PROTEIN RESIDUE AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF GROUNDSTONE AND SOIL FROM SITE CA-ORA-1326, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Summary

A mano, metate, and soil samples from Site CA-ORA-1326 in southern

California were examined for possible animal and plant proteins. Immunological

studies have shown that protein residues from a tool's surface can be identified

using modified forensic procedures. Soil from beneath the metate and from a

control also was sampled for phytoliths. Site CA-ORA-1326 is believed to be a

minimally occupied processing station that dates to the Milling Stone Horizon

(7500 BC to 1000 BC). Protein residue and phytolith analyses are used to provide

information concerning plants and animals processed using these pieces of

groundstone.

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• PaleoResearch Institute

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PRI Technical Report(s): 94-77

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