48NA4588 (Site Name Keyword)
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The archaeological excavation at the Confluence Housepit site yielded a single housepit feature, two associated subfloor thermal basins internal to the housepit substructure, one thermal basin exterior to the housepit substructure, and associated artifacts. The deposit is dated to the Opal phase of the Early Archaic period through four conventional radiocarbon age estimates ranging between 5000 ± 40 and 5390 ± 40 years B.P. The housepit, associated features, and cultural materials are viewed as...
POLLEN AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 48NA4588, NATRONA COUNTY, WYOMING (2010)
Seven fill samples from a housepit site (48NA4588) in Natrona County, Wyoming were submitted for pollen and organic residue analyses. Samples were examined for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Analysis of pollen and organic residues are used to gain information regarding diet and food processing, as well as to identify the paleoenvironmental signal.