Fecal Material (Other Keyword)

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Desiccated Human Paleofeces from Big Bone Cave (40VB103), Van Buren County, Tennessee (1989)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Charles T. Faulkner.

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POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSES AT SITES 42DA1269 AND EG10, NORTHEASTERN UTAH (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text R.A. Varney. Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from a dry cave and a rock shelter at 42DA1269 in northeast Utah were examined for pollen/starch and macrofloral remains to provide evidence of plants that might have utilized by the occupants of these two shelters. One charred tissue fragment was submitted for PET analysis to recover starches and/or phytoliths to aid in identification. Ungulate dung from the lowest level of the dry cave yielded a date of 14,330 cal BP. These fecal pellets were analyzed for protein residues to...