hearths (Site Type Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Melissa K. Logan.

Fill from three hearths at site 48SW16682 in Sweetwater County,Wyoming were submitted for organic residue analysis using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). FTIR analysis provides information concerning the compounds that were extracted from the fill samples. Information concerning foods that might have been processed in association with thermal features at this site is derived from matches with our reference library of raw and processed plants and animals.