PaleoResearch Institute

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Two sediment samples were examined for pollen and phytoliths from separate sites on Easter Island. This analysis was exploratory in nature with its primary goal to identify the quality of preservation of pollen and phytoliths and assess the value of further analysis. One pollen and phytolith sample was collected at site 26-50, a surface cave or overhang site that had been walled up. The other sample was collected at site 26-1, an ahu.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

One sediment sample was collected from the area on the north side and immediately under the foundation of the platform extending from the front of Ahu Hekii at La Perouse Bay. Pollen and phytolith analysis were undertaken on this sample to identify local vegetation prior to the construction of this ahu.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Three pollen samples were examined from a fire hearth in the center of a wickiup occupied approximately 4910 BP, from the floor of a structure or processing station occupied 4905 BP, and from the floor of a shallow, basin-shaped possible cache pit. Pollen and starches were identified from these samples to interpret any evidence of subsistence or food processing activities.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Three stratigraphic pollen samples were selected for extraction and scanning to observe whether or not pollen was present and if it was in a sufficiently good state of preservation for identification.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

The Warm Springs Ranch in Thermopolis, Wyoming, is home to the "BS" dinosaur quarry, an Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation dated as Kimmeridgian -Tithonian (156-144 mya). Pollen analysis was undertaken on a sample of drab mudstone from the quarry layer, and phytolith analysis was attempted on a piece of lignitic material from the quarry layer. The seam of lignite was approximately 2-3 inches thick and perhaps a foot wide and might have been part of a tree trunk. A fossil wood sample was...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Pollen, starch, and phytolith analyses were conducted on two samples from the Aleonar site on Tagotong Hill, a ritual hilltop site of Neolithic Age on Cebu in the Philippines. Samples were collected from a midden accumulation in a probable ceremonial area. Analyses were conducted to identify both local vegetation and any evidence of ritual use of plants.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Sediment samples were collected from a trench across an active normal fault in the Fort Sage Mountains in northeast California with the purpose of gaining insight into earthquake activity. These sediment samples were examined to recover organic material suitable for AMS radiocarbon dating. No macroscopic charcoal or other organic fragments were noted in these samples; therefore, they were processed to recover microscopic charcoal fragments (microcharcoal) for dating. Two of the samples yielded...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Extraction of pollen from Brazilian sediments.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Four samples from an exposed fault graben in a road cut in Chino Valley, Arizona, were floated to recover charred material suitable for AMS radiocarbon dating. None of the samples yielded sufficient macrocharcoal for dating; therefore, the samples were processed in an attempt to recover microscopic charcoal/particulate soil organics for dating. Two of these samples yielded particulate soil organics that were submitted for dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronald J. Rood. PaleoResearch Institute. Vicki Overholser Rood.

A total of 1168 bones and bone fragments were recovered from the ten sites tested in the 096 project. Of these, 465 bones or roughly 40% of the sample could be identified to the genus or species level. The remaining bones were placed into categories based upon their condition and level of identifiability (Lyman 1979). Modified bone and bone tools are discussed at the end of this report.

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

The Heller Lake site is located within the Ashley National Forest near the headwaters of Dry Gulch Creek. The lake is located on the south slopes of the Uinta Range, between the Uintah and Ouray Indian reservation and the High Uintas wilderness, at an elevation of 9400'. The sampling site is located in an alpine moraine plant community within the western montane biome. A mosiac of other plant communities are located in the general site area with differences based upon substrate and slope....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Eighteen fiber and/or wood samples were submitted for identification from several sites on the Ashley National Forest. A combination of techniques was used in the identification of these remains, which included plant bundles, burden basket construction elements, snare wood and fibers, and other basket materials.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Fibers associated with an infant skeleton on a wooden cradleboard were examined to determine the type of fiber used in making the cordage found on the cradleboard. Fibers were also examined from a ring under the infant's head to verify that juniper bark was used to construct the ring. Wood from various pieces of the cradleboard was examined microscopically to identify the wood used in its construction.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Cordage recovered in a rockshelter along the western side of Willow Creek in the East Tavaputs Plateau of eastern Utah was submitted for microscopic analysis to identify the fibers. Examination with a compound, petrographic microscope using cross-polar illumination was necessary to identify the fibers. Cross-polar illumination, combined with a rotating stage, allows observation of light refraction producing colors that vary with "north-south" and "east-west" positioning of the specimen...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Analysis of environmental pollen samples from stratigraphic columns was designed to monitor spatial and temporal changes in the natural ecology along the pipeline transect. The primary research aim of this study was to identify variability along the length of the line. Complimentary sedimentological/pedological analysis, land form mapping, and radiocarbon dating were also obtained for these stratigraphic columns and line-segment profiles. Correlation of these data bases with the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. David V. Hill. Kathryn Puseman.

Seven sediment samples from sites FB 5013, FB 5028, and FB 5073, located on the Fort Bliss Military Reservation in southern New Mexico, were submitted for residue analysis using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). The seven samples were recovered from five pithouses, a midden, and a thermal feature that were excavated during Project 560- 030. These features are believed to date from the Late Archaic (900 BC to AD 200) to no later than the Doña Ana phase (AD 1200) of the Jornada...

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Organic residue (FTIR) analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

A single piece of fire-cracked rock (FCR) was associated with a subsurface processing feature at FB 8019, a Jornada Mogollon site overlooking a playa area. FTIR analysis was conducted to recovery organic residue indicating the foods processed in the feature.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. David V. Hill.

Cooked and raw specimens of agave were submitted for FTIR analysis in an effort to determine whether or not the organic molecule signatures of various agave cultivars were sufficiently different to be able to group the agaves based on these signatures.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Travis Jones. Linda Scott Cummings.

A fragment of fire-cracked rock (FCR) from Feature 1 at site 33–PI–1179 in Pickaway County, Ohio, was submitted for Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic analysis (FTIR) of organic remains associated with the FCR.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. David V. Hill.

Four ceramic sherds from 32CS4478, the Sprunk Site, were submitted for organic residue analysis. This Late Prehistoric date located in Cass County date around AD 1450. The sherds were collected from different provenience units and are believed to represent four different vessels. Organic residue analysis using the FTIR is used to identify foods cooked in vessels.

DOCUMENT Full-Text David V. Hill. Linda Scott Cummings.

A fragment from the center of a broken metate from 48SU4399 in Sublette County, Wyoming was submitted for analysis by FTIR. The metate was recovered from a soil unit, the San Arcacio Sand, that commonly contains cultural deposits that date between 7,000 and 3,000 years BP. FTIR analysis of the metate fragment was conducted to identify organic molecules representing the types of materials that were processed on it.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

A single sample collected from a pithouse floor in the Warm Springs project area was described as dark and greasy. Identification of organic residues present in the sediments using an FTIR was considered to be the best tool for determining the origin of the greasy residues.

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

Three ceramic sherds from the site of Monte Palazzia, Calabria were submitted for analysis of organic residue contained within the sherds using FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry). These sherds represent bases of three different vessels.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Cody Dalpra.

Site FlOp-48 is a prehistoric lithic scatter within the dry mixedwood subregion of the boreal forest natural region in Alberta. One fire broken rock (FBR), representing an FBR concentration and possible boiling pit, was submitted with a soil control sample (sample A) for organic residue analysis using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) to better understand economic activities specific to thermal features at this site. Interpretations of this analysis provide information concerning...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Paul M. Miller.

The Tomoka Mound and Midden Complex (Site 8VO81) is located in Tomoka State Park, Volusia County, Florida. During excavations at the site, two Busycon spp. shell vessels (Samples FS 227.01 and FS 276.01) were recovered from the northwest bank of a narrow peninsula extending into the Tomoka Basin (Jon Endonino, personal communication, February 19, 2019). The location of the shell vessels and their association with shell middens and mortuary mounds suggests affiliation with the Thornhill Lake...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Elizabeth Hickey.

Samples were submitted for analysis from two sites, FB5044 and FB17155. Both sites are located on the Fort Bliss Military Reservation in south central New Mexico. Eight samples were collected from FB5044; seven for Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis and one sample for X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF). A single botanical sample was submitted from FB17155 for identification.

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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott.

Soil samples representing several diverse areas in and around Hoy House (5MTUMR 2150) in Johnson Canyon, Colorado were analyzed for their pollen content. These samples were taken during the summer of 1974 at excavations under the field direction of Paul R. Nickens. Dr. David A. Breternitz was the project director. Hoy House is the first cliff dwelling to be sampled for pollen studies in the Mancos Canyon project area, and it was expected that the samples would provide information for...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kovacik. Linda Scott Cummings.

Two botanic samples from the Stoneman Lake site in Coconino County, Arizona were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. Samples were expected to date to the Clovis period or represent modern root burns.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Two samples of wood recovered from wells at Enese-Elkerülő, Hungary, were submitted for identification. In addition, portions of both wood fragments were processed for AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kovacik. Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal from site DcRt-8 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, was submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon age determination. This site is affiliated with the Strait of Georgia culture complex (200-1600 years BP). The charcoal was found associated with sand and decaying wood.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A single charcoal sample was recovered from a low terrace along Snow Creek in the northern Cascades, Washington. This large, rounded piece of charcoal was discovered in an extremely steep drainage full of debris flows. Charcoal was identified and AMS radiocarbon dated.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Sediment samples with charcoal were recovered from a terrace along the Sacramento River, about three miles downstream of Shasta Dam in northern California. These samples were examined for the presence of charcoal or other organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon analysis. Two AMS radiocarbon dates were obtained.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A single charcoal sample was submitted from site 49GUL163 in the Tangle Lakes Archaeological District, Alaska. Site 49GUL163 consists of a lithic scatter with eroding lithics, bone, and charcoal on an esker north of a lake. The charcoal sample was identified and processed for AMS radiocarbon analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Two charcoal samples were submitted from features at site 5DA1656 in the Reuter-Hess Reservoir, central Colorado. Site 5DA1656 is a large open camp with lithic debitage, tools, and groundstone. Charcoal samples were identified and processed for AMS radiocarbon analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A total of 34 detrital charcoal samples from along Clear Creek, a tributary to the Sacramento River in northern California, were floated to recover organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon analysis. These samples were collected from stream terraces and the floodplain along Clear Creek for the Whiskeytown Flood Hydrology Study. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated. Nine charcoal samples were submitted for AMS...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A single charcoal sample was collected from a float sample taken out of a large charcoal stain at the Akers Ferry site, 23SH23, Missouri. This feature is believed to represent a Merchant Mississippian pit house. The charcoal sample was submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A single charcoal sample was recovered from a bank exposure in a late Holocene terrace adjacent to Tohdildonih Wash on the Navajo Reservation in northwest New Mexico. The charcoal was identified, then submitted for AMS radiocarbon analysis.

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

A single sample consisting of charcoal in a soil matrix from site 5DA1656 was submitted for charcoal identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is a large open camp located on knolls and ringer ridges above Newlin Gulch at the Reuter-Hess Reservoir in central Colorado. Charcoal samples previously dated from this site yielded ages of 1160 ± 35 BP and 1540 ± 35 BP.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A single seed was collected from a trench containing organic-rich silts interbedded with sand layers deposited by tsunamis in the floodplain of the Tirua River, Chile. The seed was found below a dark brown agricultural soil that had been formed into multiple symmetrical berms and furrows spaced 1.5 m apart. This agricultural layer was buried by the fourth tsunami sand layer (Sand D) down from the top of the trench. Wood and charcoal from Sand D yielded radiocarbon dates that range from about AD...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kovacik. Linda Scott Cummings.

Site HfSf-8 occupies select beaches that are part of the draw down zone of Williston Lake Reservoir, which lies within the Rocky Mountain Trench. Although the site contains artifacts lying on fluvial silts and clays that underlie a stratified peat bog, they were deposited in this location as the result of erosion. The interface between the bog and fluvial terrace contained a stump with roots. A single wood sample from this stump was submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. It is...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Four botanic samples recovered in a core from Canyon Lake, Alaska, were submitted for identification. This small lake is located southwest of Anchorage in southern Alaska. Three of the samples were AMS radiocarbon dated.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kovacik. Kathryn Puseman.

A single bison bone sample, one probable bison bone sample, and five charcoal samples from cultural features at sites 21BE5, 21BE36, 21OT36, and 21TR5, Minnesota, were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. Identification of charcoal provides information concerning types of wood burned in the features. A probable bison bone from a hearth at site 21TR5 (Browns Valley Site) is affiliated with the Great Oasis Phase of the Late Prehistoric Period (AD 900-1200), while two charcoal...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Two groups of charcoal/botanic samples from the Early Horizon site of Caylán (PV31-30), on the north-central coast of Peru, were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. Previous radiocarbon dates obtained from this site yielded two-sigma calibrated ages ranging between 800 BC and AD 20, reflecting occupation during the Early Horizon period. The first submission consisted of ten samples. Radiocarbon dates in Submission 1 were obtained from two charred maize cob fragments, two...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Melissa K. Logan.

Six charcoal and botanic samples were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. These sample were recovered from features in the Tranquil Rockshelter (site 41BS1513) in Brewster County, Texas. Samples were recovered from the fill of three pits, a feature remnant, and a lenticular deposit of ash that might represent a structural floor deposit.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Four charcoal samples and two charred botanic samples were recovered from two cores in Unit K at Perkáta – Nyúli-dulo, Hungary. This site is a Bronze Age fortified settlement with a cultural layer spanning 0.80-1.50 m in depth that shows evidence of continuous occupation. Samples were recovered from lower, middle, and upper levels of the cultural layer noted in each of the two cores. These samples were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating to determine timing and length of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Three samples from site 36GR77 in southwest Pennsylvania were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. Samples were recovered from a post mold, a hearth, and a large, deep pit noted in trenches.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost.

Charcoal samples from the Genevieve Lykes Duncan Site, 41BS2615, were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is a buried, open campsite located in Brewster County, Texas, and includes three locales. This area experienced multiple occupations including Paleoindian, Early Archaic, and Middle Archaic. Charcoal was recovered from features exposed in the vertical cut bank of an unnamed arroyo running generally northeast to southwest at this site. Identification of charcoal...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A total of six samples from geologic trenches at the 7 Lagos Project in Valdivia, Chile, were examined to recover charcoal or other organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon dating. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated. One sample consisted of uncharred wood that did not survive the chemical pre-treatment for dating, while one of the samples did not contain any charred material. A total of four AMS radiocarbon...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal from a buried hearth exposed in an arroyo wall at the Broadway Site, 02-278, was submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is located in Brewster County, Texas. The charcoal was recovered from within the exposed feature rocks.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kovacik. Kathryn Puseman.

A single charcoal sample from a core in the center of Mound C at the Toncrey site (16PL07) in southern Louisiana was submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is associated with Late Woodland Coles Creek (AD 700-1200) and Mississippian Plaquemine (AD 1200-1750) cultures. Charcoal was removed from near the bottom of the 57 cm long core at a depth of 51-52 cm.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Peter Kovacik.

Fill from a fire-cracked rock hearth feature at the Fort Ridgely Mounds and Fort Site, (21NL8) in Fort Ridgely State Park, southern Minnesota, was examined for macrofloral remains to recover charred material suitable for AMS radiocarbon dating. A single date was obtained on charcoal from this fill.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal from the fill of a small hearth at the Perdiz Trail Site (02-269) was submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. This small site is located in Brewster County, Texas. It contains small hearths and associated lithic artifacts and is believed to have been occupied for a short amount of time during the Late Prehistoric Cielo Complex, around AD 1300-1700. Identification of charcoal will identify types of wood burned as fuel in this hearth and the best possible material for...

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

Charcoal samples from four hearths at Valley of the Shields, site 24CB1094, in southcentral Montana were submitted for identification. The hearths represent shallow, heavily oxidized basins located immediately below a large panel of Castle Garden Style shield-bearing warriors. Unidentified charcoal from hearths in the same cultural level have previously yielded ages 950 ± 80 and 870 ± 80 RCYBP. Charcoal representing the shortest-lived taxon from each of the hearths was selected for AMS...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal from the fill of a hearth at site 5AH3217 in northeast Colorado was submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. This hearth is believed to date around 4400 years BP. Identification of charcoal will provide information concerning wood burned as fuel in the hearth and allows for selection of material with the shortest life span for dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal recovered from an eroding hearth at Lead Caribou Ridge, site GUL-370, was submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is located in the southern portion of the Tangle Lakes Archaeological District of south-central Alaska. A Northern Archaic projectile point base was found five meters away from the hearth, suggesting an occupation around 5,000 to 3,500 BP. Charcoal from the hearth will be identified to determine types of wood burned as fuel by the prehistoric...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal samples from the Mummy Cave, Torn and Frayed, and Paint Rock V shelters, Wyoming, were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. A total of 20 samples were identified, and radiocarbon dates were obtained for 17 samples.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Elizabeth Hickey.

Charcoal and macrofloral samples from the Mummy Cave, Torn and Frayed, and Paint Rock V shelters, Wyoming, were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. A total of 20 samples were identified, and radiocarbon dates were obtained for 17 samples.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Twelve charcoal samples from six features were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. These features represent oblong roasting pits/thermal features at site CA-RIV-9086 in Riverside County, California, and consist of fire-affected rocks in a lens of dark sediment. Native Cahuilla are known to have used and roasted agave, and it is possible these features were used for roasting agave. Twelve radiocarbon dates were obtained.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal from a stain at site 35DO606 in southwest Oregon was submitted for identification. The stain was noted in the south wall of Unit 1 and might represent a feature. An AMS radiocarbon date also was obtained.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A total of 14 charcoal samples from site 41HY160 in central Texas were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. These samples were collected from a contiguous block excavation adjacent to a spring that forms the headwaters of the San Marcos River. Identification of charcoal provides information concerning trees and shrubs burned as fuel by the site occupants and allows for selection of the shortest-lived taxa for radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

A single charcoal sample was collected from a beam in a structure at site 42EM2861 in Range Creek, Utah. The charcoal was identified and submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A single charcoal sample from a thermal feature at site 45ST931 in northeast Washington was submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is a prehistoric camp site located above Kettle Falls on the Columbia River and is believed to date to around 1000 BP. Identification of charcoal provides information concerning types of wood burned as fuel.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kovacik. Kathryn Puseman.

Four wood charcoal samples from site 48PA24 and one sample from the Surprise Shelter, Wyoming, were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. Both sites represent rockshelters. Identification of wood charcoal provides evidence for wood burning as a fuel resource in the aforementioned rockshelters and enables selection of the most relevant specimen for AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal from the floor of the central depression of a sotol baking pit at Site BIBE00481 in Brewster County, Texas, was collected for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is a rock shelter with rock imagery panels located in a remote area within the Big Bend National Park. Analyses of the charcoal sample will be used to determine the most recent use of the cooking feature within the rockshelter. The estimated age is Middle to Late Archaic; however, sites in the vicinity have no...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site DcRt-69 is a shell midden extending approximately 100 m along the shoreline of a small bay on southeastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The site has been heavily impacted by residential development, and no absolute dates are yet known. A single charcoal sample, recovered from an intact portion of the stratified shell midden deposit during construction monitoring at site DcRt-69, was submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Charcoal from the fill of a carbon stain (Feature 5) at site FB 14533 (41EP4945) was submitted for identification. This site is located on the Fort Bliss Military Reservation in El Paso County, Texas. Charcoal also was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Peter Kováčik.

Fill from a hearth at site LA 169204 in southeastern New Mexico was floated to recover charcoal for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is composed of deflated hearth features containing fragments of fire-cracked rock but no other associated artifacts and is believed to date between AD 400 and 900. Identification of the charcoal contributes information regarding what wood was burned as a fuel in the hearth and assists in selecting the most appropriate charcoal for radiocarbon...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A single charcoal sample from site LA 52100 was submitted for identification. This site is part of the Paseo Del Norte Project in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The charcoal sample was recovered from the base of a grinding slick at a petroglyph panel. An AMS radiocarbon date also was obtained for the charcoal.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Single charcoal samples from sites 45LE511 and 45LE803 in Lewis County, Washington, were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. These sites are believed to represent multi-component camps with lithic artifacts reflecting stone tool production and/or maintenance. Site 45LE511 is believed to represent Seal Island/Ilwaco I phase occupations from 4000 BC to AD 200. Projectile points from 45LE803 suggest Ilwaco I (Columbia Estruary) occupations from AD 0 to AD 1050. Identification...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Six charcoal samples from sites 45SJ61 and 45SJ69 on San Juan Island and Johns Island in western Washington were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. Both sites are prehistoric shell middens with pit ovens, possibly used for roasting camas, and are believed to represent Late Holocene occupations of the Coast Salish peoples. Charcoal was collected from fill of the pit/oven features. A total of six AMS radiocarbon dates were obtained.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal samples from carbon stains at sites FB 7670 (41EP1065) and TRC 15 were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. These sites are located on the Fort Bliss Military Reservation in El Paso County, Texas.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A total of five charcoal samples from sites LA 91104, LA 91121, LA 91132, and LA 91321 were submitted for identification. These sites are located on the Fort Bliss Military Reservation in southeast New Mexico. Charcoal from each of the five samples also was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal from the fill of carbon stains at sites TRC 2, TRC 5, FB 7570, and FB 12335 were submitted for identification. These sites are located on the Fort Bliss Military Reservation in El Paso County, Texas. Charcoal also was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A single charcoal sample from Skookumchuck Levee, Washington, was submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Three charcoal samples from the Birthday Site (41BS1914) in west Texas were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is a buried prehistoric campsite with numerous stone-lined hearths eroding from arroyo walls. Charcoal was submitted from the fill of a stone-lined hearth, from a cultural lens adjacent to a buried hearth, and from a cultural lens noted in arroyo walls. These features are believed to represent Early to Middle Archaic occupations. A total of three AMS...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal from the fill of a shallow, basin hearth at the Cub Springs Number One Site (BIBE-153) in southern Brewster County, Texas, was collected for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. This site contains several thermal features and a fire-cracked rock midden. This site appears to be a multicomponent site with at least Late Archaic and Transitional Late Archaic occupations, based upon recovery of dart points. Charcoal was recovered from a thin bed of charcoal underlying a pavement of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Charcoal from the fill of a hearth at the David Williams Site, 41PS1020, was submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is a buried open campsite located in west Texas. An adjacent hearth is dated at 7,000 CAL BP.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Eleven charcoal samples from a trench at the Echo Playa trench site on the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) in San Bernardino County, California, were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. Radiocarbon ages will be used to constrain the timing of paleoearthquakes on the central Garlock fault. The oldest samples are expected to return middle- to late-Holocene ages.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Two charcoal samples from an excavation unit at the Game Drive Site (5LA5484) on the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site in Las Animas County, Colorado, were submitted for identification. A single radiocarbon date also was obtained from charcoal in one of the samples. This site is a large complex of rockshelters, rock art, bedrock metates, thermal features, and lithics. Diagnostic projectile points and rock art suggest occupation within the Developmental to Diversification periods (A.D. 100-1050 to A.D....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kovacik.

A single charcoal sample was submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating from the Genevieve Lykes Duncan Site (41BS2615) on the 02 Ranch, approximately 25 miles south of Alpine in Brewster County, Texas. Initial excavations at the site identified it as a buried, open campsite with three locales. The charcoal sample was collected from between and around the rocks of Feature 18, a buried hearth, at the Broadway Locale. Although this area has experienced multiple occupations including...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A single charcoal sample from the Juncture Site, 02-390, was submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. The site is located in Brewster County, Texas. This general area experienced multiple occupations including Paleoindian, Early Archaic, and Middle Archaic. Charcoal was recovered from a buried rock-lined hearth. Identification of charcoal provides information concerning types of wood burned as fuel by the site occupants, while an AMS radiocarbon date provides temporal...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

A total of 11 samples were submitted for macrofloral identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. These samples were recovered during test excavations at the Leonard Hot Spring Site, located on the shore of extinct Pleistocene Lake Surprise in the Surprise Valley, California. Samples were taken from ash- or charcoal-stained soil and from thermal features at the site. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the site occupants, especially...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal from a hearth exposed in an arroyo wall at the Mask site, 02-231, was submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is located in Brewster County, Texas. The charcoal was recovered from below and immediately around the hearthstones.

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

Charcoal samples were examined from on-going excavations at the North Creek Shelter, site 42GA5863, in the Escalante Valley of south-central Utah. These samples were submitted for identification prior to radiocarbon analysis to select the best material to send for dating. The identification of specific material to be dated is particularly advantageous and allows the researcher to know precisely what material is submitted for radiocarbon dating. More accurate ages can be obtained by...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal from two hearth features at the Pinto Canyon Ranch site, PCR-69, in west Texas were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. This site consists of an open camp and contains fire-cracked rock middens, hearths, and surficial charcoal stains. Charcoal identification will identify wood burned as fuel at this site, while AMS radiocarbon dates will provide temporal information.

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Charcoal samples from the Red Gulch Shelter (48BH4058) and the South Owl Creek Shelter (48HO327) in the Bighorn Basin of north-central Wyoming were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. Archaeological investigation of the rockshelters revealed historic and possible Archaic occupations. Identification of the charcoal contributes information regarding wood burned as fuel in the rockshelters and assists in selecting the most relevant charcoal to date.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Three charcoal samples were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. Two of the charcoal samples were taken from a post mold at the Sugar Lake site in central Minnesota. These charcoal samples were expected to date around 1500 BP. The thirdbcharcoal sample was recovered from a pit feature at site 21-CW-247 and was believed tobrepresent an Archaic occupation around 7000 BP. Additionally, two samples of burned food residue were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. The burned food...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A single charcoal sample was recovered from the center of a ring style hearth in a burned rock midden at the Sundog Site, 02-231. This site is located in Brewster County, Texas, and is believed to represent a Late Prehistoric (Perdiz) occupation of the area around AD 1200-1700. The charcoal was submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating.

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A charcoal sample from the Traveler Site, 02-389, was submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. The site is located in Brewster County, Texas. This general area experienced multiple occupations including Paleoindian, Early Archaic, and Middle Archaic. Charcoal was recovered from a buried cultural lens. Identification of charcoal provides information concerning types of wood burned as fuel by the site occupants, while an AMS radiocarbon date provides temporal information.

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Charcoal from a burned stick in a layer of adobe rubble overlying the floor of a habitation room at the Yamashita-2 site, 26CK6445, was submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. The Yamashita Sites are situated in the lower Moapa Valley of Clark County, Nevada, and consist of masonry structures. Previous radiocarbon analysis of charcoal from a burned post base at nearby site 26CK6444 and identified as Populus (cottonwood) yielded a radiocarbon age of A.D. 125-338.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Site 42DA747/AS-736 is located on a forest road in the Flaming Gorge District, on the northern slope of the Uinta mountains in Daggett County, Utah. The site originally was discovered in 1995 and has been revisited by Forest Service Heritage staff in 2008, 2011, and 2012. A modern two-track forest road cuts through this site, exposing artifacts, ashy soil and charcoal. Testing and excavation resulted in the discovery of lithic debitage, lithic tools, ceramics, animal bone and charcoal. Four...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A total of 18 charcoal samples from soil pits were examined for the presence of charcoal or other organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon analysis. These samples were collected as part of a paleoflood study of Mann Creek in western Idaho. Botanic components and detrital charcoal fragments were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated. A total of seven AMS radiocarbon dates were obtained.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Chad Yost. Linda Scott Cummings. Melissa K. Logan.

Samples were submitted from three cultural features excavated during Phase III data recovery at site 11Pk1599 in western Illinois. Charcoal samples from all three features were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating in order to identify woods burned as fuel and to obtain temporal information concerning site occupation. A projectile point/drill from a pit with cultural material was analyzed for possible protein residues to identify animals that might have been processed/hunted...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Charcoal and charred botanic samples recovered from excavations at site LA 33223, Montano Pueblo, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. This pueblo consists of a kiva and two roomblocks and is believed to represent a Classic Period (Pueblo IV) occupation. Identification of charcoal will provide information concerning woods burned as fuel by the site occupants and the shortest-lived taxa for AMS radiocarbon dating. Charred material from...

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Three detrital charcoal samples were examined for the presence of organic material suitable for radiocarbon analysis. A single snail shell sample also was submitted. These samples were collected from an unnamed arroyo upstream of the Tohajiilee Dam on the Canoncito Navajo Reservation in central New Mexico. Detrital charcoal fragments were separated and identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated. A single sample yielded sufficient material for AMS radiocarbon dating.

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Material from Bernie Drive and Sillicz Drive were examined to recover charred material suitable for AMS radiocarbon dating. These samples were recovered from slot trenches excavated within an alluvial/fluvial environment and examined as part of the Kern Canyon fault study near Lake Isabella, California. Charcoal and soil samples were submitted in multiple batches for identification and radiocarbon dating. A total of 13 AMS radiocarbon dates were obtained.

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Five charcoal samples from three units at site 36Br259 were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. This buried site is located on the north side of the Susquehanna River floodplain in northeast Pennsylvania and was excavated as part of the MARC I River Crossing Project and is believed to date from the Middle to Late Woodland period. A burn feature (Feature 10B) was noted at this site, although a cultural status for the feature has not yet been determined. No other cultural...

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Charcoal and charred corn cobs from sites BIBE 1859, BIBE 1910, and BIBE 1942 in Big Bend National Park, Texas, were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. Site BIBE 1859 is a prehistoric open campsite, while sites BIBE1910 and BIBE 1942 are prehistoric sites with historic components. AMS radiocarbon dates were obtained on four charcoal samples and two charred corn cobs.