MACROFLORAL AND CHARCOAL ANALYSIS AT SITES 39Z831 AND 39DW165, SOUTH DAKOTA
Author(s): Kathryn Puseman; Laura Ruggiero
Year: 1998
Summary
The floated light fractions from 27 features at the Meland site (39DW165) and the Brams
site (39ZB31) in northwestern South Dakota were examined for charcoal and other charred
macrofloral remains. Six additional samples from 39ZB31 consist only of charcoal and/or other
remains pulled from the floated light and heavy fractions. Diagnostic artifacts suggest that the
Meland site has Late Plains Archaic and Late Prehistoric components, while the Brams site has
Middle Plains Archaic (3000-1000 B.C.), Late Plains Archaic (1000 B.C.-AD. 500), Late
Prehistoric/Plains Village (AD. 500-1675), and Protohistoric/Historic (AD. 1675-) components.
Charcoal from these samples were identified and separated for radiocarbon dating. Macrofloral
analysis is used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the various
occupants of these sites.
Cite this Record
MACROFLORAL AND CHARCOAL ANALYSIS AT SITES 39Z831 AND 39DW165, SOUTH DAKOTA. Kathryn Puseman, Laura Ruggiero. 1998 ( tDAR id: 378322) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8G44PPM
Keywords
Material
Macrobotanical
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Wood
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
General
Northwestern South Dakota, macrofloral, charcoal
Geographic Keywords
Northwestern South Dakota
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