POLLEN, STARCH, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM THE RAKER I SITE, 36NB58, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Author(s): Kathryn Puseman; Linda Scott Cummings; R.A. Varney
Year: 2004
Summary
A total of 20 lithic artifacts from the Raker I site, 36Nb58, in Northumberland County,
Pennsylvania, were analyzed for possible protein residues to provide information concerning
animal resources that might have been hunted/processed using these tools. A possible milling
stone found in the fill of a deep, silo-shaped pit also was washed for pollen and starches to
determine if plants were ground using this tool. The majority of these artifacts represent a late
Middle Archaic to early Late Archaic occupation of the area (4500-5500 BP), although one early
Middle Archaic (8000-8500 BP) Bifurcate-Base point also is present. Four deep, silo-shaped pit
features dating to the Middle to Late Archaic were discovered at this site. "Their resemblance
to large Late Woodland pits suggests higher levels of resource processing/storage than is
currently envisioned for the time frame ... " (Wyatt and Eiswert 2003).
Cite this Record
POLLEN, STARCH, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM THE RAKER I SITE, 36NB58, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. Kathryn Puseman, Linda Scott Cummings, R.A. Varney. 2004 ( tDAR id: 379123) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8GM86QZ
Keywords
Culture
Early Archaic
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Late Archaic
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Middle Archaic
Material
Chipped Stone
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Ground Stone
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Pollen
Site Name
Raker I
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
General
Lithic Artifacts
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Milling Stone
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Pollen Analysis
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Projectile Points
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Protein Residue Analysis
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Starch Analysis
Geographic Keywords
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
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