MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE CA-SMA-151, CENTRAL COASTAL CALIFORNIA
Author(s): Kathryn Puseman; Linda Scott Cummings; Peter J. Gleichman
Year: 2004
Summary
Three midden samples from arbitrary 10-centimeter levels in a column at shell mound
site CA-SMA-151 in San Mateo County, coastal California, were examined for macrofloral
remains. The lowest level of the column stopped at the level above a human burial. The site is
within the Coastanoan/Ohlone ethnographic area, and similar sites in the area have been dated
to the Late Period, about 1200-1300 A.D. Conventional radiocarbon ages of 1090 ± 40 BP and
920 ± 40 BP were obtained on mussel shell from CA-SMA-151. Macrofloral analysis is used to
provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the occupants of this site.
Cite this Record
MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE CA-SMA-151, CENTRAL COASTAL CALIFORNIA. Kathryn Puseman, Linda Scott Cummings, Peter J. Gleichman. 2004 ( tDAR id: 379253) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8F18Z6D
Keywords
Culture
Coastanoan/Ohlone
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Late Period
Material
Macrobotanical
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
General
Macrofloral Analysis
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Midden Deposits
Geographic Keywords
San Mateo County, California
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