Macrofloral Analysis (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

The Los Osos trench of PG&E Los Osos Fault Investigation - Madonna Froom Ranch (1005.076) is located near the city of San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo County, California (Chris Bloszies, personal communication December 4, 2017). One bulk soil sample collected from a paleoseismic trench exposure was submitted for macrofloral analysis to recover charred material suitable for AMS radiocarbon age determination.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Jenna Battillo.

CA-SHA-1991 (the Tanya Site) is located along Olney Creek in the Sacramento Valley of Shasta County, California. The local environment is primarily oak woodland interspersed with areas of manzanita chaparral. This site is believed to be a late prehistoric period occupation associated with the Wintu tribe. One liter of sediment was collected in 1996 and is associated with the floor of a large, circular dance or assembly house. This sample was sent to PaleoResearch Institute for flotation and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A single sample from a small hearth at site 32GT241 on the Heart River in Grant County, southwest North Dakota, was examined for macrofloral remains. Wood charcoal from this site yielded a conventional radiocarbon age of 2560 ± 30 years B.P, indicating a Late Plains Archaic occupation. Macrofloral analysis of the hearth fill is used to provide information concerning plant resources that might have been processed in the hearth and types of wood burned as fuel.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Sediment samples were collected from the Jacks Valley Trench and the Peavine Trench across active normal faults in Nevada with the purpose of gaining insight into earthquake activity. These sediment samples were examined to recover organic material suitable for AMS radiocarbon dating. Several types of charred macrofloral remains were noted in the Jacks Valley Trench sample. No macroscopic charcoal or other organic fragments were noted in the Peavine Trench sample; therefore, it was processed to...

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

Bulk soil samples from paleoseismic trenches were examined to recover charred material suitable for AMS radiocarbon dating. These trenches were excavated across the active fault bounding the west side of Antelope Valley near Topaz Lake along the California-Nevada border. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Nine column samples from a midden deposit at site CA-VEN-1 in southern California were floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site has been dated from the Early Period to the Late Period. Samples were collected from various levels in a 1-x-1 meter unit excavated in the vicinity of the landing for the platform steps on the west side of the site in order to evaluate the subsistence strategy for the site occupants.

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

Samples from features at sites 48SW11405, 48SW16982, 48SW16986, and 48SW16988 in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, were floated to recover macrofloral remains. These sites were excavated as part of the NRG Questar Wamsutter Expansion project, and represent prehistoric open camps. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the various occupants of these sites.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a burned rock feature at the Side Arm Site (02-229) was floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site is located in Brewster County, Texas. Charcoal samples from two burned rock features were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. Macrofloral analysis, including charcoal identification, will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the site occupations. AMS radiocarbon dating will provide a temporal context for the site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

The fill from a rock feature at site 10VY348 in west-central Idaho was floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site represents a prehistoric camp, and diagnostic artifacts suggest Late Archaic and Late Prehistoric occupations. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized at the site and to aid in determining a possible function for the rock feature.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Jaime Dexter.

A single macrofloral sample was recovered from a thermal feature at site 42In853 in the Cross Hollow Hills Project Area, southwest Utah. This site consists of an artifact scatter and the buried thermal feature. It has been postulated that the site was used for biface reduction. Charcoal from the thermal feature yielded a 2-sigma calibrated radiocarbon age of AD 530-720 and AD 740-760 (Beta 209123). Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning possible plant resources...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A single sample collected around the skull of a human burial at the Bosque Encantado site, MV-206, in Zacatecas, Mexico, was examined for charred macrofloral remains. This site represents a habitation with plazas and platforms and dates to approximately 1255 BP, reflecting the La Quemada phase of the Epiclassic period in northern Mesoamerica. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the site occupants.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cynthia Adkins. Kathryn Puseman.

The floated light fraction of a single sample from site 39PE147, located at the Shadehill Reservoir, Perkins County, South Dakota, was examined for macrofloral remains. The sample was recovered from the fill of a large pit (Feature 1), possibly an earth oven. The entire feature fill was floated prior to submission for analysis. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the occupants of this site and to help determine feature function.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from four fire-affected rock features at sites CA-IMP-8314, CA-IMP-11260, and CA-IMP-11269 in Target 101 of Range 2510 at the Naval Air Facility El Centro in West Mesa, Imperial County, California, were examined for macrofloral remains. This area contains numerous fire-affected rock features that might represent prehistoric hearths or earth ovens (roasting pits). Macrofloral analysis was used to address questions concerning resource use associated with these features.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from the fill of a firepit at site CA-KER-5955 in southwest California were examined for charred macrofloral remains. Recovery of a class G Olivella bead suggests late prehistoric use of the site. The site yielded a variety of artifacts, including a probable mortar, flaked stone tools, mussel shell, fire-affected rock, and Olivella shell artifacts, suggesting that the site might have served as a base camp. Macrofloral analysis is used to contribute to paleoenvironment...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal, wood, and botanic remains from two stone circles at site 48HO375 on the Red Canyon Ranch southwest of Thermopolis, Wyoming, were submitted for identification. Fill from hearth features in each of the stone circles was floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site contains evidence for multiple human occupations from Paleoindian to Historic times. The stone circles (“tipi rings”) are believed to represent residences of nomadic Plains Indians. Identification of charcoal will...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a hearth with fire-cracked rock at site 48AB1878 in southeast Wyoming was floated to recover charred macrofloral remains. This site is a multicomponent site with chipped stone tools and debitage, fire-cracked rock scatters, and diagnostic artifacts from the Middle and Late Archaic periods as well as the Late Prehistoric period (Adams 2009). Sagebrush charcoal from the hearth returned a date of 2940 ± 40 BP (Beta 263534). Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide subsistence...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a hearth at Site 5ST303 in Summit County, Colorado, was floated to recover macrofloral remains. A calibrated AMS radiocarbon date of AD 1650 to 1950 was returned for material from the hearth. Macrofloral analysis is used to determine possible plant resources processed in the feature.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

The fill from a basin-shaped hearth in a jeep trail at site 5MF4973 was floated to recover charred macrofloral remains. This site is believed to represent a prehistoric camp-type site and is located north of Maybell, Colorado. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources that might have been processed in the hearth and woods burned as fuel. Charcoal recovered from the hearth fill was submitted for AMS radiocarbon analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from four hearth features at site 48SU1032 in Sublette County, western Wyoming, were examined for macrofloral remains. These hearths were exposed durning well pad construction. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning woods burned as fuel and possible plant resources processed in the hearths.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

The entire fill contents of a hearth at Site LA104607 was sampled for macrofloral remains. This site consists of a sherd and lithic scatter with little depth. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant food remains processed in this hearth.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from the fill of four hearth features at site MOC SD 3-4-2 and one hearth feature at 48SW10697(MOC WAM 2-4-18) were examined for macrofloral remains. These sites represent large prehistoric camps in southern Wyoming. The hearth from 48SW10697(MOC WAM 2-4-18) and one of the hearths from MOC SD 3-4-2 represent Middle Archaic occupations of the area with radiocarbon dates of 3810 ± 50 BP and 3620 ± 50 BP, respectively. A Late Archaic occupation is represented by Hearth 24 (1670 ± 60...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Laura Buethel.

The fill from nine hearths associated with two Ute teepee encampments that were tethered to the 2nd Los Pinos Indian Agency near Montrose, Colorado, were examined for macrofloral remains. The teepee sites are believed to date between 1875 and 1881. One of the hearths might represent an unrelated prehistoric occupation or a dependency, such as a menstrual hut, for one of the lodges. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the various...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from four hearths were examined for macrofloral remains. These hearths were discovered at well pad sites as part of the Iron Horse development for Noble Energy and are located approximately 25 miles east of Shoshone in the Wind River Basin of central Wyoming. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources processed in these hearths and types of wood burned as fuel.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Site CM-1 lies in the Western Mojave Desert subregion northwest of California City in Kern County, California. A hearth exposed during RE Cinco Solar Project construction grading activities in the area yielded numerous fire-affected rocks, charcoal, one mano fragment, ochre, a bone fragment, one charred or uncharred juniper (Juniperus) seed and several lithics, including an obsidian flake (Christopher Duran, personal communication June 24, 2015). Sediment samples were collected in and around the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples were examined from 11 stone ring sites in the Coteau Mine Area in Mercer County, west-central North Dakota, to provide subsistence information. These sites will be impacted by expansion of coal strip mining operations. A total of 33 lithic tools from these 11 sites were analyzed for possible protein residues to determine animal resources that might have been hunted/processed with the tools. Five fill samples from hearths associated with stone rings at sites 32ME169, 32ME755,...