MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC FILL FROM HJCL-9, UIVAK POINT 1, CANADA

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings

Year: 2005

Summary

Site HjCl-9 (Uivak Point 1) is located in Labrador, Canada. This protohistoric spring/winter/fall settlement camp containing nine houses is thought to have been occupied in the seventeenth and/or eighteenth centuries. Two samples from a possible human coprolite sample, collected as organic fill under a sleeping platform in House 7, were examined for pollen, phytolith, parasites, and starch. These analyses will be used to provide information regarding the subsistence patterns of the early occupants of this site, if they do, indeed, represent human fecal remains. In addition, a sample of modern possible bear feces was submitted for analysis.

Cite this Record

MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC FILL FROM HJCL-9, UIVAK POINT 1, CANADA. Linda Scott Cummings. PRI Technical Report ,2005-051. 2005 ( tDAR id: 379290) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8BV7G3F

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Pollen

Site Name
HjCl-9 • Uivak Point 1

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Coprolite • Organic Fill • Parasite Analysis • Phytolith Analysis • Pollen Analysis • Starch Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Labrador (State/Territory)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -60.392; min lat: 51.367 ; max long: -55.074; max lat: 54.299 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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