Protein Residue Analysis (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Artifacts from sites HhOv-305, HhOv-308, HhOv-316, HhOv-319, HhOv-323, HhOv-327, HhOv-328, and HhOv-339 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.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Jaime Dexter.

Six flaked stone tools collected from Bureau of land Management (BlM) land in Grand and San Juan Counties, southeastern Utah, were submitted for protein residue analysis. Protein residue analysis of the artifacts will be used to provide information concerning possible animal resources processed with the tools.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Jaime Dexter.

A total of 15 stone tools from the Bull Creek Cache, site 34BV180, in western Oklahoma were tested for possible protein residues. One soil control sample also was submitted for analysis. The Bull Creek Cache is a Clovis tool cache containing 112 lithic artifacts located along Bull Creek, a tributary to the Beaver River, just downstream from the Bull Creek site. The cache consists of bifaces, flakes, large overshot flakes, and blades that exhibit edge shaping and resharpening, suggesting...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Two Clovis projectile points from the Jake Bluff site (34HP60) and three Folsom projectile points from the Cooper site (34HP45) in northwest Oklahoma were analyzed for protein residues. Single soil samples from each of these sites also were tested. At the Jake Bluff site, the remains of 15 Bison antiquus were found associated with the two Clovis projectile points in the bottom of a short arroyo. A radiocarbon date of 10,750 BP suggests that this site post-dates mammoth extinction in the area...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Forty lithic artifacts from Sites 36C017 and 36C018 along the Susquehanna River in eastern Pennsylvania were submitted for protein residue analysis. Site 36C017 is believed to represent a fish procurement and processing station, with the earliest evidence of use during the Middle Archaic period. The site also experienced intensive use during the Late Archaic and Terminal Archaic periods, with episodic occupations during the Late Woodland period. Initial use of Site 36C018 is believed to have...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Nine formal chipped stone tools from the Most Distant Fountain Spring prehistoric site, 24BE1914, near Lemhi Pass in Beaverhead County, Montana, were tested to recover possible protein residues. This site is believed to have functioned as a seasonal upland camp. Diagnostic artifacts reflect the Late Prehistoric period, from about 150 to 1650 A.D. Identification of protein residues from the artifacts' surfaces can provide information concerning use of these artifacts to hunt/process animals.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost. Kathryn Puseman.

Ten artifacts and four soil control samples were submitted for analysis from the Neshimany Creek Site, 36BU402, Bucks County, southeastern Pennsylvania. This site represents a possible single-component Middle Woodland period occupation (500-1000 AD). Two diagnostic points (Jack’s Reef) were recovered at the site and were part of this analysis. Protein residue analysis was used to determine possible animal resources hunted and/or processed using these ten artifacts.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

A total of 83 lithic artifacts from the Puncheon Run site (7K-C-51) in Dover, Delaware, were submitted for protein residue analysis. Previous studies have shown that protein residues from a tool's surface can be identified using a modified forensic procedure. Site 7K-C-51 contains several discrete activity areas, with diagnostic artifacts datable from Middle Archaic to Late Woodland contexts. Lithic artifacts and soil controls from this site were tested against eight fish antisera and five...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

Washes from three bedrock milling features (mortars) and a surface control sample were submitted for protein residue analysis from the BTC Milling Site, P-33-11224, located in Riverside County, California, near the community of French Valley. The goal of the analysis is to identify any plant, animal, and insect protein residues that may be present on the use surfaces of three non-portable bedrock milling features.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

Eight biface tools from the Tie Chute Cache site (LA 163780), located within the Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico, were submitted for protein residue analysis. This analysis was conducted to recover and identify plant and animal residues that provide evidence for the use of these tools.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

Eight blade scrapers made from chert material were submitted for protein residue analysis from site 42TO3794, which is situated within the Dugway Proving Ground, located in the Cedar Mountains of Utah. This site is reported as being a Clovis site, so testing of these tools included the Late-Pleistocene suite of animal antisera.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Protein residue analysis was conducted on five bone fragments from the Pine Creek site, 48SU1041, in west-central Wyoming. These bone fragments are believed to represent large artiodactyls such as moose, elk, or bison. The bones were submitted for protein residue analysis to determine if they could be further refined into the bison or moose/elk category.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Protein residue analysis was conducted on two bullets recovered from Camp Letterman, a probable cemetery area associated with the Gettysburg Battlefield, Pennsylvania, to determine if human proteins were present.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L.B. Milligan.

Site 3MN298 is a multicomponent habitation site located along the Upper Ouachita River near Oden in Montgomery County, Arkansas. Diagnostic artifacts at the site are attributed to the Middle Archaic (circa 6000–5000 B.C.), Woodland (circa 1000–0 B.C.), and Mississippian (circa 1450–1650 A.D.) periods, suggesting multiple occupations. Cultural features included clusters of fire-cracked rock, a large trash-filled pit, and post stains from a Caddo house. Five chipped stone tools and two soil...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

Two chipped stone tools were submitted for protein residue analysis from site JeVe-2, Yukon Territory, Canada. These items were recovered during survey work associated with the proposed Alaska Pipeline Project. These artifacts were recovered along the pipeline corridor in the extreme southern portion of Yukon Territory. The goal of this analysis was to extract and identify any blood residues that may be present on the surfaces of these tools.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

A total of 17 chipped stone tools were submitted for protein residue analysis. These items were recovered during survey work associated with the proposed Alaska Pipeline Project. These artifacts were recovered along the project corridor in Southern Yukon Territory and Northeastern British Columbia. The goal of this analysis was to extract and identify any blood residues that might be present on the surfaces of these tools.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost. Kathryn Puseman.

Eight Clovis and four Great Basin Stemmed projectile points and bases were submitted for protein (blood) residue analysis. These artifacts were associated with lithic scatters recovered from six sites, all affected by moderate to severe wildland fire intensity and wind deflation of sediments. The goal of this study is to detect protein residues associated with the use of these artifacts.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Eight lithic tools from the China Wall site, 48AB1, were analyzed for possible protein residues. These tools were recovered from levels dating between 400-900 years B.P. Protein residue analysis is used to provide information concerning animal resources that might have been utilized by the Late Prehistoric occupants of the site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

A series of soil samples and controls from experimental plots in Louisiana were submitted for protein residue analysis. These samples were tested against pig antiserum in an effort to assess the detectability of pig blood based on spatial and temporal variables.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

A total of ten feature-fill soil samples were submitted for protein residue analysis from site SLT-094, Alaska. This site, located on the Kuskokwim River, contains 2000- and 1800-year-old activity areas. The goal of this analysis was to detect protein residues that may be derived from fish and other animals utilized by the site occupants.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

Four flaked lithic tools were submitted for protein residue analysis from the Redstone Arsenal site, 1MA1167, located in Madison County, Alabama. These tools were tested against various animal antisera to detect protein residues on their surfaces to better understand function and resource utilization.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost. Kathryn Puseman.

Protein residue analysis was conducted on 10 obsidian flaked tools from the Norris Campground site (48YE14), located within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The site is located within the Norris Geyser Basin and is currently characterized by open timber stands. This site has been occupied periodically for approximately 9000 years and may have served primarily as a short-duration camp and obsidian biface production workshop. All of the submitted tools were excavated during the 1993 field...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

A total of four flaked stone tools from site Lokal 8/9, located along the coast of southern Sweden, were submitted for protein residue analysis. These tools were recovered from various feature-types associated with three Mesolithic huts that date to around 8,000 BP. Aquatic resources (fish) were most likely exploited by the site occupants. Protein residue analysis was conducted to identify animals that may have been processed with these tools.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Curtis Nepstad-Thornberry.

Two groundstone artifacts from site CA-SCLI-43 on San Clemente Island, California were analyzed for possible protein residues. Protein residue analysis had been conducted previously in another laboratory on both groundstone artifacts; however, neither of these groundstone appeared to have been washed prior to being accepted at Paleo Research. In addition, neither artifact was accompanied with a formal soil control sample; therefore, small soil controls were generated from the small amount of...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert M. II Yohe. Margaret E. Newman. Mark Q. Sutton. Joan S. Schneider.

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