PaleoResearch Institute

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cynthia Adkins. Linda Scott Cummings.

Five samples from the fill of two roasting pits at the Mega site, AZ 88:9:375 (ASM), in Pima County, Arizona, were examined for macrofloral remains. The two roasting pits are visible on the site surface, which is covered with a light scatter of ceramic and lithic artifacts. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information on use of plant resources by the site occupants, in order to help address research questions concerning social and economic organization.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Curtis Nepstad-Thornberry.

Sediment from three hearths at 42WS3384 was floated to recover macrofloral remains. One botanic sample recovered near one of the hearths also was submitted for identification. This site is a small Southern Paiute on a mesa top above Sand Hollow. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the Southern Paiute occupants of the site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Floated light and heavy fractions from two features at a nineteenth century Chinatown in San Jose, California, were examined for macrofloral remains. Botanic remains recovered during screening of sediment from these features also were submitted for identification. This Chinatown was occupied from 1887 to 1902, when it burned down. Features sampled from this site include a community dump (Feature 501) and a "roasting kettle" (Feature 502) that is similar to a large, open-top wooden-fired...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Feature 4 front the floor of a pithouse at Site 42UN1773 was sampled for macrofloral remains. Fremont Uintah gray ceramics were found, indicating definite Fremont occupation of this site. A shell bead was found underneath a prepared floor that overlaid the feature, implying occupation after cleaning the pithouse out. Macrofloral analysis is used to address subsistence activities at this site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Curtis Nepstad-Thornberry.

A macrobotanical sample from site LA128608 was sent for analysis and identification. The site is an isolated hearth located near Loco Hills, New Mexico. The upper portion of the feature has likely been destroyed by road construction and subsequent vehicle traffic. Archaeologists sampled the entire hearth, which resulted in a sample encompassing 25 liters. A C-14 sample, extracted from the hearth, yielded a calibrated date ranging from BP 4,410 to 3,975. Depending on sample size, level of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Macrofloral Analysis from the SAWS Project, New Mexico: Macrofloral samples were collected and analyzed from features at four sites and an isolated occurrence on the SAWS Project, located on the north west side of the Oscura Mountains in southeastern New Mexico. Analysis of charred remains from these features focused on recovery of interpretable evidence of subsistence activities. Macrofloral and Charcoal Analysis at LA 75160 near Roswell, New Mexico: Site LA 75160 is located...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Curtis Nepstad-Thornberry.

Samples from two sites, CA-TEH-34 and CA-TEH-1332, in the Sacramento Valley were examined for macrofloral remains. Both sites are representative of the Bend Complex, which represents a riverine-adapted group affiliated with the Tehama Pattern. These sites are located adjacent to Toomes Creek. CA-TEH-34 is situated along the north side of the creek; where as CA-TEH-1332 sits along the southern side of the creek. Macrofloral analysis was used to provide information regarding plant resources...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

One sample from a circular basin hearth at Site 5BL3440, west of Nederland, Colorado, was examined for macrofloral remains. Late Paleoindian projectile points were found at this site; however, the site is believed to be Early Archaic with an age of about 6000 years. Macrofloral analysis will identify types of wood burned as fuel, as well as provide possible subsistence information.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

A single fire pit in Dinosaur National Monument was excavated and 8.9 liters of fill floated for macrofloral analysis. This hearth yielded a radiocarbon age of 3500 ± 70 BP. Macrofloral analysis was conducted to determine whether the hearth contained any information concerning vegetal food processing.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

A single small, basin-shaped, sandstone-filled hearth (Feature 2) was sampled for macrofloral remains at 48PA1082. Macrofloral analysis concentrated on identification of elements of the subsistence base and fuel.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cynthia Adkins.

One macrofloral sample was received from Pacific Legacy, Inc. for flotation and analysis. The sample was recovered from a possible hearth feature at a depth of 73-83 cmbs, located below the lower half of a burial. The contents of a hearth are examined using macrofloral analysis because it has the potential of identifying both fuel and any plants that might have been processed.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

One sample from Feature 24 at Site 24CA289 in western Montana was sampled for macrofloral remains. Feature 24 is a privy depression at the Morony Dam construction camp. The privy is in the part of the camp known as Ragtown, where at least fifteen construction workers and their families lived during dam construction (Mitzi Rossillon, personal communication, August 5, 1992). Macrofloral analysis of the privy fill will provide direct information concerning diet of the construction workers and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jenna Battillo. Linda Scott Cummings.

One sediment sample from a single-feature, earth oven site (the Fort Nugent Road site) was submitted for flotation and macrofloral analysis. This site is located in Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island, Island County, Washington in the Salish (S’Kllam) cultural area.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Site CA-SMA-71 (Sánchez Adobe) lies in the Sánchez Adobe Park Historic District in the City of Pacifica, San Mateo County, California. Both prehistoric and historic components are represented, including intact deposits, features and a Native American human burial (Breana Campbell, personal communication September 26, 2017). Fill from a pit feature containing fire affected rocks, shell, charcoal, and ash was submitted for macrofloral analysis to identify food and fuel related activities of site...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

The Los Osos trench of PG&E Los Osos Fault Investigation - Madonna Froom Ranch (1005.076) is located near the city of San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo County, California (Chris Bloszies, personal communication December 4, 2017). One bulk soil sample collected from a paleoseismic trench exposure was submitted for macrofloral analysis to recover charred material suitable for AMS radiocarbon age determination.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik. Linda Scott Cummings.

The 705/707 Bristol Avenue Site (NYSM 12180) in Utica, Oneida County, New York, consists of two historic attached townhouses, a sheet midden, two cisterns, a privy, and several unidentified features. Built in 1868, near the old Chenango Canal, Utica, the site’s domestic cultural materials indicate children’s activities during diverse late nineteenth century immigrant occupation. Mainly a Polish neighborhood by the turn of century, it remained occupied until the building’s demolition in 2013...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Peter Kováčik.

The Million Dollar Beach Site A, NYSM 12576, is located near the southern end of Lake George in Warren County, New York. This multi-component site demonstrates Early and Late Archaic use, as well as Historic occupation. Dense lithic debitage indicates function as a lithic reduction workshop. Two hearths and approximately ten other features are associated with much of the site’s highest dense debitage (Marie-Lorraine Pipes, personal communication, March 26, 2015). One light-fraction sample from...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Jenna Battillo.

CA-SHA-1991 (the Tanya Site) is located along Olney Creek in the Sacramento Valley of Shasta County, California. The local environment is primarily oak woodland interspersed with areas of manzanita chaparral. This site is believed to be a late prehistoric period occupation associated with the Wintu tribe. One liter of sediment was collected in 1996 and is associated with the floor of a large, circular dance or assembly house. This sample was sent to PaleoResearch Institute for flotation and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a possible thermal feature (Feature 1) at 5MN1920 in western Colorado was floated to recover charred macrofloral remains. This feature yielded an uncalibrated radiocarbon age of 1510 +/- 70 BP (Beta-145806), suggesting occupation during the Formative Era. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the occupants of this site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

A portion of the fill of a single isolated hearth (Feature 2) was floated and examined for charred macrofloral remains. This hearth is located in Locus 2, which consists of remains of a prehistoric camp associated with a series of low dunes. Cultural material included flakes, a scraper, and six features, five of which were located on the surface. The purpose of this analysis was to identify any plants processed in the hearth, as well as the type of fuel used.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A single sample from a small hearth at site 32GT241 on the Heart River in Grant County, southwest North Dakota, was examined for macrofloral remains. Wood charcoal from this site yielded a conventional radiocarbon age of 2560 ± 30 years B.P, indicating a Late Plains Archaic occupation. Macrofloral analysis of the hearth fill is used to provide information concerning plant resources that might have been processed in the hearth and types of wood burned as fuel.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Sediment samples were collected from the Jacks Valley Trench and the Peavine Trench across active normal faults in Nevada with the purpose of gaining insight into earthquake activity. These sediment samples were examined to recover organic material suitable for AMS radiocarbon dating. Several types of charred macrofloral remains were noted in the Jacks Valley Trench sample. No macroscopic charcoal or other organic fragments were noted in the Peavine Trench sample; therefore, it was processed to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from an Upper Republican house (House 4) at Site 25FT22 in southwest Nebraska were examined for charred macrofloral remains. This site contained Upper Republican habitation features and midden deposits. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources available to and utilized by the occupants of the house. This information will help contribute to the understanding of the Upper Republican lifeways in the Medicine Creek valley.

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

Samples from features at sites CA-SBR-9957, CA-SBR-10073, and FS 05-12-53-144 in southern California were examined for macrofloral remains. Sites CA-SBR-10073 and CA-SBR- 9957 were recorded as part of the Baldy Mesa OHV Survey and represent prehistoric vegetation processing and lithic reduction activity areas that appear to have been seasonally and repeatedly occupied for plant gathering and processing activities. These two sites are believed to have been occupied during the Archaic. Site...

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

Bulk soil samples from paleoseismic trenches were examined to recover charred material suitable for AMS radiocarbon dating. These trenches were excavated across the active fault bounding the west side of Antelope Valley near Topaz Lake along the California-Nevada border. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fifteen bulk soil samples from the South Fork Ogden River and the Ogden River in northern Utah were examined for charcoal and other macrofloral remains. These samples were recovered from Holocene floodplain sediments. Samples were floated to recover charcoal and other potentially radiocarbon datable material. Representative pieces of charcoal were pulled and sent to Spectrum Petrographics for thin-section slides of the charcoal cross-sections. These pieces were pulled from groups of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Nine column samples from a midden deposit at site CA-VEN-1 in southern California were floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site has been dated from the Early Period to the Late Period. Samples were collected from various levels in a 1-x-1 meter unit excavated in the vicinity of the landing for the platform steps on the west side of the site in order to evaluate the subsistence strategy for the site occupants.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Eight samples from hearth features at Site 32RY77 were sampled for macrofloral remains. In addition, a broken grinding slabwas washed and examined for both pollen and phytoliths. Site 32RY77 is a prehistoric site located in north eastern North Dakota. OccLpation of this site is estimated at around A.D. 1650. Macrofloral, pollen, and phytolith analyses are used to adSress the subsistence base at this site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Thirteen samples representing the #20 screen size macrofloral remains from the fill of six features at Site 36FR357 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, were sent for identification. This site is believed to represent an undisturbed multi-component prehistoric site, with occupations from the Paleo-Indian Period through the Middle Woodland Period. The large quantities of fire-cracked rock and utilized flake tools suggest that the site was a habitation site. The Washington Township Municipal...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

The floated light fractions from fill of a prehistoric archaeological feature at site CA-TEH- 45 in the northern Sacramento Valley, California, were examined for macrofloral remains. The two macrofloral samples represent areas of white ashy soil and red soil in a possible cooking area. Charcoal from the feature fill yielded a calibrated radiocarbon date of AD 795-1235. Macrofloral analysis is used to determine woods burned as fuel and plant resources that might have been processed in this...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from the fill of single features at sites 48FR6462 and 48FR6463 in central Wyoming were floated to recover charred macrofloral remains. These sites were discovered during monitoring and inspection for Bitter Creek Pipeline’s, LLC, Lost Cabin to Madden Pipeline project. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the occupants of these sites.

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

Samples from features at sites 48SW11405, 48SW16982, 48SW16986, and 48SW16988 in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, were floated to recover macrofloral remains. These sites were excavated as part of the NRG Questar Wamsutter Expansion project, and represent prehistoric open camps. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the various occupants of these sites.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a burned rock feature at the Side Arm Site (02-229) was floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site is located in Brewster County, Texas. Charcoal samples from two burned rock features were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. Macrofloral analysis, including charcoal identification, will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the site occupations. AMS radiocarbon dating will provide a temporal context for the site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Sediment from two features at Site 5ME12315 in western Colorado were floated to recover macrofloral remains. These features consist of a layer of fire-cracked sandstone rock with very dark black sediment below. It is possible that these features are not Cultural, but rather represent natural trees burned in place. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning the nature of the features. Charcoal from one of the features also is to be submitted for radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A single sample from the fill of a caliche hearth at Site LA12275 in New Mexico was floated to recover charred macrofloral remains. This hearth was part of a large, widely dispersed prehistoric temporary campsite of undetermined cultural affiliations. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning possible plants processed in the hearth.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

The fill from a rock feature at site 10VY348 in west-central Idaho was floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site represents a prehistoric camp, and diagnostic artifacts suggest Late Archaic and Late Prehistoric occupations. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized at the site and to aid in determining a possible function for the rock feature.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Jaime Dexter.

A single macrofloral sample was recovered from a thermal feature at site 42In853 in the Cross Hollow Hills Project Area, southwest Utah. This site consists of an artifact scatter and the buried thermal feature. It has been postulated that the site was used for biface reduction. Charcoal from the thermal feature yielded a 2-sigma calibrated radiocarbon age of AD 530-720 and AD 740-760 (Beta 209123). Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning possible plant resources...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A single sample collected around the skull of a human burial at the Bosque Encantado site, MV-206, in Zacatecas, Mexico, was examined for charred macrofloral remains. This site represents a habitation with plazas and platforms and dates to approximately 1255 BP, reflecting the La Quemada phase of the Epiclassic period in northern Mesoamerica. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the site occupants.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A single soil sample from the dark, charcoal-rich fill of an oval, fire-cracked rock cluster at Site 44RU33 in southwest Virginia was floated to recover macrofloral remains. This feature may represent a prehistoric hearth or a historic fire pit. Macrofloral analysis will document charred plant remains present in this feature and may help in determining the age and/or function of the feature.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cynthia Adkins. Kathryn Puseman.

The floated light fraction of a single sample from site 39PE147, located at the Shadehill Reservoir, Perkins County, South Dakota, was examined for macrofloral remains. The sample was recovered from the fill of a large pit (Feature 1), possibly an earth oven. The entire feature fill was floated prior to submission for analysis. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the occupants of this site and to help determine feature function.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Four samples from a probable privy (Feature 201) and four samples from a possible privy/trash pit (Feature 102) at Site AZ X:6:70 (ASM) were examined for macrofloral remains. These features were discovered at the Yuma Main Street Water Treatment Plant in Yuma, Arizona, and may be associated with early residences that were noted in the area. The features were filled with artifacts that date from the late 1800s to early 1900s. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide evidence of diet, as well...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from four fire-affected rock features at sites CA-IMP-8314, CA-IMP-11260, and CA-IMP-11269 in Target 101 of Range 2510 at the Naval Air Facility El Centro in West Mesa, Imperial County, California, were examined for macrofloral remains. This area contains numerous fire-affected rock features that might represent prehistoric hearths or earth ovens (roasting pits). Macrofloral analysis was used to address questions concerning resource use associated with these features.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from the fill of a firepit at site CA-KER-5955 in southwest California were examined for charred macrofloral remains. Recovery of a class G Olivella bead suggests late prehistoric use of the site. The site yielded a variety of artifacts, including a probable mortar, flaked stone tools, mussel shell, fire-affected rock, and Olivella shell artifacts, suggesting that the site might have served as a base camp. Macrofloral analysis is used to contribute to paleoenvironment...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a firepit located in a rock shelter at the Espy-Cornwall Site (48CR4001) in Wyoming was examined for macrofloral remains to provide information concerning possible plants processed in the firepit.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill samples from four hearths discovered during monitoring activities for the Noble Energy, Iron Horse 31-4-C project were examined for macrofloral remains. This site was located five miles south of Lysite, Wyoming. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning possible food resources processed in these hearths, as well as types of wood burned as fuel.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from four privies on Block 39 at Klondike National Historical Park in Skagway, Alaska, were sampled for macrofloral remains. The lots on which these privies sit were occupied from about 1897 until the late 1920's. Before 1910, Skagway was existing as a gold-rush town and a supply center for the interior. After 1910, the population declined and stabilized at around 500 people. Because privy deposits provide more direct evidence of foods consumed, macrofloral analysis of the fill from the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Four samples from Sites 5EP45 arxi 5PE8 were examined for macrofloral remains. Both of these sites are located on the Fort Carson Military Reservation, about 22 miles south of Colorado Springs, Colorado. One sample from Site 5EP45 yielded a radiocarbon date of 2100 BP, suggesting a Late Archaic occupation. Site 5PE8 appears to have been a raulticcxtponent site, with ocxupations from the Late Archaic to Middle Ceramic, approximately 2430 to 860 BP. Macrofloral analysis will aid in...

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

Fill from hearths and/or roasting pit features at Sites 48SU2264, 48SU2577, 48CR6147, 48CR6891, 48CR6992, and 48SW11629 in southwest and south-central Wyoming were floated to recover charred macrofloral remains. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources that may have been processed in these features, as well as types of wood burned as fuel. A mano recovered from a roasting pit at Site 48SU2577 was washed to recover pollen in order to determine plant...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Elizabeth Hickey.

Fill from a hearth was floated to recover charred macrofloral remains. This hearth was discovered during open trench inspection on Colorado Interstate Gas’ High Plains Pipeline in Weld County, northeastern Colorado. Macrofloral analysis will be used to interpret plant use in the feature.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal from the fill of a hearth at site 49 GUL-352, Alaska, was submitted for identification. Fill from charcoal-stained soil underlying the hearth also was floated to recover macrofloral remains. Macrofloral analysis and charcoal identification will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the Ahtna site occupants. Charcoal from both samples were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Charcoal, wood, and botanic remains from two stone circles at site 48HO375 on the Red Canyon Ranch southwest of Thermopolis, Wyoming, were submitted for identification. Fill from hearth features in each of the stone circles was floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site contains evidence for multiple human occupations from Paleoindian to Historic times. The stone circles (“tipi rings”) are believed to represent residences of nomadic Plains Indians. Identification of charcoal will...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a hearth (Feature 9) on the floor of a shallow, vertical-walled pit (Feature 8) that might represent a small pit house at site 32MO362 in southern North Dakota was floated to recover macrofloral remains. A charred corn cob fragment was found on the top of the hearth fill and was measured. Three large, simple-stamped sherds were present in the hearth and are diagnostic of a Plains Woodland occupation. Macrofloral analysis of the hearth fill will be used to determine types of fuel...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a single hearth at site 10-43-1 in Emery County, Utah, was floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site is a small lithic scatter with a single hearth and associated firecracked rock, possible groundstone fragments, one hammerstone, and a single biface. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the site occupants.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from three hearth features in Area A (Yellowstone Bank Cache Site) at site 24YE355 in southern Montana were examined for macrofloral remains. These three features were located on the edge of the Yellowstone River and in danger of eroding into the river. Charcoal from two of the hearths yielded radiocarbon dates of 1600 ± 70 BP and 1670 ± 50 BP, reflecting a contemporaneous Late Prehistoric occupation. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a hearth with fire-cracked rock at site 48AB1878 in southeast Wyoming was floated to recover charred macrofloral remains. This site is a multicomponent site with chipped stone tools and debitage, fire-cracked rock scatters, and diagnostic artifacts from the Middle and Late Archaic periods as well as the Late Prehistoric period (Adams 2009). Sagebrush charcoal from the hearth returned a date of 2940 ± 40 BP (Beta 263534). Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide subsistence...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

The fill of a basin-shaped hearth (Feature 8) at Site 48NA2353 was floated to recover charred macrofloral remains. This site is believed to be a prehistoric campsite and consists of hearths, a stone circle, metate fragments, a mano, lithic artifacts, lithic debitage, and oxidized sandstone. Macrofloral analysis of the hearth fill is used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized at the site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from three hearths at Site 48SU1753 in southwest Wyoming were examined for charred macrofloral remains. This site appears to be a multicomponent site, with radiocarbon dates ranging from 4280 + 70 BP to 1500 + 50 BP. Macrofloral analysis is used to determine wood burned as fuel and possible plants processed in these hearths.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a hearth at Site 5ST303 in Summit County, Colorado, was floated to recover macrofloral remains. A calibrated AMS radiocarbon date of AD 1650 to 1950 was returned for material from the hearth. Macrofloral analysis is used to determine possible plant resources processed in the feature.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from an eroded hearth at Site LA 46110, New Mexico, was sampled for macrofloral remains. This site is believed to have been a multicomponent site, with diagnostic artifacts dating between A.D. 200 and A.D. 1350. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide possible subsistence information.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

The fill from two hearths at Sites 48SU1424 and 48SU1442 in the Green River Basin, Wyoming, were examined for macrofloral remains. Site 48SU1424 is believed to represent a prehistoric activity area associated with lithic procurement and reduction activities, while 48SU1442 appears to have been a large activity area associated with butchering practices. Artifacts and a radiocarbon date of 210 + 50 BP from 48SU1442 suggest a Late Prehistoric/Protohistoric Shoshonean occupation. The entire...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Three hearths were exposed at Sites 5GSI210 and 5GST218 in Curecanti National Recreation Area during digging operations for monitoring of a U.S. West line. Radiocarbon dates suggest an Early Archaic occupation at 5GN210, while Feature l at 5GN218 yielded an uncalibrated Protohistoric/Historic date of 170 + 60 BP. Fill from these disturbed hearths was sampled for macrofloral remains to provide subsistence information.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from hearth fill at Sites 48SU1386 and 48SU1499 in western Wyoming were examined for macrofloral remains. Site 48SU1389 is a multicomponent site, while 48SU1499 is smaller and is believed to have had an increased emphasis on animal processing. The hearths were recovered in pipeline trenches at the sites. Macrofloral analysis is used to address possible subsistence activities at these sites.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a hearth discovered during monitoring activities for the Noble Energy, Iron Horse 43-4-C project was examined for macrofloral remains. This hearth is believed to represent an unknown prehistoric occupation of the area. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by these prehistoric occupants.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Approximately 50 pounds of fill from the north half of Feature 78, a large cache pit at site 39DW347 in north-central south Dakota, was floated to recover charred macrofloral remains. This site contains material from both a historic (early to mid-twentieth century) occupation and a Plains Village period (ca. A.D. 900 to 1865) affiliation. The prehistoric component consists of a midden overlying several features, including a house structure. Macrofloral analysis of the hearth fill will be...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

The fill from a basin-shaped hearth in a jeep trail at site 5MF4973 was floated to recover charred macrofloral remains. This site is believed to represent a prehistoric camp-type site and is located north of Maybell, Colorado. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources that might have been processed in the hearth and woods burned as fuel. Charcoal recovered from the hearth fill was submitted for AMS radiocarbon analysis.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a hearth discovered during pipeline monitoring at site DEVA-ADI-1 in Death Valley, California, was floated to recover macrofloral remains. The hearth appears to represent either a prehistoric Shoshone or Historic Anglo occupation based on a radiocarbon date of AD 1000-1950. Macrofloral analysis will be used to determine if plant resources were processed in the hearth.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

The fill from a steep-sided, basin-shaped hearth at Site 48PA1831 in northwest Wyoming was floated to recover macrofloral remains. This hearth was excavated during well pad construction and is the only feature at the site. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources that may have been processed in this feature.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from four hearth features at site 48SU1032 in Sublette County, western Wyoming, were examined for macrofloral remains. These hearths were exposed durning well pad construction. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning woods burned as fuel and possible plant resources processed in the hearths.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

The fill from a rock-filled hearth at Site 5LA6197 in southeastern Colorado was floated to recover macrofloral remains. The hearth was located in the lower of two occupational lenses within a rock shelter. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning foods processed in this hearth.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Two samples from hearth fill at Site 5MF1124 near the Yanpa River in northwestern Colorado, were floated to recover macrofloral remains. These two samples were collected from different depths and may represent two components. A single radiocarbon date of 4020 + 80 BP suggests a Middle Archaic occupation. Macrofloral analysis of the hearth fill may provide subsistence information.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

The fill from a pit at Site 5RB3831 was floated and examined for charred macrofloral remains. This site dates to the Late Archaic period, and the pit is believed to be associated with food processing activities. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plants that may have been processed in the feature.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a hearth at site CA-SDI-12789 was examined for macrofloral remains. This hearth was found in the 4S Ranch Project in Rancho Bernardo, San Diego County, California. The site is currently characterized as a Late Prehistoric temporary camp and is believed to have been occupied within approximately the last 1,300 years. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the site occupants.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

The entire fill contents of a hearth at Site LA104607 was sampled for macrofloral remains. This site consists of a sherd and lithic scatter with little depth. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant food remains processed in this hearth.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Elizabeth Hickey.

Samples from the fill of hearth features at sites 14-33-B and 41-4-C in central Wyoming were examined for macrofloral remains. These sites were discovered during monitoring for the Noble Energy, Iron Horse project. Two hearth features were examined from each site. Macrofloral analysis will be used to interpret plant use by the various site occupants.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from the fill of four hearth features at site MOC SD 3-4-2 and one hearth feature at 48SW10697(MOC WAM 2-4-18) were examined for macrofloral remains. These sites represent large prehistoric camps in southern Wyoming. The hearth from 48SW10697(MOC WAM 2-4-18) and one of the hearths from MOC SD 3-4-2 represent Middle Archaic occupations of the area with radiocarbon dates of 3810 ± 50 BP and 3620 ± 50 BP, respectively. A Late Archaic occupation is represented by Hearth 24 (1670 ± 60...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a stratified hearth at the MB #33 Precontact Site in Saratoga County, New York, was floated to recover macrofloral remains. This hearth was excavated as part of the Mohican-Battenkill Transmission Line Rebuild Project in the town of Moreau. Recovery of Iroquoian pottery from the hearth fill and a radiocarbon date of 650 ±30 RCYBP (Beta-339848) for charcoal from the hearth fill reflect a Late Woodland occupation. Charred macrofloral remains will provide information concerning plant...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Fill from a hearth fragment at the Rockshelter Ridge site (41BS1533) in Brewster County, Texas, was floated to recover charcoal for radiocarbon dating. This hearth fragment was eroding out of the side of a gully. The site consists of a series of 14 rockshelters, and artifacts from the site date from possibly as early as 6,000 BP to approximately 500 years BP. Charcoal from the hearth was processed for AMS radiocarbon dating.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Laura Buethel.

The fill from nine hearths associated with two Ute teepee encampments that were tethered to the 2nd Los Pinos Indian Agency near Montrose, Colorado, were examined for macrofloral remains. The teepee sites are believed to date between 1875 and 1881. One of the hearths might represent an unrelated prehistoric occupation or a dependency, such as a menstrual hut, for one of the lodges. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the various...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from four hearths were examined for macrofloral remains. These hearths were discovered at well pad sites as part of the Iron Horse development for Noble Energy and are located approximately 25 miles east of Shoshone in the Wind River Basin of central Wyoming. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources processed in these hearths and types of wood burned as fuel.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Site CM-1 lies in the Western Mojave Desert subregion northwest of California City in Kern County, California. A hearth exposed during RE Cinco Solar Project construction grading activities in the area yielded numerous fire-affected rocks, charcoal, one mano fragment, ochre, a bone fragment, one charred or uncharred juniper (Juniperus) seed and several lithics, including an obsidian flake (Christopher Duran, personal communication June 24, 2015). Sediment samples were collected in and around the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples were examined from 11 stone ring sites in the Coteau Mine Area in Mercer County, west-central North Dakota, to provide subsistence information. These sites will be impacted by expansion of coal strip mining operations. A total of 33 lithic tools from these 11 sites were analyzed for possible protein residues to determine animal resources that might have been hunted/processed with the tools. Five fill samples from hearths associated with stone rings at sites 32ME169, 32ME755,...

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Three hearth sediment samples from Site 48NA1292 were examined for macrofloral remains. These samples were recovered from a basin-shaped fire lens and from a bowl-shaped pit inside a stone circle. Site 48NA1292 consists of stone circles, fire-altered rock concentrations, and a sparse surface scatter of chipped stone tools and lithic flakes. The stone circles are believed to be the remains of lodge structures. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning subsistence...

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Samples from the fill of late historic hearths, refuse pits, and privies at seven sites on the Carlota project were floated to recover macrofloral remains. These sites are believed to have been occupied primarily by Euroamerican miners and ranchers around circa 1910-1945 +. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning plant food resources utilized by the later historic occupants of the area.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Jaime Dexter.

Fill from a prehistoric hearth or roasting pit at site 5DA2075 in Douglas County, Colorado, was floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site is part of the Reuter-Hess Reservoir Project. Charcoal from this feature yielded a conventional radiocarbon age of 1590 ± 40 BP (Beta-211597), with a two sigma calibrated age range of cal AD 400-560. Macrofloral analysis will be used to determine plant resources utilized by the occupants of this site during this time period.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Lake sediments of possible middle Pleistocene age (Sample EL-1-92) were examined for macrofloral remains. This sample was collected from a streambank exposure of Pleistocene lake beds which are an estimated 700,000 years old. It is believed that the lake formed during the Kansan glaciation when the Laurentide ice sheet dammed the Kansas River valley (Jack Oviatt, personal communication, July 31, 1992). Macrofloral analysis will be used to determine if remains represent modern or...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Elizabeth Hickey. Kathryn Puseman.

Two soil samples from the fill of hearth features the Airport Rings Site (24YE357) were submitted for flotation and macrofloral analysis. The site is a concentration of 11 stone circles located within the Yellowstone National Park boundary in Montana. Overlapping stone circles and apparent recycling of rock suggest that this area experienced multiple occupations. Macrofloral remains identified in the samples will provide information on plants utilized by the occupant of the site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Six macrofloral samples were examined from two sites (5MT9747 and 5MT9815) at Point Lookout, Colorado. These sites represents Pueblo II occupations in the Montezuma Valley just north of Mesa Verde National Park. Specific questions were addressed through examination of five samples collected from three rooms at 5MT9747, and a sixth sample collected from 5MT9815. Analysis of macrofloral remains concentrates on identification of construction and roofing materials and identification of food remains.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Six macrofloral samples were examined from two sites (5MT9747 and 5MT9815) at Point Lookout, Colorado. These sites represents Pueblo II occupations in the Montezuma Valley just north of Mesa Verde National Park. Specific questions were addressed through examination of five samples collected from three rooms at 5MT9747, and a sixth sample collected from 5MT9815. Analysis of macrofloral remains concentrates on identification of construction and roofing materials and identification of food...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Samples from various depths of two backhoe trenches excavated in a midden deposit from the center of site CA-TUO-363 were examined for macrofloral remains. This site is located in the lower foothills near Sonora in the northeast portion of central California. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the late prehistoric occupants of this site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Peter J. Gleichman.

Five column samples recovered from midden deposits at prehistoric site CA-PLA-668 in north-central California were examined for macrofloral remains. This site contained bedrock mortars, suggesting a Late Period occupation post-dating approximately 2,000 BP. Macrofloral analysis of the midden deposits will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the site occupants.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

One bulk soil sample from a streambank in Speare Canyon, Oregon, was floated to recover charcoal and other potentially radiocarbon datable material.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Pipeline trenching in the eastern margins of the Wind River Basin, Wyoming, uncovered a hearth in the trench wall at Site 48FR2139. The hearth yielded a radiocarbon date of 4220 ± 80 BP, suggesting a Middle Archaic occupation. Soil from the hearth was examined for macrofloral remains to provide subsistence information.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Cue sample from a privy depression at the Madison Hydroelectric Facility, Site 24MA515, was sampled for macrofloral analysis. The site is situated in southwestern Montana, near the town of Bnnis, Montana. Use of the privy is thought to have occurred off ani on from 1899 to 1917 (Mitzi Rossillon, personal aDmmunicatian, July 16, 1991). Macrofloral analysis addresses components of the diet.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

One sample from Feature 1 at Site 5MF2960 in northwest Colorado was examined for macrofloral remains. A radiocarbon date of 650 + 60 BP suggests a Late Prehistoric ocxxqpatian. Macrofloral analysis is used to help identify subsistence activities at this site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

One sample from a pit feature at the Brickeyes Prison Site, 3LE249, was sampled for macrofloral remains. Artifacts recovered from this site indicated Late Woodland and Mississippi Period occupations. Ihe historic canmunity of Reggio was later founded nearby inthe late 19th century but was abandoned inthe mid 20th century. Macrofloral analysis is used to address Pre-historic subsistence activities at this site.

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The fill from a possible hearth at Site LA99729 in south-central New Mexico was floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site is a temporary campsite, and diagnostic El Paso Brownware sherds date to between A.D. 200 and A.D. 1400. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide subsistence information.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A privy sample from River Bank, Site 24CA373, was examined for macrofloral remains. In addition, fruit pits from areas of trash fill at the site were also sent for identification. River Bank was occupied by workers for the Boston and Montana Smelter and their families between 1891 and 1908. These people were squatters on the land that was owned by the Great Falls Western Power and Townsite Company. Macrofloral analysis of privy and trash remains is used to determine foods eaten by the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Macrofloral analysis was conducted on the fill from single outhouse features at sites 24LC1716 and 24LC1723 in Cave Gulch, Helena National Forest, west-central Montana. These sites represent placer mining camps. The deposit at 24LC1716 is believed to date to the 1860s or 1870s, while the deposit at 24LC1723 might date to the 1870s to 1880s. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning foods eaten by the occupants of these two camps.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The contents of eight sediment samples were examined for macrofloral remains from Trench I at Site 3357, West Beach, Oahu. Radiocarbon ages place time of accumulation of these sediments between approximately 3700 BC and AD 1283. Identification of macrofloral remains complements pollen analysis in determining prehistoric vegetation for this portion of West Beach.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Macrofloral analyses were conducted on samples from isolated cysts and firehearths encountered during monitoring of pipeline trench excavations between Alkali Ridge and Montezuma Creek in southeastern Utah. Features for which dates were obtained span the period 50 B.C. through A.D. 950, indicating Basketmaker II through Pueblo I occupations. This study details macrofloral remains recovered, but does not interpret the significance of the remains to activity at the site, since no information...