Macrofloral Analysis (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Fill from two stain features at site LA 175774 were submitted for macrofloral analysis and AMS radiocarbon dating. These stain features contained thermally altered caliche, carbonstained soil, and charcoal fragments. Ceramics and features at the site suggest multiple occupation periods related to the Jornada Mogollon (circa 400-1350 AD) and possibly the Querecho/Maljamar phase. The expected age for the features is around AD 900-1300.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Peter Kovacik.

Sediment from an area of ashy fill mixed with charcoal pulled from the road bed in an area of a pipeline trespass at site LA 169200 in southeastern New Mexico was examined for macrofloral remains. Charcoal fragments recovered from the sample were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is a dispersed surface artifact scatter with five associated hearth features containing fire-cracked rock and lithic artifacts. Four of the five diagnostic projectile points recovered from this site...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Soil samples from between and below two stacked metates sitting atop a hearth at site 5WL6465 in northeastern Colorado were examined for macrofloral remains. Charcoal fragments recovered from the samples were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is a multicomponent site containing diagnostic projectile points from the Middle Archaic (3000-1000 B.C.) and Late Prehistoric (A.D. 150-1540), as well as ceramics from the Middle Ceramic (A.D. 1150-1540). Macrofloral analysis is used to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Laura Ruggiero.

Sediment samples collected from 1997 University of Oregon summer field school excavations in the Fort Rock Basin at Sites 35LK2736, 1028-7PC, 1028-13DJ, 1028-14GP1, 1028-14GP2, and 1028-8USA were floated to recover charred macrofloral remains. Charcoal from these sites also was identified. Site 35LK2736 is located on the shore of Silver Lake, and diagnostic artifacts suggest that the site was occupied periodically throughout prehistory. The presence of large boulder house rings suggest...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Chad Yost.

Fill from a hearth exposed in a cutbank at the Government Creek site (32BI135) in western North Dakota was floated to recover macrofloral remains. Eight charcoal fragments picked from the hearth fill during excavation also were submitted for identification. This site represents a small, short-term, single component occupation on the north side of Government Creek possibly used as a bone grease processing location. Macrofloral analysis provides information concerning plant resources utilized by...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

The Skinner Peaks South and Hells Kitchen South trench sites are situated across the Wasatch fault in Juab and Sanpete Counties, Utah. Both sites are located above the Lake Bonneville highstand elevation (Adam Hiscock, personal communication January 29, 2018). Two charcoal and 13 bulk soil samples were submitted for macrofloral analysis to recover and identify charcoal and charred botanic remains suitable for radiocarbon age determination.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site LA 181607 is located near Roy in Harding County, New Mexico. The site is enclosed by tipi rings associated with nomadic plains groups and is located on a gentle sloping southeast-facing terrace. Alamocita Creek is situated to the southeast below the terrace, while an arroyo to the east separates Sites LA 181607 and LA 181608. One sediment sample was submitted for macrofloral and radiocarbon age determination.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a shallow hearth at 48SW14020 was floated to recover macrofloral remains. This feature yielded an uncalibrated radiocarbon age of 4670 ± 60 BP, indicating an Archaic occupation. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources processed in this hearth.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Eight samples recovered during monitoring at site CA-SBA-59 in Santa Barbara, California, were floated to recover macrofloral remains. Recent radiocarbon dates reflect Middle Holocene prehistoric site occupation. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the site occupants.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Seven macrofloral samples and one charcoal sample were recovered from four features at Hell's Half Acre County Park, site 48NA564, in central Wyoming. This site is a multicomponent, stratified site with several exposures of bison bone and hearth remnants in terrace cut banks. The four features examined yielded radiocarbon ages ranging from 2730 ± 70 BP to 1320 ± 80 BP. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide subsistence information concerning plant resources utilized by the occupants...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from two hearths at site 24YE356 in southem Wyoming were examined for macrofloral remains. Conventional radiocarbon dates of 1310 ± 60 BP and 1620 ± 60 BP from these two hearths indicate Late Prehistoric use of the area. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the site occupants.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from three excavation units at site 26EK6902 in northeast Nevada were floated to recover charred macrofloral remains that would provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the occupants of this site. The site consists of a prehistoric lithic scatter/camp and an historic period trash scatter. Previous excavations of the prehistoric component yielded a variety of artifacts including reduction flakes, four bifaces, two hammerstones, seven core fragments, two grinding...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a small hearth at 48FR4713 in central Wyoming was floated to recover macrofloral remains. This feature yielded a conventional radiocarbon age of 1250 ± 70 BP, indicating a Late Prehistoric occupation. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources processed in this hearth.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from the fill of four hearth features at site 48SU4435 in southwestern Wyoming were floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site is a prehistoric camp containing hearth features, lithic debris, fire-cracked rock, and bone fragments. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources that might have been processed in the hearths and woods burned as fuel.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Peter J. Gleichman.

Three soil samples from two possible hearths and one cobble-filled hearth discovered during recent excavations at prehistoric site 5EP211 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, were floated to recover macrofloral remains. In addition, two fragments of charred wood posts were submitted for identification. Site 5EP211 is a small open camp located along Interstate 25 (I-25) that might be the remnant of a much larger site that has subsequently been destroyed. Radiocarbon dates obtained from charcoal,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Two samples from the lower 20 cm of fill from a partly deflated hearth/roasting feature at site 5LA10929 were floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site was exposed in a modern road cut at the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS) in southeast Colorado. It is a multi-component sheltered camp with a sparse lithic scatter, rock art, and thermal features. Charcoal from the feature yielded radiocarbon ages of 1935 ± 120 and 1855 ± 95 BP, reflecting occupation during the Late Archaic/Developmental...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Three samples from the stratified fill from a large Middle Archaic pit at site 5MF4929 in northwest Colorado were examined for macrofloral remains. A single sample from the homogeneous fill of a small, shallow oxidized basin also was floated to recover macrofloral remains; however, the feature yielded a modern date of 118.71 ± 0.72 pmc (Beta-182157) and likely represents burned modern trash. These features were discovered during road construction activities for the Cobb State #1 access and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

The fill from a lithic heat treating area, a hearth in the center of a stone circle and an exterior firepit at site 5PA1764 in central Colorado were examined for macrofloral remains. This site was examined as part of a proposed land exchange at Eleven Mile Canyon Reservoir in Park County. The site represents a small, short-term campsite believed to have been used for lithic reduction and heat treating of lithics. Three ceramic sherds and a conventional radiocarbon age of 470 ± 40 BP suggest...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from shell midden deposits at site CA-SBA-212 on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, were floated to recover macrofloral remains. Radiocarbon dates from this site reflect occupation during the Middle and Late Periods, from 290 to 2130 cal B.P. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning subsistence activities at this site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Sediment samples from midden deposits at Site CA-SBA-530 in southern California were floated to recover macrofloral remains. Six charred botanic samples from the midden deposits also were analyzed. Site CA-SBA-530 contains several midden deposits representing different occupations of the site. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the various site occupants.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from excavation units at site CA-SBA-530 on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, were floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site is an open-air coastal site. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the prehistoric occupants in this area.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Floated light fractions from features at site LA 32078 on the White Sands Missile Range in south-central New Mexico were examined for macrofloral remains. Individual botanic, charcoal, and wood samples from these features also were identified. This site is an Early Formative Period, Jornado Mogollon, Mesilla phase (A.D. 200-A.D. 1000) habitation site containing shallow hut-type structures, shallow and deep pit structures, a small hearth/thermal feature, large bell-shaped pits, one small and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Five soil samples from site P-48-000222 in Davis, California, were examined for macrofloral remains. This site is a prehistoric Patwin site on the University of California, Davis campus, that was occupied around A.D. 1550-1650. Samples were recovered from four excavation units that contained intact deposits of cultural materials, as well as from a large burned area not in direct association with the cultural deposits but was identified during monitoring of construction activity after site...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from an area of charcoal-stained sediment and fire-cracked limestone in the south side of a trench associated with the installation of an Agave Energy Corporation gas pipeline in southeast New Mexico was floated to recover macrofloral remains. The sampled area is believed to represent a mechanically disturbed ring midden. An undisturbed ring midden was found about 20 meters to the north of the sampled area. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from sites 32GT8, 32GT11, and 32GT238 in southwestern North Dakota were examined for macrofloral remains. These sites are part of the Heart Butte Reservoir project area surrounding the Heart Butte dam and reservoir (Lake Tschida) in Grant County. The sites represent single component Plains Village occupations. One sample from 32GT11 and two samples from 32GT238 consist of the floated light fractions from shallow basin hearths in open campsite settings. The remaining 18 samples...