PaleoResearch Institute

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Six pollen and eight macrofloral samples were examined from site 42DA1094, a multi-use site situated at an elevation of 5640 feet in a pinyon/juniper woodland. This site includes roasting pits and three brush structures that yielded radiocarbon ages from 1120 ± 60 BP to 1550 ± 60 BP. The three brush structures are superimposed on one another. Pollen and macrofloral samples were studied to provide information concerning subsistence of the various occupants of this site and to provide a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Sediment samples from a cultural horizon within a lithic debitage activity area at Site 42GA3817 were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This multi-component site contains four lithic debitage activity areas with a Fremont component. A radiocarbon age of 990 ± 40 BP (conventional age of 1040 ± 40 BP) was returned for the cultural horizon. One pollen control sample also was recovered from the modern site surface. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings. Laura Ruggiero. Thomas E. Moutoux.

Sediment samples from two pit house features at Site 42KA4280 in southern Utah were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. One corn cob fragment also was measured. Ceramic artifacts suggest occupation of the site during the Basketmaker III period. The two pit houses represent two occupation episodes. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning plant resources available to and utilized by the site occupants.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

Site 42SAl6262, radiocarbon dated to an age of 1340 ± 60 BP (610 AD), consisted of a pithouse and a concentration of sherds and charcoal. The site was located in the path of a proposed highway in San Juan County, Utah, between Bluff and Blanding on the north side of Recapture Wash. The local vegetation consists primarily of pinyon/juniper and grasses. Both pollen and macrofloral samples were taken from the main room and antechamber of the pithouse at this site in an effort to identify...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux.

Site 42SA22702 is located along Recapture Creek in the Blanding Basin of southeast Utah. Soil from a roughly circular, culturally stained feature was sampled for pollen and macrofloral remains. The significance and timing of the feature is currently unresolved, though several sherd fragments suggest a general prehistoric cultural affiliation. The pollen and macrofloral work was undertaken to provide subsistence information that would aid in determining the site's function.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Soil samples from a pithouse and from a slab-lined cist at Site 42SA23045 in southeast Utah were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site is believed to be a multicomponent Anasazi habitation site with an associated artifact scatter and several locations of historic and prehistoric rock art. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide subsistence information concerning plant resources that may have been utilized by the prehistoric occupants of the site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from site 42SA3775 in southeastern Utah were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains to recover evidence of subsistence. This site represents a single component, late Basketmaker III pithouse complex with at least three typical Basketmaker III pithouses and associated features. Sediment and botanic samples were collected from the floors of living features and fills of various interior features to examine the archaeobotanic record for evidence of plant processing activities.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from general fill proveniences and a single pit from site 42SL230 at the Salt Lake airport, Utah, were examined for macrofloral remains. Individual charcoal samples were identified prior to submission for radiocarbon analysis. Nine soil samples from two columns and two pieces of groundstone also were analyzed for pollen. Site 42SL230 is a large, multicomponent site with Archaic, Late Prehistoric, and some Fremont deposits. The site experienced fairly severe bioturbation, and the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. R.A. Varney.

Samples from Mosquito Willie (42To137), located in a cold desert shrub community on the west side of the Great Salt Lake Desert approximately 15 miles south of Wendover, Utah, were examined for pollen, macrofloral remains, or charcoal to identify plants that were processed and/or used by occupants of this site. Springs east of the site provide riparian resources not available in the more xeric desert shrub community in which the site is located. Pollen, macrofloral, and charcoal analyses...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

The fill from a basin-shaped charcoal-stained sediment anomaly exposed in a sand dune at site 42UN2372 in northeast Utah was examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. A pollen control also was collected from the modern dune surface. Charcoal from this feature yielded a radiocarbon age of 3700-3490 BP, suggesting an Archaic occupation. Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined in an effort to help identify the function of this anomaly, which is believed to represent the remains of a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from pit features at site 42UN2889 in northeast Utah were sampled for pollen and macrofloral remains. In addition, pollen samples were recovered from the modern ground surface just off site, from a layer of sand that includes the upper meter of sediments exposed in the pipeline trench wall, and from a clayey/caliche stratum underneath the sand. The paucity of artifacts found at the site, combined with the abundance of groundstone and small features, suggests that 42UN2889 is a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from two test units at Site 42UT668 in central Utah were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This open air site is defined by diagnostic lithics. Lithic types and radiocarbon dates suggest that 42OT668 is a nailtiocarpanent site with Late Archaic andFremont occupations, approximately 1880 to 1070 BP. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used as an aid in identifying subsistence activities and reconstructing local vegetation at the time of occupation.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from three columns at Site 48001712 in the southern Powder Basin of northeastern Wyoming were examined for pollen , and a mano was washed to recover pollen from the ground surface. In addition, flotation sanples from five hearths and a charcoal scatter were sampled for macrofloral remains. Two activity areas were noted at this site that are separated by about 80 meters. Radiocarbon dates suggest a Middle Archaic occupation, with the possibility of an earlier Early Archaic component....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings. Thomas E. Moutoux.

A pollen sample from soil within a tipi ring and three flotation samples from the fill of ash stained features were examined from Site 48CA1383 in northeast Wyoming. This site consists of a cluster of four tipi rings and is believed to date to the Late Prehistoric period. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken to provide information concerning possible plant resources utilized at this site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text R.A. Varney. Kathryn Puseman.

Single samples from site 48FR5006 and the MDU #5-11 pipeline were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains to provide information concerning plant resources that might have been processed at these sites. 48FR5006 is located roughly 25 miles south of the town of Shoshoni, Wyoming and approximately one mile east of Muskrat Creek. The site is situated at an elevation of 5140 feet amsl in a vegetative community containing sagebrush, grasses and prickly pear cactus. The feature sampled, which...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Seven samples from the fill of five intact hearths recovered in the access road at site 48FR5666 in central Wyoming were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Multiple samples were recovered from a hearth with stratified fill. All of the hearths exhibited oxidation rinds varying from 1 cm to 5 cm thick, as well as heavy amounts of charcoal and moderate to heavy amounts of fire-cracked rock. Conventional radiocarbon ages from these features ranged from 1770 ± 60 BP to 1140 ± 50 BP,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from Site 48LA277 near Crow Creek, Wyoming, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Radiocarbon dates suggest a Plains Woodland ocxxqpation of this site. Four of the pollen samples represent a soil column in the wall of Excavation Uhit 1497/1498 N. Pollen analysis of these samples will assist recxmstructing the past environment. The fifth pollen sample and the five macrofloral samples were collected from features. Pollen and macrofloral analyses of these samples address...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from site 48LN1185 were sampled for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site is a multi<x>mpanent site located in the Wyoming Basin in southwestern Wyoming. Radiocarbon dates suggest Early Archaic to Late Prehistoric ocxxpatians, approximately 6760 to 910 BP. Three pollen surface control samples were taken from locations surrounding the excavation area. Five samples were taken from a soil column in the west wall of the pipeline trench. Pollen analysis of these samples will provide...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from Site 48I2J2068 in the Wyoming Basin were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site is an early Uinta Phase Late Prehistoric site, made up of one or more short-term camps. There also appears to be same Fremont influence. One radiocarbon date of 1880 + 130 BP has been obtained. Five flotation samples were collected from features, and three pieces of groundstone were washed for pollen. In addition, four surface samples were collected to provide a thorough...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from a stratigraphic column and from features at Site 48NA2137 in central Wyoming were examined for pollen, while feature fill was sampled for macrofloral remains. This site is a multicomponent site with three cultural components. The lower two components, Cultural Component II and Cultural Component I, yielded radiocarbon dates of 3750 + 130 BP and 5780 + 70 BP, respectively. Pollen and macrofloral analyses of feature fill is used to provide information concerning plant resources...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Two pollen and four macrofloral samples were examined from 48NA2779, an archaeological site containing a house pit located south of the Powder River in Wyoming. Radiocarbon ages from two house pits (Features 3 and 4), are reported as 5260 ± 60 RCYBP 5490 ± 60 RCYBP, indicating an Archaic occupation. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted to identify plants processed or used in these house pits.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 48SW550 represents three occupations during the Late Prehistoric Uinta Phase. Four features from the lowest two occupations were examined for their pollen and macrofloral remains to address questions of subsistence. These features are all shallow basin pits containing charcoal and a few rocks. Interpretation of probable economic activities that might be associated with these features rests largely on the archaeobotanic record.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Site 48SW7935 is one of three sites in southern Wyoming involved in data recovery for the Questar Pipeline Coipany Skull Creek Pipeline. Excavations at this site uncovered two hearth features that were sanpled for pollen and macrofloral remains. An uncorrected radiocarbon. date of 5210 + 100 BP was obtained frem.Feature 5, suggesting an Early Archaic occupation. Pollen and macrofloral analysis is used to provide subsistence information at this site. In addition, a modern surface soil...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Peat and gleyed clay samples from two trenches were examined for both pollen and macrofloral remains from 50-30-03-1027 in the Hanalei Valley on the north side of Kaua'i. These analyses were directed toward the recovery of evidence to indicate prehistoric vegetation and possibly confirm taro cultivation. Radiocarbon ages reported for the peat range from 4340-4040 BC to 1800-1600 BC.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas E. Moutoux. Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 5AH741 is a small, stratified site located southeast of Denver, Colorado. Radiocarbon dates obtained from features at this site suggest both Middle and Late Archaic occupations. A total of 27 samples were submitted for pollen/starch or macrofloral analysis. A column consisting of seven stratigraphic pollen samples was included in this count. Three surface control pollen samples provide an excellent base from which to evaluate the prehistoric pollen record. The remaining pollen samples...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Sediment samples associated with a late 19th century/early 20th century L-shaped house containing a brick-lined cellar in downtown Denver, Colorado, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. African American families occupied the house from 1893 to approximately 1910. Pollen and macrofloral samples were recovered from three levels of fill in the brick-lined cellar, from a unit outside the house that contained 19th century artifacts, and from an area inside the house believed to be a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted on samples from hearths and from a profile in the cutbank of a small drainage at Site 5HF1100 in southcentral Colorado. This site contained two cultural components. The lower component contained four features and represents a Late Archaic occupation, while the upper conponent contained only charcoal flecks, a few burned rocks, and flakes. Pollen and macrofloral analyses of feature fill are used to provide information concerning food processing...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Five pollen and three macrofloral samples were examined from site 5LA6493 in the Comanche National Grasslands of southeastern Colorado. This site consists of a room block with eight rooms. Charcoal from this site yielded a conventional radiocarbon age of 990 ± 40 BP. Soil samples from a hearth and a circular pit, as well as one metate fragment and one mano, were recovered from Room 2. A conventional radiocarbon age of 1080 ± 40 BP was obtained from Feature 3, a hearth in Room 2. Pollen and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux.

Soil samples from a pithouse at Site 5LP378 in southwest Colorado were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. Three vegetal samples also were examined. This subrectangular pithouse is believed to have been occupied during the Early Pueblo I period, approximately the AD 790s or early AD 800s. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to address questions pertaining to evidence of foods being processed, types of wood burned as fuel, season of occupation, and evidence of ritual...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings. Laura Ruggiero.

Samples from features at Site 5MT11884 in southwest Colorado were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site represents at least a late Pueblo II habitation site that appears to have a experienced long-term occupation with salvaging and remodeling of features. Pollen and/or macrofloral samples were recovered from a mealing bin in a pitstructure, a kiva, a trash pit in a surface structure, and an extramural pit. The kiva is noted to have exhibited several characteristics...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from features at Site 5MT11950 in southwest Colorado were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site represents a late Pueblo III Mesa Verde Anasazi habitation. Pollen and/or macrofloral samples were recovered from a classic Mesa Verde style kiva, a probable kiva, a slab-lined fire box, and a slab-lined hearth. Both the kiva and the probable kiva appear to have been salvaged and burned prehistorically, probably after a short occupation. Pollen and macrofloral analyses...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Single pollen and flotation samples were recovered from a rubble concentration at Site 5MT11958 in southwestern Colorado. This site represents a late Pueblo II habitation. The rubble mound appears to represent a salvage pile of rocks that were intended to be used as masonry stones for construction of a structure. The pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from fill near the bottom of the concentration.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Sediment from features representing both Pueblo I and Pueblo II occupations at Site 5MT7522 in southwest Colorado were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant resources available to and utilized by the Pueblo I and Pueblo II occupants of the site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from Site 5MT7712 in southwest Colorado were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site is a large Pueblo II/III Anasazi habitation site, although only a small portion of the site was excavated and analyzed. Excavated features include a small two-room room block and associated internal features, a subterranean pit room and associated internal features, and hearth/pit/trash features associated with extramural activity surrounding the two-room room block. The excavated...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Sanples from a hearth and a burned area at Site 5RB3339 in western Colorado were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site lies in an area with considerable Fremont archaeology, and radiocarbon dates obtained from the features range from 1900 to 830 BP. Pollen and macrofloral analysis will be used to recover subsistence and possible agriculture evidence.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

One sarrple from the Duff Zone in the flood deposit from the Colorado River corridor in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona, was sampled for pollen and macrofloral remains. The flood deposit is exposed in a cutbank above the Colorado River's water level. The Duff Zone is found across the Colorado River from a charcoal lens defining the site. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will identify vegetation associated with this zone.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from a midden at Site AZ N:8:27 (ASM) in west-central Arizona were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site is believed to have been a habitation area and is related to the Prescott Culture, dating between A.D. 1150 and 1300. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken to provide basic subsistence information.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Pollen and/or macrofloral samples were collected from cultural deposits within five units at site CA-SDI-16,047 in Goat Canyon, California, on the border with Mexico. Goat Canyon opens to the north into the Tijuana River floodplain. Fossil streambeds indicate that this area was also a drainage prehistorically and that the stream meandered from place to place in the canyon over time. The samples represent stained shell lens areas where the soil was cemented together, at depths of around...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Pipeline trenching in 1988 for the Shoshone Municipal Water Supply Pipeline uncovered nine features at Site FA88-136-3, Wyoming. These features all represent buried hearths. Fill from Feature 5 was examined for pollen and macrofloral remains to recover possible subsistence information. In addition, soil from the prehistoric living surface was sampled to provide a control for interpreting pollen and macrofloral remains recovered from the feature sample.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from a trench in a rock ring midden at Site LA 105139 in southeastern New Mexico were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. In addition, soil from the modern surface was collected as a control for pollen samples from the excavated trench. The rock ring midden at this site is believed to have been used for roasting cacti, and radiocarbon dates from this site range from approximately 1040 to 590 BP. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined from two ring midden features at Site LA109230 in southeast New Mexico. The site consists of seven ring midden features and a sparse scatter of lithic artifacts. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized at this site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings. Laura Ruggiero. Thomas E. Moutoux.

Fill from six features at Site La 115316 in northwest New Mexico were floated to recover charred macrofloral remains; two of these features also were analyzed for pollen. Ceramic sherds suggest occupation of the site during an unspecified Anasazi period (AD 600 to 1600), while projectile points also suggest occupation during the Middle Archaic period (ca. 3200 to 1800 BC) and/or during the Late Archaic period (1800 BC to AD 400). Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Site LA 49490 is a Jornada Mogollon Glencoe Phase village site located in Ruidoso Downs, Lincoln County, New Mexico. Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from pits and a burned pithouse. Two of the pits exhibited refuse as fill and contained burials within the refuse. One of the individuals had been shot in the back and two projectile points remained with the burial. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted to identify plants that might have been important in the burials and also...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Excavations at Site LA 73249, New Mexico, were undertaken to document additional features discovered during site monitoring. The site was originally excavated in 1989, when several features representative of Navajo campsites and/or activity areas were found. Samples from newly and previously excavated features were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains to define possible activity areas and provide subsistence information. Samples were also collected away from the excavation units to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Excavations at Site LA 89966 near Cedar Hill, New Mexico, yielded three subsurface features, two surface artifacts, and an organic-appearing lens. The site appears to be an Anasazi Pueblo I habitation. Two of the features and the organic lens were sampled for pollen and macrofloral remains in order to provide possible subsistence information. In addition, a modern soil sample was collected near each feature sampled in order to provide a control for interpreting the archaeological pollen...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings. Thomas E. Moutoux.

Samples from Sites 24HL948, 24HL946, 24FR760, and 24CB1266 were submitted for pollen, macrofloral, and protein residue analyses. These sites are located along the Express Pipeline Route Montana Segment that runs north and south through central Montana. Site 24HL948 consists of a tipi ring, while the other three sites represent prehistoric campsites with hearths and midden areas. Soil samples were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains to provide information concerning plant resources...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from soil units and two features at sites 26CK948 and 26CK949 were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These two sites are located in the central area of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, and are noted to be "physically, visually, and historically interconnected" (Seymour 1998:1.5). Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide paleoenvironmental information, as well as to identify economically important resources that might have been used by the prehistoric occupants of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Two sites near Santa Pe, New Mexicof were examined for their pollen and macrofloral remains as part of the Bishop's Lodge Project. Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined from several pit features and frem a test pit to define the subsistence base at these sites.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux.

Eight pollen and four macrofloral samples were examined from two sites overlooking the modern Skunk Bay, an area formerly occupied by Skunk Creek, a tributary of the Missouri River in North Dakota. Site 32DU396 represents a Besant occupation. A pollen column was studied to provide information concerning paleoenvironmental conditions. In addition, both pollen and macrofloral samples provide the potential for interpretation of subsistence activity associated with features. Nearby site...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings. Thomas E. Moutoux. Laura Ruggiero.

Soil samples from Sites 35MA7, 35MA9, 35MA63, 35MA70, and 35MA12 in the State Street-North Santiam Highway project near Salem, Oregon, were sampled for macrofloral remains. Charred botanic specimens also were submitted for identification. Pollen samples were examined from features at Sites 35MA9, 35MA70, and 35MA 12. The five sites in the project area currently are divided by highway interchange loops and ramps; however, these sites are believed to represent a very large site complex used...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Thomas E. Moutoux. Kathryn Puseman. Laura Ruggiero.

Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken to examine Late Archaic and Pueblo II remains at Site 42GR2774 and a Late Archaic feature at Site 42GR2773. Radiocarbon dates indicate that the Late Archaic occupations occurred approximately 1600 to 1640 years ago. The Late Archaic occupations are represented by fill from a bell-shaped pit and a shallow pitstructure at 42GR2774 and by a small, shallow heating or processing pit at 42GR2773. The Pueblo II occupation at 42GR2774 is represented by a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from various features at Site 42SA22318 were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. In addition, soil from a small check dam at 42SA22396 was analyzed for pollen. Site 42SA22318 was a multicomponent site with dates ranging from 1070 + 50 BP to 300 + 50 BP, suggesting Pueblo II and Protohistoric (Navajo) occupations. A limited number of sherds from 42SA22396, and the presence of all manufacturing hoe stages, indicates an Anasazi utilization of the site, particularly during the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux. Laura Ruggiero.

Samples from Sites 42Sa23300 and 42Sa23301 in San Juan County, Utah, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Site 42Sa23300 consists of a basin-shaped fire pit and associated midden deposits. Site 42Sa23301 yielded a single hearth. Pollen and macrofloral analyses of hearth fill are used to provide information concerning plant resources that may have been processed in these features. The midden deposits were sampled to identify plants discarded during occupation.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux. Linda Scott Cummings.

Soil samples from features at Sites 42SV2304 and 42SV2229 from the Fish Lake area in central Utah were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Site 42SV2304 is a Fremont site with a rock-ringed structure. Site 42SV2229 is a multicomponent site with occupations ranging from the Late Archaic through the historic period. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were used to determine if root crops, such as Claytonia (spring beauty) or Lomatium (biscuit root), may have been harvested and processed...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Pollen, macrofloral, and charcoal samples were examined from sites 48FR5305 and 48FR5343 near Riverton, Wyoming. These sites were identified as a result of the Tom Brown, Inc. Rock Ridge #6-24 construction project in Fremont County, Wyoming. Pollen and macrofloral samples were recovered from levels of fill in a large earth oven and from the fill of a deep, steep-sided basin at 48FR5305, as well as from different levels of fill from an earth oven at 48FR5343. Samples were collected from...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Cynthia Adkins.

Soil samples from features at sites 48SW15144 and 48SW15146 in Sweetwater County, southwest Wyoming, were submitted for pollen and macrofloral analyses. These sites represent prehistoric open camps with hearth features and are located northeast of the Boar’s Tusk outside of Rock Springs. The features were discovered in the two-track maintenance road for the PacifiCorp’s Atlantic City to Rock Springs power line. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Fill from buried features at Sites 48SW9428, 48SW9429, and 48SW9492 in southwestern Wyoming was examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites are located in the southern portion of the Great Divide Basin in presently inactive dune fields. Site 48SW9428 is a Late Archaic site, while 48SW9429 and 48SW9492 represent Late Prehistoric occupations. All of the features were partially disturbed prior to burial by wind and wind-blown sand. Pollen and macrofloral analyses may provide...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted at 48SWI023 and 48SW1612 to identify paleoenvironmental conditions at the time of occupation, as well as to determine whether evidence exists for subsistence activities involving plants. Stratigraphic columns were collected from the present ground surface to the lowest occupation or one stratum below at each site to provide data to interpret paleoenvironmental conditions. Cultural materials at 48SW1023 ranged in age from 6320 to 2750 BP....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from a possible hearth remnant at 5GA1219 and from a rock-filled basin hearth at 5GA2524 were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites are located in Grand County in western Colorado. Site 5GA2524 appears to represent a late fall or early winter hunting camp, and a conventional radiocarbon date of 1640 ± 80 BP (Beta-147164) indicates occupation during the Late Prehistoric period. Pollen and macrofloral analyses, including identification of charcoal, will provide...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from Uintah Fremont sites located near Rangely in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Samples were collected primarily from wickiup floors and features in an effort to define construction material and subsistence items. It was hoped that pollen and/or macrofloral analysis could assist in identifying site function and season of occupation.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings. Thomas E. Moutoux.

Soil samples from Sites NM-Q-13-50 (LA 32992), NM-Q-13-53, NM-Q-13-54 (LA 89900), and NM-Q-13-55 were floated to recover charred macrofloral remains, while samples from features at NM-Q-12-71 were analyzed for both pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites were identified in portions of the right-of-way along Navajo Route 9(5-1) in the Chuska Valley of northwest New Mexico, and represent a Chacoan outlier community and a road leading to that community. The five sites are believed to date...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted on samples taken from six sites along the Frontier Pipeline in southwestern Wyoming. These sites are located in Uinta, Sweetwater, and Fremont Counties, and were sampled during the process of archaeological mitigation. Radiocarbon dates place the occupation of two sites between 1250+50 and 1880+90. A third site yielded dates ranging between 2560+60 and 7520+90, indicating repeated utilization of the area over thousands of years. Pollen and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from Sites AR-03-04-06-703 and AR-03-04-06-722 in central Arizona were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Site AR-03-04-06-703 is a three to five room pueblo, possibly with two components. Ceramic artifacts suggest that the site was occupied by the southern branch of the Sinagua. Site AR-03-04-06-722 is believed to be an Archaic site. The diversity of the lithic assemblage may indicate that this site represents a longer-term habitation, possibly a base camp or residential...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Pieces of daub/mortar from masonry structures found at sites AR-03-07-03-61, AR-03-07-03-865, and AR-03-07-03-1158 in northern Arizona were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites represent rock shelters near the north rim of the Grand Canyon and Basketmaker/Puebloan occupations of the area. Daub/mortar from sites AR-03-07-03-61 and AR-03-07-03-865 were collected from partially collapsed granaries in rock shelters that are believed to have been used for food storage and possible...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings. Thomas E. Moutoux.

Soil samples from five sites in the Tortolita Mountain Project in southern Arizona were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites are all Hohokam sites, probably dating between AD750-1300. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the Hohokam occupants of these sites.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Sanples from Sites AZ K:15:14 (ASM) and AZ K:15:18 (ASM) in the Puerco River Valley, Arizona, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Mogollon Brownware at Site AZ K:15:14 (ASM) suggests interaction with and/or presence of Mogollon peoples in this valley that has been considered part of the Anasazi region. Site AZ K:15:14 (ASM) is a multicooponent site, while AZ K:15:18 (ASM) appears to be a single corrponent site. Pollen analysis of sanples from burials at Site AZ K:15:14 (ASM)...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Soil samples from four sites in the Lower Mammoth Data Recovery (Bagdad) project area, northwest Arizona, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Site AZ M:7:41 (ASM) represents a large rock shelter that was occupied during the Late Archaic period, while Sites AZ M: 7:42(ASM) and AZ M:8:37(ASM) represent Late Prehistoric rock shelter sites. Site AZ M:8:27(ASM) contained numerous roasting pits that formed a debris or mound pile, and radiocarbon dates suggest a Protohistoric to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from Sites AZ N:4:72(ASM), AZ N:4:82(ASM), and AZ N:4:83(ASM) in central Arizona were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. Site AZ N:4:72(ASM) represent a small, protohistoric Yavapai encampment. Pollen and macrofloral analyses of a wickiup ring at AZ N:4:72(ASM) may help interpret the site function. Sites AZ N:4:82 (ASM) and AZ N:4:83 (ASM) represent Archaic period sites. Pollen and macrofloral analyses at these sites are used to address prehistoric subsistence by providing...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas E. Moutoux. Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

As part of a mitigation plan with the Department of Transportation, pollen and macrofloral studies from several sites within the project area were completed. The project area is located in the central portion of the Wind River Basin and is focused around a proposed right-of- way that traverses predominantly flood plain and terrace features associated with the Popo Agie and Little Wind Rivers. Sites DOT-2, DOT-3, DOT-7, DOT-8, DOT-9, and DOT-15 contain features that have been dated between...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings. Thomas E. Moutoux.

Soil samples from Sites AZ BB:9:57(ASM),AZ BB:9:160(ASM), and AZ BB:9:189(ASM) in southern Arizona were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites are part of the Honeybee Ridge Mitigation project. Site AZ BB:9:57(ASM) may be a field house or resource processing area. Site AZ BB:9:160(ASM) is a resource processing area that appears to have been utilized during the late Colonial or Sedentary Periods of the Tucson Basin Hohokam Sequence. Site AZ BB:9:189(ASM) is a multicomponent...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Soil samples from five sites in the State Street-North Santiam Highway project near Salem, Oregon, were sampled for pollen and macrofloral remains. Several charred botanic specimens also were submitted for identification. Sites 35MA7, 35MA9, 35MA63, 35MA70, and 35MA12 currently are divided by highway interchange loops and ramps; however, these sites are believed to represent a very large single site complex with superimposed and overlapping activity areas of different ages. Features at...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Sediment samples from features at Sites 42EM2568, 42EM2569, 42EM2570, and 42EM2571 in Emery County, Utah, were examined for pollen and/or macofloral remains. Two individual charcoal samples also were identified. These four sites are part of the Texaco Buzzard Bench Well Pads project and represent Fremont occupations in the area. Charcoal and maize kernel fragments were collected from four of the samples and submitted for radiocarbon dating. Conventional, uncalibrated radiocarbon dates from the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from Sites 42UT135, 42UT591, 42UT592, and 42UT636 in the Utah Valley were examined for macrofloral remains. Two pollen samples and 13 botanic samples also were examined from 42UT592. Site 42UT135 is a cave site located in American Fork Canyon. Radiocarbon dates at this site range from 2000 BC to 500 BC. The remaining three sites represent occupations dating to around AD 1400 on the shores of Utah Lake, with an earlier occupation around AD 200 also noted at 42UT636. Pollen and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Ttoo midden features from Sites LA 79511 and IA 89352, New Mexico, were sanpled for pollen and macrofloral remains. Both sites appear to be Anasazi Pueblo I Piedra Phase habitations, based on ceramic types recovered. Pollen and macrofloral analysis of sanples from these middens provides subsistence information, as well as some paleoenvironmental information. In addition, one metate fragment was washed for pollen in order to identify plants possibly ground on this metate. Modern soil...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from Sites MJ 123, MJ 125, and MJ 235 were examined for pollen and/or charred macrofloral remains. These sites are located in the Upper Basin, which is located in Kaibab National Forest south of Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona. Site MJ 123 is a fire-cracked rock-pile site. Three Jeddito Plains sherds and four Desert Side-Notched projectile points suggest that the site represents a Late Prehistoric (post-AD 1150) site. Site MJ 125 is a Pueblo II Western Anasazi...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Three pollen and six macrofloral samples were examined from sites MU 125 and MU 125A in Kaibab National Forest, northern Arizona. These sites are located along the eastern South Rim of the Grand Canyon in the Upper Basin. Site MU 125 is a Pueblo II Western Anasazi habitation site, while Site MU 125A is a system of agricultural terraces located approximately .5 km south of site MU 125. Pollen and macrofloral analyses concentrated on identifying subsistence activities associated with a series...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from the Talus Shelter site, 5RB899, in northwest Colorado were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site was excavated in 1980; however, no report was written or filed and the site no longer exists. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the occupants of the shelter.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Pollen and macrofloral samples were analyzed from the Alcove Site (AR- 03-10-01-374). This site was occupied approximately 2000 years ago and is located along the Rio Chama south of Navajo Peak. Pollen and macrofloral analyses address the questions of extant vegetation at the time the site was occupied, as well as questions of subsistence.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from feature fill at Site AZ AA:12:40 (ASM) in southern Arizona were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. The site was originally recorded as a possible pithouse village containing Rillito red-on-brown ceramics, suggesting Colonial period Hohokam. Later excavations revealed middle to late Sedentary (Rincon phase) cremations and early Classic (Tanque Verde phase) pottery from the pithouses. Recent excavations in the southeast corner of Site AZ AA:12:40(ASM) uncovered four...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute. Deborah Truell Steward.

Six soil samples for flotation and nine pollen samples from the Beaucoup Site (24PH 188/189) were submitted to Palynological Analysts for identification and interpretation. The site is located along the Milk River in Phillips County, near the north- central Montana/ Canadian border. The site includes a bison kill area, bison processing areas, a jump and its associated drive lines, numerous stone circles, rock piles, large and small cairns, stone alignments, and hearths. Initial exploration...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

The Bessie Bottoms Site is a multi-component Late Prehistoric site located in the extreme southwestern corner of Wyoming. Situated at the northern edge of the foothills on the north side of the Uinta Mountain range, this site lies at an elevation of 7210 ft. within the Bear River drainage system. Pollen samples were collected from a stratigraphic column to assess the paleoenvironment in this area, as well as from features to examine the subsistence base. In addition, seeds were removed...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from four refuse pits at the Brown/Sanderson Homestead (site CA-AMA-364/H) in Amador County, California, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site contains both a prehistoric component and historic components. Only the historic component will be impacted by proposed construction for the Amador Bypass highway project; therefore, only samples from the historic occupation were examined. The sampled refuse pits contain materials associated with occupation of the site by...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples recovered from the Geneva Road Burial site (42UT1222) in Provo, Utah, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site consists of a shallow, slightly bell-shaped pit that contained a single set of juvenile human remains. Radiocarbon analysis of bone from the burial yielded a conventional radiocarbon age of 1180 ± 40 BP, with a two sigma calibrated age range of A.D. 770 to 970. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to aid in determining the cultural affiliation and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

INTRODUCTION Samples from a small burned fieldhouse and an associated trash deposit at Site AZ U: 13:8 (ASM) were sampled for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site is a Preclassic and Classic ballcourt village, and the fieldhouse and trash deposit appear to date to the Sacaton phase. Pollen and macrofloral analyses provide information concerning items discarded in the trash and possible subsistence activities. In addition, pollen samples were examined from Sedentary or Classic period...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Gobernadora and Ojasen sites are located in northeast El Paso, Texas at an elevation of 4200 feet. Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from a number of features at both sites to examine the subsistence database. In addition, a pollen column was collected from stratigraphic sediments to examine paleoenvironmental conditions. Occupation of these sites may be assigned to the Dona Ana phase (AD 1050-1250).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux. Laura Ruggiero.

The Hines Site (35HA2692) represents a Late Holocene temporary campsite located in Harney Basin in southeastern Oregon. A single radiocarbon age of 1220 ± 60 BP is reported for a small hearth at this site. Four pollen and 26 macrofloral samples were examined from column and/or cultural samples. Pollen analysis concentrated on identifying vegetation associated with a Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene lake, while macrofloral samples represent archaeological deposits at the site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Samples from the Hot Spring Lake site, 42DV2, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Individual charcoal samples were identified prior to submission for radiocarbon analysis. Site 42DV2 is a large, open, multicomponent site located near the southeast edge of the Great Salt Lake in northern Utah. This site exhibits extensive Archaic and Late Prehistoric and some Formative/Fremont deposits. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken specifically to provide information...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas E. Moutoux. Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

The Hotel de Paris (5CC8) is an historic hotel located in Georgetown, Colorado. In an effort to understand how the east courtyard of the Hotel de Paris was utilized historically, three pollen samples, three flotation samples, and a single wood sample were analyzed.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Gerald Kelso.

Samples from two prehistoric sites on opposite banks of Kettle Creek (36CN199 and 36CN165) in Clinton County, north-central Pennsylvania, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These sites are multicomponent sites with occupations ranging from the Archaic through the Late Woodland periods. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide prehistoric subsistence information.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken at the KP Site (LA 46300) in Santa Fe, New Mexico in an effort to identify elements of the subsistence base. This site is located in the northwest quadrant of Santa Fe in an area that probably supported pinyon and juniper prior to development. A swampy area was noted east of the plaza area in historic records (Wiseman, personal communication, March 1985). The pitstructure, which was partially excavated at this site, was dated to AD 1140 +...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Pollen and macrofloral analyses at the Lamb Springs site on the plains near Denver, Colorado focused on the interpretation of paleoenvironmental conditions. Marshy plants were dominant in the immediate vicinity of the springs and included grasses and sedges during the earliest levels tested. The riparian community associated with the spring changed to a sumpweed dominated situation during the Cody occupation. Significant differences in long distance transport of pine pollen from the Front Range...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux.

Nine pollen and thirteen macrofloral samples were examined from the Limpy Creek Site (35J039) in an effort to identify human use of plants by the protohistoric occupants. This site consists of four analytic components.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Thomas E. Moutoux.

Nine pollen and thirteen macrofloral samples were examined from the Limpy Creek Site (35JO39) in an effort to identify human use of plants by the protohistoric occupants. This site consists of four analytic components.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Pollen and macrofloral analysis were conducted on a single hearth recovered from a probable Formative Stage wickiup cluster/hamlet and/or Numic/Ute wickiup in western Colorado. The site is located approximately 10 miles south of Rangely. Pollen and macrofloral analyses concentrated on identification of subsistence data.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Column and feature samples from the Lower Powder Spring Site (48SW7933), Wyoming, were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site is a multicomponent site situated in the southern portion of the Washakie Basin with radiocarbon dates ranging from 5600 to 930 BP, suggesting use at various times from the Early Archaic to the Late Prehistoric. The excavated areas, A and B, are located arout 100 meters apart, on a ridge and in the drainage. Each area contained evidence of two...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from a burned pithouse and from a shallow roasting pit at Site AZ AA: 15:1(77 (ASM) were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site is a Classic Period Hohokam field house where ak chin farming may have been practiced. Pollen and macrofloral analyses of feature fill are used to provide information concerning possible plants utilized in the pithouse and roasted in the pit.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

The Maxon Ranch site (48SW2590), located along the south-southwestern flank of Miller Mountain at an elevation of 2225-2285m (7300-7500 ft.), contained evidence of four occupations. Excavations in 1984 by Western Wyoming College yielded evidence of four cultural components ranging in age from at least 7000 years ago to the Late Prehistoric. Radiocarbon ages obtained from several isolated pit features, as well as two semi-subterranean habitation structures, ranged from 6480 ± 90 (Cultural...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined from firepit fill at Site 42SA22548 in southeast Utah. A pollen control sample from the modern surface also was examined. Site 42SA22548 is a multicomponent site where subsistence activities are believed to have revolved around wild food procurement and processing. The prehistoric component of the site contained two cultural horizons. Two Mesa Verde Anasazi sherds suggest that the upper horizon is associated with a Pueblo II-III occupation,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

The floated light fractions from the fill of five basin hearth features at the Nomad site, 48SW9204, in southwest Wyoming were examined for macrofloral remains to provide information concerning plant resources that were utilized by the site occupants. In addition, a mano fragment found on the edge of a small pit of unknown function (Feature 6) was washed for pollen and starches to determine plants that might have been ground using the mano. A soil control was collected with the mano....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Curtis Nepstad-Thornberry. Kathryn Puseman.

Site 48SW1090 (Raptor Site) represents a Late Prehistoric, Uinta camp located on the eastern margin of the Leucite Hills. Pollen and macrofloral analyses concentrated on examination of feature fill from a deflated house structure and several hearths. The probable house structure exhibited two distinct occupational surfaces and three interior features associated with the lower occupation. In addition, three isolated features were noted to the northwest of the possible housepit that appear...