Protein Residue Analysis (Other Keyword)
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A chert flaked stone tool recovered from Site CA-MEN-1371, Mendocino County, California was submitted for protein residue analysis.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A BONE FRAGMENT AND SOIL SAMPLE FROM BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS (2001)
A bone fragment recovered from a possible human cranium found at Site BZT -1 in Brazoria County, Texas, and soil samples from areas adjacent to the cranium were tested for the presence of human proteins.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A CERAMIC SHERD FROM AN ISOLATED POT DROP (SITE 560-013) ON THE MCGREGOR RANGE, TRAINING AREA 9, ON THE FORT BLISS MILITARY RESERVATION, NEW MEXICO (2006)
A single undifferentiated brownware sherd was analyzed for possible protein residues. This sherd was collected from an isolated pot drop (PO #7) on the McGregor Range in the Fort Bliss Military Reservation, southeast New Mexico. This pot is believed to have a Jornada Mogollon cultural affiliation, probably the Mesilla phase. Protein residue analysis was conducted to help provide information concerning the possible contents of the pot.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A CLOVIS BIFACE BASE FROM SITE 42TO5158, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH (2012)
The fluted base of a Mahog obsidian Clovis biface recovered from site 42TO5158, Tooele County, Utah was submitted for protein residue analysis. The site is an open prehistoric artifact scatter situated on the extinct lakebed of Lake Bonneville. This analysis was undertaken to determine if protein residues derived from the use of the Clovis biface were present and identifiable.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A COPPER HARPOON FROM SITE MC.02N, McCARGOE COVE, ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK, KEWEENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN (2017)
A copper harpoon recovered in situ at a Nipissing beach habitation site (McCargoe Cove Site MC.02N) in close proximity to the Minong mine was submitted for protein residue analysis to determine its use.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A COPPER TOOL FROM THE GRACE PENINSULA SITE, ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK, MICHIGAN (2013)
The Grace Peninsula site is situated on Isle Royale in Keweenaw County, Michigan. Surveys, shovel tests, and metal detecting along the Nipissing shorelines recovered copper and lithic artifacts believed to correspond with Archaic cultures around 4,000–5,000 years ago. Of the 28 copper tools recovered from the site, two were submitted for protein residue analysis. As oxidized copper has the potential to limit the bonding of proteins to the surface of the artifacts a preliminary test of one of the...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A FLAKED LITHIC TOOL FROM SITE 42GR399, UTAH (2002)
A single flaked lithic tool and associated soil control from Site 42GR399 in the Hunter Canyon area west of Moab, Utah, were tested for possible protein residues. This site consists of an aIcove containing several features, including a masonry structure estimated to be culturally affiliated with the Pueblo II period. Protein residue analysis is used to provide information concerning possible animal resources processed using this artifact.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A FLAKED TOOL FROM SITE 32DU621, NORTH DAKOTA (2011)
A flaked lithic stone tool and an associated soil control were submitted for protein residue analysis from site 32DU621, located in North Dakota. Because of the potential age of this tool, antisera from Pleistocene mammals were added to the suite of antisera used for testing. The goal of this analysis was to extract and identify any protein residues that may be present of the surface of this tool.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A FLUTED POINT FROM THE BOG SITE, CA-SDI-2506, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (2006)
A single obsidian fluted point and an associated soil control from the Bog Site, CA-SDI-2506, in the Lost Valley area in northeastern San Diego County, California, were tested for possible protein residues. Although the site has been culturally affiliated with a seasonal camp of the late prehistoric and protohistoric Cupeno People and possibly the Mountain Cahuilla, the fluted point is believed to represent the early Holocene Clovis Culture approximately 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. Obsidian...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A FLUTED PROJECTILE POINT FROM THE HILLSIDE SITE (158Y/NhVI-2), IVVAVIK NATIONAL PARK, YUKON, CANADA (2014)
The Hillside site (158Y/NhVl-2) is situated on a high terrace east of the Firth River in the center of Ivvavik National Park, northwestern Yukon Territory, Canada. The site was originally recorded by MacNeish in 1958 and the presence of a biface, a utilized cobble, several stone flakes, and a bone were comparable to the nearby Engigstciak site (30Y65/NiVk-1) with a suggested age of up to 9,500 BP (Sharon Thomson, personal communication February 4, 2014). Later investigations of the site (1995...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A HASKETT PROJECTILE POINT FROM SITE 42TO5135, GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT, UTAH (2013)
A Haskett projectile point collected from the surface of the Great Salt Lake Desert in Tooele County, Utah was submitted for protein residue analysis. The artifact was associated with site 42TO5135, a large Paleoindian surface lithic scatter with 68 various stone tools such as projectile points, scrapers, bifaces, and utilized flakes (Daron Duke, Personal Communication, February 04, 2013). Most artifacts from the playa surface were heavily weathered, but the projectile point appeared to have...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A PLAINVIEW PROJECTILE POINT FROM SITE 34BV177, OKLAHOMA (2004)
A single Plainview projectile point was recovered at site 34BV177 in Beaver County, Oklahoma. This point had washed out of a block of soil in a cutbank of Beaver Creek. Burned bison bone and a mammoth skull were located nearby. The projectile point was analyzed for the presence of protein residues to determine animals that might have been hunted.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A POSSIBLE STONE TOOL FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (2010)
A broken boulder that may have been used as a stone tool (maul) was submitted for protein residue analysis. This tool was recovered from the National City Mastodon Site in National City, a southern suburb of San Diego, California. The rock was found among broken mastodon bones. If this boulder was used to process plant or animal remains, identifiable proteins may be present in the micro-crevices on its surface.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A STONE KNIFE FOUND IN A PUEBLO III CLIFF DWELLING, SITE 5MV515, MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO (2005)
A hafted knife recovered from site 5MV515 in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, was analyzed for protein residues. This site is a Pueblo III cliff dwelling in Soda Canyon. Protein residue analysis of the knife will be used to provide information concerning possible animal resources processed with the tool.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A TRIANGULAR PROJECTILE POINT FROM SITE 46CH07, CALHOUN COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. (2009)
A single triangular projectile point from site 46CH07 was submitted for protein residue analysis. This site is located in Calhoun County and along the floodplain of the Henry Fork of the Little Kanawha River. Protein residue analysis will be used to identify any potential residues that may be adhering to the surface of this artifact.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM 32OL338, NORTH DAKOTA (2003)
Five lithic artifacts from site 32OL338 near Center, North Dakota, were submitted for protein residue analysis. This site is a stone ring site. Artifacts were recovered during screening; therefore, no associated soil control samples are available. Protein residue analysis is used to determine if proteins are present on the artifacts that would provide information concerning animal resources hunted/processed by the site occupants.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM 48CR5844, HIGH SAVORY CREEK RESERVOIR, WYOMING (2001)
Five lithic artifacts from 48CR5844 in south-central Wyoming were submitted for protein residue analysis. This site was excavated as mitigation for a proposed reservoir. Protein residue analysis can be used to aid in determining possible animal resources utilized by the site occupations.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM CT1 ALMHOV (SITE MHM 12875), AN EARLY NEOLITHIC SITE NEAR THE SOUTHERN COAST OF SWEDEN (2004)
A total of 15 lithic artifacts from site MHM 12875 just outside the town of Malmo, Sweden, were analyzed for possible protein residues. This site has been radiocarbon dated to 4000 BC, which is the time of transition from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic in south Scandinavia, with a transition from a hunter-gatherer society to a farming/livestock breeding society. Lithics recovered from the site exhibit both Mesolithic (blades) and Neolithic (flakes) characteristics. One hypothesis is that...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM SITE 15BE509, KENTUCKY (2001)
A total of ten lithic artifacts from two pit features at Site 15BE509 in north-central Kentucky were submitted for protein residue analysis. This site contains a recently vacated, single pen, salt box-style dwelling house, as well as a prehistoric lithic concentration with evidence of initial through latter-stage biface reduction and utilization activities. Two pit features containing prehistoric ceramics, projectile points, and micro-blades were identified during Phase II investigations....
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM SITE 27CO45, NEW HAMPSHIRE (2000)
A fluted point and a Munsungun chert flake from Site 27CO45 were analyzed for possible protein residues. Immunological studies have shown that protein residues from a tool's surface can be identified using modified forensic procedures. Protein residue analysis is used to provide information concerning possible animal resources utilized by the occupants of the site.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM SITE 5DT813, DELTA COUNTY, COLORADO (2007)
Two spear or knife blades from site 5DT813 were submitted for protein residue analysis. It is possible that protein residues from plant and animal remains can be detected, thus, providing a better understanding of the function of these tools.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM SITE FJPH 126, ALBERTA, CANADA (2009)
A total of four lithic tools and associated soil controls were submitted for protein residue analysis from site FjPh 126, located near Edmonton, Alberta. The goal of the analysis is to detect fish and/or animal remains that may be present on the surface of these tools.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM SITES 32ML805, 32ML807, 32ML812, AND 32ML820 WITHIN THE FALKIRK MINE OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA (2006)
A total of 26 lithic artifacts from sites 32ML805, 32ML807, 32ML812, and 32ML820 were analyzed for possible protein residues. These sites consist of stone rings and a sparse lithic scatter within the Falkirk Mine of central North Dakota. Soil control samples were submitted with seven of the artifacts. Protein residue analysis is used to provide information concerning possible animal resources hunted/processed with these artifacts.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM SITES HHOS-9, HHOS-11, HHOS-14, HIOR-3, AND HIOR-5 FOR THE HUSKY SUNRISE THERMAL SAGD PROJECT, ALBERTA, CANADA (2004)
Artifacts from sites HhOs-9, HhOs-11, HhOs-14, HiOr-3, and HiOr-5 in the vicinity of Fort McMurray, Alberta, were tested for possible protein residues. The artifacts from these sites appear to date to approximately 9000 and 7000 BP. Analysis of protein residues from the artifacts' surface can provide information concerning processing/hunting of animals with these tools.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM SITES HHOV-294, HIOV-57, HIOU-55, AND HIOU-61 FOR THE SYNCRUDE AURORA MINE NORTH 2003 AND 2005 PROJECTS, ALBERTA, CANADA (2004)
Lithic artifacts from sites HhOv-294, HiOv-57, HiOu-55, and HiOu-61 were tested for possible protein residues. These sites were identified in the development area for the Syncrude Canada Limited's Aurora Mine North 2003 and 2005 project north of Fort McMurray in northeastern Alberta, Canada. The artifacts from these sites appear to date to the Early Precontact Period, approximately 9000 to 7000 BP. Protein residue analysis was undertaken to determine if proteins were present on the artifact...