PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF HEARTH FILL FROM THE UNDER PENNY SITE, WYOMING

Summary

Samples from the fill of a hearth at the Under Penny site, located along the North Platte

River in south-central Wyoming, were examined for phytolith, macrofloral, and Fourier

Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR) residue analyses. Charcoal from this feature produced

a radiocarbon date of 1040 ± 40 BP, reflecting a Late Prehistoric occupation. Phytolith,

macrofloral, and FTIR analyses will be used to provide subsistence information concerning the

plant resources used by the occupants of the site.

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• PaleoResearch Institute

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