POLLEN, PHYTOLlTH, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF HAND MILLINGSTONES FROM SITE CA-PLA-163
Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings; Kathryn Puseman
Year: 2001
Summary
Three hand millingstones from CA-Pla-163 in the Squaw Valley, California, were submitted
for pollen, phytolith, protein residue, and x-ray mineral defraction analysis. All three pieces
exhibited red staining. One of the millingstones was associated with a subsurface rock hearth or
oven feature. Radiocarbon ages of 430 ± 40 BP (calibrated to AD 1420 to 1510 or AD 1600 to
1620) and 840 ± 40 BP (calibrated to AD 1040 to 1260) were returned for charcoal in close
proximity to this millingstone. Pollen, phytolith, and protein residue analysis is used to provide
information concerning plant or animal resources processed with these groundstone, while x-ray
mineral defraction analysis was undertaken to identify the red staining, if it was mineral.
Cite this Record
POLLEN, PHYTOLlTH, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF HAND MILLINGSTONES FROM SITE CA-PLA-163. Linda Scott Cummings, Kathryn Puseman. 2001 ( tDAR id: 378642) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8S181X1
Keywords
Material
Dating Sample
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Mineral
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Pollen
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
General
Squaw Valley, California, millingstone, protein, phytolith, pollen, x-ray mineral diffraction
Geographic Keywords
Squaw Valley, CA
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