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DOCUMENT Citation Only William E. Davis. M. C. Bond. E. S. Cassells. L. J. Scott.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 33LI1740 is located near a residential dwelling in Licking County, Ohio. A wetland is situated nearby that was sampled stratigraphically to obtain a pollen record. Numerous features including four large earth oven/hearths, three shallow basins, numerous pits and post holes were recorded. Pollen analysis examined some of these features. Macrofloral analysis examined the charred nutshell and charcoal record, producing radiocarbon dates on both types of remains to create a cultural...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Seven sites were identified during a cultural resource inventory within White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), in Otero County, New Mexico. Nine sediment samples collected from thermal features at these sites were submitted for macrofloral analysis and AMS radiocarbon dating to identify the chronology of prehistoric occupations and subsistence strategies used at each site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. KC Jones. Travis W. Jones.

Phase III mitigation excavations at sites 1CW365 and1WN204, located in Choctaw and Washington Counties, Alabama, respectively, were conducted by SEARCH, Inc., during the Lowman Pipeline Project. Sixteen soil samples (seven from 1CW365 and nine from 1WN204) were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. Of the sixteen, nine samples (six from 1CW365 and three from 1WN204) were also submitted for macrofloral analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Bone and carbon-enriched sediments from the MacHaffie Site (24JF4) in west-central Montana were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Travis W. Jones.

The Mill Creek Precontact Site (24DL0238) is located along the banks of Mill Creek in eastern Deer Lodge County, southeast of Anaconda, Montana. The samples discussed below were excavated during the 2020 field season. Mill Creek is interpreted as a series of seasonal villages occupied by multiple cultural/temporal groups. Although the earliest occupation of the site is believed to be as early as 4500 BP, the most intense occupation(s) occurred during the Late Precontact Period (after ca. 1500...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

The floated light fractions from the fill of carbon stains and unknown structures at sites 41EP1026, 41EP1623, 41EP1633, and 41EP1720 were submitted identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. In addition, a projectile point fragment was examined for protein residues and organic residues, the latter using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). These sites are located on Fort Bliss Military Reservation in El Paso County, Texas, and represent small, open air camps believed to date to the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. R.A. Varney. Kathryn Puseman.

Deposits within the Eagle Point Site (5RB4662), a rockshelter located along Piceance Creek in northwest Colorado, were sampled stratigraphically at close intervals for the purpose of building a detailed paleoenvironmental pollen record for this portion of Colorado. Although the sampling model called for sampling at approximately 2 cm intervals, the intervals collected varied because some levels were obviously unconsolidated and represented a single depositional, non-cultural event. In this...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Archaeobotanic analyses were conducted on samples from deposits at the Eagle Point Site (5RB4662), a rockshelter/overhang located along Piceance Creek in northwest Colorado. This shelter experienced multiple occupations, with radiocarbon ages ranging from 2510 to 1010 BP. The roof/overhang has collapsed; therefore, cultural deposits are exposed and eroding away. Two stratigraphic columns were sampled at close intervals during both the 2004 and 2005 excavations for the purpose of building a...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Steven D. Creasman. J. C. Newberry. J. A. Head. H. R. Davidson.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Paul M. Miller.

The Topliff Fault is a north-trending fault zone in the Rush Valley of Tooele County, Utah. Geological research along the fault at the Topliff Hill Site aims to better understand prehistoric earthquakes. In association with ongoing research, samples were submitted for bulk sediment analysis and AMS radiocarbon age determination, with the goal of providing a timeline of earthquakes at the fault.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Jenna Battillo.

Elk Park is located in Jefferson County, Montana, to the southwest of Helena and northeast of Butte. One bulk sediment sample, extracted from a small pond, approximately 60 cm above the Glacier Peak eruption ash, was submitted for flotation and charcoal recovery and analysis aimed toward identifying materials appropriate for AMS dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Paul M. Miller.

The Warm Springs Valley Fault is a strike-slip fault in the northern Walker Lane, Washoe County, Nevada. In the autumn of 2018, a team from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) opened a trench across the Warm Springs Valley Fault. The objectives of the UNR geologists is to better understand the timing and recurrences of earthquakes related to the fault. Three sediment samples (Samples WSV_C14#11, WSV_C14#10, and WSV_C14#9) were submitted to PaleoResearch Institute by UNR to recover charcoal for...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Mark Q. Sutton.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A total of nineteen bulk soil samples, fourteen detrital charcoal samples, and one wood sample from along the San Joaquin River near Fresno, California, were examined to recover organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon dating. These samples were recovered from Holocene alluvium in soil pits downstream of Friant Dam and from auger holes in slackwater deposits upstream of the dam. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon-datable material was...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost.

Thirteen samples from the B. F. Sisk Dam in Merced County, California, were examined to recover charcoal, wood, or other organic remains suitable for AMS radiocarbon analysis. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated. In addition, pollen, phytolith, and diatom analyses were conducted on one sample of charcoal in clay matrix (Station 129). Samples were collected from a trench at the downstream toe of the dam near the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Melissa K. Logan.

Nineteen samples were examined to recover organic fragments suitable for AMS radiocarbon dating. These samples were recovered from stream deposits along Vance Creek in the Skokomish River Basin, Washington. Charcoal was identified, and potentially datable material was separated. Radiocarbon dates were obtained from five charcoal samples.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal samples were recovered from the fill from two features at the Paired-Features Site, 41PS735, in west Texas. These charcoal samples were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. The site consists of a multi-component open campsite containing a large ring midden, roasting facilities, a possible tipi ring, and scatters of prehistoric and historic artifacts. Recovery of a single corner-notched dart point suggests a Late Archaic component. Charcoal identification determined...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Melissa K. Logan.

A small amount of sediment from a prehistoric burn feature at site 32ME1030, North Dakota, was examined for macrofloral remains and organic residues. Charcoal recovered from the sample was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. Organic residues were identified using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). AMS radiocarbon dates also were obtained for two bison mandible fragments from site 32MZ411. These sites reflect prehistoric campsites found along the shores of Lake Sakakawea in western...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost. Kathryn Puseman. Melissa K. Logan.

A Chinese house was built in the 1920s on fill that enlarged the narrow strip of land on the southeast side of the Island of Ovalau in the Fijian Archipelago, on which much of the town of Levuka is built. Since the beach was narrow in this area, many of the first commercial structures were built on fill. A bakery is located to the north of Charlie Wong’s house. Cultural deposits that appear to represent a midden behind the house, excavated in 2007, were examined to identify likely local...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

A total of eight samples from geologic trenches at the 7 Lagos Project in Valdivia, Chile, were examined to recover organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon dating. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated. Two samples appeared to contain charred material in sufficient quantities for dating; however, the charred material did not survive the chemical pre-treatment for dating. Half of the sediment retained during...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Eleven bulk soil samples and a single charcoal sample from the Wilcox Site on the Portland Hills Fault in Portland, Oregon, were submitted to recover organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon analysis. These samples were recovered from soil developed on Missoula flood deposits. Two of the bulk sediment samples most likely to contain organic material were floated to determine if datable material was present in these samples. Because these two samples did not contain datable organic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Six bulk soil samples from two paleoseismic trenches were floated to recover organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon analysis. These samples were collected from the Baileys Lake trench site on the Granger fault in Salt Lake City, Utah, as part of the Utah Geological Survey’s efforts to develop detailed information on the timing and recurrence of paleoearthquakes in the West Valley fault zone. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A single bulk sediment sample from along the Blacksmith Fork near Hyrum, Utah, was floated to recover organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon analysis. The sample was recovered from fluvial deposits in a soil pit on a late Holocene river terrace. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A total of 15 bulk sediment samples from the Quinault River drainage basin in the western Olympic Peninsula, Washington, were floated to recover organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon analysis. Samples were recovered from floodplain deposits on terraces inset into a glacial moraine that dams Lake Quinault, as well as from sand and silt beds within alluvial fan deposits from Finley Creek, a major tributary in this section of the Quinault River. Botanic components and detrital charcoal...