ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS AND IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD AND CHARCOAL FROM SITES CA-CAL-2055, CA-CAL-2054, AND CA-CAL-1722 FOR THE ANGELS CAMP BYPASS PROJECT, NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA
Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings; Kathryn Puseman
Year: 2008
Summary
A variety of artifacts from sites CA-CAL-1722, CA-CAL-2054, and CA-CAL-2055 were
tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR). These sites
are located close to one another northeast of Angels Camp in Calaveras County, California, and
date in age from the Middle Archaic through the late Recent Prehistoric II. The objective for this
analysis was to detect evidence of food processing in soapstone vessels, on fire affected rock,
a milling stone, a hopper mortar, and a pestle. Charcoal and wood recovered in flotation
samples from these three sites, as well as unburned wood from site CA-CAL-2054, also were
submitted for identification.
Cite this Record
ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS AND IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD AND CHARCOAL FROM SITES CA-CAL-2055, CA-CAL-2054, AND CA-CAL-1722 FOR THE ANGELS CAMP BYPASS PROJECT, NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA. Linda Scott Cummings, Kathryn Puseman. 2008 ( tDAR id: 379738) ; doi:10.6067/XCV89P316G
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