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DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Bulk soil and detrital charcoal samples were recovered from natural exposures or soil pits on stream terraces adjacent to the Dungeness River in the northeastern portion of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington. These samples are from terraces incised into the alluvial plain between the eastern Olympic Mountains and the Strait of Juan de Fuca at Dungeness Bay. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified in each of the samples, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Detrital charcoal/wood and bulk soil samples from flood deposits along the Bill Williams River of western Arizona were floated to recover organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon dating. The sampling location is immediately downstream from Alamo Dam. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Bulk soil, peat, and detrital charcoal were recovered from natural exposures and soil pits on stream terraces adjacent to Pilgrim Creek in the same general site in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Botanic components and detrital charcoal will be identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material will be separated.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A total of 43 samples from sites in the Strawberry River Basin of eastern Utah were examined to recover organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon analysis. These samples were collected as part of the Regional Paleoflood Approach (REGPA) during the summer of 2005. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated. A total of seven samples were AMS radiocarbon dated.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Ramaditas (G6) is one of a series of six sites located in the Quebrada de Guatacondo in northern Chile. The site is situated along a caravan route between the coastal margins and the highlands. By 900 BC, small agro-pastoral groups were occupying the richer, fertile highlands. Trade increased with coastal groups to obtain marine products. Groups regularly moved between the highland salt puna, through the dry sierra, and on to the coastal oases. Archaeological evidence suggests that Ramaditas...

PROJECT Michael Nassaney.

The Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project is a collaboration between Western Michigan University and the City of Niles, MI to investigate, interpret, and preserve the physical remains of the site of Fort St. Joseph, a mission, garrison, and trading post complex occupied from 1691 to 1781 by the French then British. Since its inception, the Project has cultivated a robust program of public archaeology to involve and invest the community in the preservation of the site and more generally, the...

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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

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This report discusses excavation results at two Hohokam farmsteads (AZ U:1:183 [ASM] and AZ U:1:186 [ASM]) in north Scottsdale, Arizona. Data recovery investigations identified one pithouse and several extramural features at both sites. In addition, a pole-and-brush-lined surface structure was identified at AZ U:1:186 (ASM) that suggests the pithouse may have functioned as a cold-season dwelling while the surface structure served as a warm-season dwelling. Architecture and material culture...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Analysis at sites 5RB3290 and 5RB3180 involved identification of several botanical remains from Fremont masonry storage cists in Southwest Rangely Field, Colorado. These remains were recovered in packrat den and midden debris. Identification of these remains will provide information to be included in the site forms and report.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Five botanic samples and a macrofloral sample were examined from the Ewing Site (Y7), which is part of a triangular space (the “hinterlands”) within the Yellow Jacket district of southwestern Colorado. Many of the sites in the Yellow Jacket locality were occupied during the Pueblo II (AD 1050-1150) and Pueblo III (AD 1150-1300) periods; however, the Ewing site is believed to predate the main occupation of the area and reflect occupation during the early Pueblo II or Basketmaker III periods....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik. Linda Scott Cummings.

The Ash Springs site (26LN2978) is a prehistoric village complex from the Formative Period located in the northeastern portion of Pahranagat Valley, Lincoln County, Nevada. A sediment sample from House Pit 2 (HP2) was floated and underwent preliminary sorting and identification by Dr. Jeanne Schaaf (2006). Light fractions and seventeen sets of carbonized seeds from the preliminary investigation were submitted to PaleoResearch Institute for identification. In addition, two AMS radiocarbon dates...

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The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Linda A Seminario.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This study explores the relationships between food choice and resistance at a 19th century plantation in the United States. In 2017, archaeologists excavated two features at the Belle Grove enslaved quarters in Middletown, Virginia— a root cellar and borrow pit that was filled in when a log cabin burned down. By using comparative...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Site 48CO1409, Converse County, Wyoming, contains six stone circles/tipi rings with limited chipped-stone artifacts and a small dart point. The upland site is situated among eroded hills that provide the necessary materials for tipi ring construction along the South Fork Dry Fork Cheyenne River (dry) (John Greer, personal communication June 15, 2015). Core 4, Ring 1, demonstrated a buried charcoal/ash layer at 10–14 cmbs. A sample recovered from this cored layer was submitted for macrofloral...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Site 48SW7095 is a short-term prehistoric camp located along raised sandy deposits overlooking Laundry Draw in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Occupational evidence is visible on the surface, although silty deposits on the lower drainage terraces contain some buried cultural materials (John Greer, personal communication June 15, 2015). Ashy fill from cores into the center of two hearths were submitted for macrofloral analysis and AMS radiocarbon age determination. Samples are expected to range from...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Peter Kováčik.

Archaeological investigation for the Long Canyon Project in the Goshute Valley, Nevada, faces challenges regarding quantities of overburden. To better understand the depth at which prehistoric sites may be found, cores were collected to a depth of 15 feet (Core B1) and 30 feet (Core B2) from the floor of the valley outside wetland areas associated with Big Springs to recover something for radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Three macrofloral samples were examined from different areas in the U.S. Naval Magazine on Guam. Two samples were collected near the base of Latte stones at the Dobo Site and the LaQuet complex. These sites probably date to the Protohistoric period (AD 1100-1521). The third sample was collected from a small utilized shelter in the Maemong River complex. Utilization of this temporary shelter probably also dates to the Protohistoric period. Macrofloral analysis was requested to identify evidence...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Laura Ruggiero.

Sediment samples from Swordfish Cave (CA-SBA-503) on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, were floated to recover macrofloral remains. Two botanic samples also were sent for identification. This site represents a cave in a small sandstone outcrop with rock art panels both inside and outside the cave. A swordfish painted in black on top of a red oval is noted to be typical of Chumash illustrations. Radiocarbon dates suggest that this cave experienced several use episodes, including Early Period...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Macrofloral Analysis from the SAWS Project, New Mexico: Macrofloral samples were collected and analyzed from features at four sites and an isolated occurrence on the SAWS Project, located on the north west side of the Oscura Mountains in southeastern New Mexico. Analysis of charred remains from these features focused on recovery of interpretable evidence of subsistence activities. Macrofloral and Charcoal Analysis at LA 75160 near Roswell, New Mexico: Site LA 75160 is located...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik. Linda Scott Cummings.

The 705/707 Bristol Avenue Site (NYSM 12180) in Utica, Oneida County, New York, consists of two historic attached townhouses, a sheet midden, two cisterns, a privy, and several unidentified features. Built in 1868, near the old Chenango Canal, Utica, the site’s domestic cultural materials indicate children’s activities during diverse late nineteenth century immigrant occupation. Mainly a Polish neighborhood by the turn of century, it remained occupied until the building’s demolition in 2013...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from an Upper Republican house (House 4) at Site 25FT22 in southwest Nebraska were examined for charred macrofloral remains. This site contained Upper Republican habitation features and midden deposits. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources available to and utilized by the occupants of the house. This information will help contribute to the understanding of the Upper Republican lifeways in the Medicine Creek valley.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from six hearths at Site 5BLl53 in northern Colorado were examined for macrofloral remains. This site is a multicomponent site, and the hearths represent late Archaic, Middle Archaic, and late Prehistoric occupations. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning woods used as fuel and plants processed at the site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from several sites in the Ancho Canyon Mine Area, New Mexico, were examined for macrofloral remains. This area appears to be one where several cultures overlapped. Radiocarbon dates range from 290 B.C. to A.D. 1870, representing Late Archaic through historic Jicarilla Apache occupations. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning subsistence activities at these sites.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Site 48CO3669 (Project locality 7614-1) represents a hearth located about 44 miles north of Douglas in Converse County, Wyoming. Four non-diagnostic lithics also were recovered at this locality. Soil from two 1 inch diameter cores, collected from a hearth feature, was submitted to recover charcoal suitable for AMS radiocarbon dating. Charcoal from this locality is expected to date between 5000 and 500 years BP (John Greer, personal communication March 31, 2015). Additional feature fill was...

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

The Fort Lookout II site (39LM57) is a multicomponent site located on an MT-1 terrace along the eroding west bank of the Missouri River (Lake Francis Case) at the southern end of the Fort Hale bottoms, Lyman County, South Dakota. Archaeological investigations at the site include excavations in 1950, 1951, 1986, 1999, and 2001. The site demonstrates village occupation during the Initial Middle Missouri as well as subsequent historic components (Katherine Lamie, personal communication March 2,...