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PHYTOLITH AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM TONTOZONA TARANTULA (AZ 0:12:119), TONTO NATIONAL FOREST, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA (2010)

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

Feature fill and fire-crack rock recovered from a historic roasting pit at the Tontozona Tarantula site (AZ 0:12:119) in the Tonto National Forest in Gila County, Arizona were submitted for phytolith and organic residue analysis, respectively. The fire-cracked rock was tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Phytolith and organic residue analysis will be used to gain information regarding function of the pit feature.