbon dating. Eight radiocarbon dates were obtained from seven charcoal fragments and a partially burned antler fragment. Lithics recovered throughout the site also were submitted for protein residue analysis to provide information...
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 MACROFLORAL ANALYSES FOR SITES CA-SDI-19406, CA-SDI-12100, AND CA-SDI-9824, CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA (2011)
Artifacts and associated soil control samples from sites CA-SDI-19406, CA-SDI-12100, and CA-SDI-9824 from Camp Pendleton, California, were submitted for protein residue analysis. The samples consisted of washes from various groundstone tools, retouched flakes, and bedrock milling features. The floated light fractions from several column samples at these sites also were submitted for macrofloral analysis. A two-sigma calibrated age range of AD 1630–1910 and AD 1920–beyond 1950 was returned for...
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 RESIDUE, POLLEN, STARCH, AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF STONE SAMPLES FROM CAVES 2 AND 5, PAISLEY 5 MILE POINT CAVES, SITE 35LK3400, OREGON (2010)
A hand stone and 4 slab fragments cut from a large boulder were submitted for protein residue analysis from the Paisley 5 Mile Point Caves, Oregon. Previous work by other researchers has identified the presence of a variety of mammal and fish protein residue and DNA at the Paisley Caves. Because of the age of this site, the suite of protein residue antisera used to test these artifacts included elephant, camel, and horse, representing Late-Pleistocene fauna now extinct in North America. In...
PROTEIN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF TWO SEMI-LUNAR KNIVES (2017)
Semi-lunar pre-contact stone tools, recovered from two sites (Walker Point Site, Bluff Section, RI-653 and the Susquetonscut Brook Pre-Contract Site 4, 71-033), were submitted for protein residue analysis as part of a research project studying their use. The sites are situated along the Seekonk River in Rhode Island and above Susquetonscut Brook in the Yantic River drainage in eastern Connecticut.
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 RESIDUE, ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR), MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS, CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 42JB1732, 42JB1739, 42JB1749, 42JB1760, 42JB1764, KEG MOUNTAIN RANCH, AND 42TO3974, UTAH (2011)
Lithic tools, groundstone, fire-cracked rock, charcoal, and sediment samples from sites 42JB1732, 42JB1739, 42JB1749, 42JB1760, 42JB1764, and Keg Mountain Ranch, in the Old River Bed Valley, western Utah, were submitted for starch, protein residue, organic residue, and macrofloral analyses, as well as charcoal identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. The samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). A basalt chopper from Clovis site 42TO3794,...
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...