24HL478 (Site Name Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan. Chad Yost.

Four fire-cracked rocks from site 24HL478 in Hill County, Montana, were submitted for starch grain and organic residue analysis. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Because the starch extraction method used here also recovered phytoliths, any phytoliths of economical significance also were noted. Starch, phytolith, and organic residue analyses provide information regarding diet, specifically foods that might have been processed in...