POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN RESIDUE, FTIR ANALYSIS, AND AMS DATING FOR 24GA416 (REAS PASS SITE) AND POLLEN, PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING FOR 24GA493 (HORSE BUTTE PENINSULA SITE), MONTANA

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings; Chad Yost; Kathryn Puseman

Year: 2008

Summary

Sites 24GA416 (Reas Pass Site) and 24GA493 (Horse Butte Peninsula) and are located in Gallatin County, southwestern Montana. Excavations of these sites is part of an on-going effort to re-license the Hebgen Reservoir development along the Madison River near West Yellowstone. Pollen analysis was conducted on samples collected stratigraphically from both sites to provide paleoenvironmental information. Naturally occurring charcoal from columns at both sites also were AMS radiocarbon dated. In addition, pollen, starch, phytoliths, and macrofloral remains were examined from four levels of fill within a single hearth feature at 24GA416 to provide subsistence information concerning plant resources utilized by the site occupants. A groundstone from 24GA416 that had fractured into two conjoining pieces was examined for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR), as well as for pollen, phytoliths, and protein residues. Flaked lithics from both sites were extracted to recover protein residues that might be identified to indicate what animals were killed or processed with these tools.

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POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN RESIDUE, FTIR ANALYSIS, AND AMS DATING FOR 24GA416 (REAS PASS SITE) AND POLLEN, PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING FOR 24GA493 (HORSE BUTTE PENINSULA SITE), MONTANA. Linda Scott Cummings, Chad Yost, Kathryn Puseman. PRI Technical Report ,2008-023. 2008 ( tDAR id: 379606) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8B857ND

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Keywords

Material
Chipped Stone • Feature fill • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical • Pollen • Sediment

Site Name
24GA416 • 24GA493 • Horse Butte Peninsula • Reas Pass Site

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
08-023 • AMS Radiocarbon Analysis • AMS Radiocarbon Dating • CIEP Analysis • Macrofloral Analysis • Phytolith Analysis • Pollen Analysis • Protein Analysis • Protein Residue Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Gallatin County (County) • Hebgen Reservoir • Madison River • Montana (State / Territory) • Southwestern Montana • West Yellowstone

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.445; min lat: 44.324 ; max long: -110.544; max lat: 47.16 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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