MACROFLORAL AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF HEARTH FILL; POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF A GROUNDSTONE; AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A BIFACE FROM SITE LA 123811 (FB 8612) ON THE FORT BLISS MILITARY INSTALLATION, NEW MEXICO

Author(s): Kathryn Puseman; Linda Scott Cummings; Chad Yost; Melissa K. Logan

Year: 2009

Summary

Fill from a hearth at site LA 123811 (FB 8612) on the Fort Bliss Military Installation in Otero County, New Mexico, was floated to recover charred macrofloral remains, then obtain a radiocarbon date on identified charcoal. A groundstone recovered from the hearth fill was examined for pollen, phytoliths, and organic residues, the latter using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Ethnobotanic analyses of the hearth fill and the groundstone wash will be used to provide subsistence information concerning plant resources utilized by the prehistoric occupants of the site. A biface recovered northwest of the hearth was analyzed for protein residues to determine animals that might have been processed using this artifact.

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MACROFLORAL AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF HEARTH FILL; POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF A GROUNDSTONE; AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A BIFACE FROM SITE LA 123811 (FB 8612) ON THE FORT BLISS MILITARY INSTALLATION, NEW MEXICO. Kathryn Puseman, Linda Scott Cummings, Chad Yost, Melissa K. Logan. PRI Technical Report ,2009-030. 2009 ( tDAR id: 379803) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8DF6QR0

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Keywords

Material
Chipped Stone • Ground Stone • Pollen • Sediment

Site Name
FB 8612 • LA 123811

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
09-030 • AMS Radiocarbon Analysis • AMS Radiocarbon Dating • CIEP Analysis • FTIR Analysis • Macrofloral Analysis • organic residue analysis • Phytolith Analysis • Pollen Analysis • Protein Analysis • Protein Residue Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Fort Bliss Military Reservation • New Mexico (State / Territory) • Otero County (County)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -107.122; min lat: 32.004 ; max long: -104.903; max lat: 34.294 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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