POLLEN, STARCH, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF COPROLITES FROM ROOM 225, WEST RUIN, AZTEC RUINS NATIONAL MONUMENT, AZTEC, NEW MEXICO

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

Year: 2009

Summary

Aztec Ruins National Monument is the largest ancestral Puebloan community in the Animas River Valley. Several multi-story buildings, smaller structures, and kivas represent residential and ceremonial structures. Room 225 in West Ruin, a great house, contained numerous coprolites, six of which were sent to PaleoResearch Institute. Of these six coprolites, in order to remain within budgetary limits, three were selected for analysis that included finding and identifying macrofloral remains, pollen, starch, phytoliths, parasite eggs, and organic residue.

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POLLEN, STARCH, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF COPROLITES FROM ROOM 225, WEST RUIN, AZTEC RUINS NATIONAL MONUMENT, AZTEC, NEW MEXICO. Linda Scott Cummings, Chad Yost, Kathryn Puseman, Melissa K. Logan. PRI Technical Report ,2009-086. 2009 ( tDAR id: 379910) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8SQ8ZWT

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Keywords

Culture
Ancestral Puebloan

Material
Coprolite • Human Remains • Pollen

Site Name
Aztec Ruins National Monument • Aztec West Ruin • Room 225 • West Ruin

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
09-086 • 09-86 • FTIR Analysis • Macrofloral Analysis • organic residue analysis • Parasite Analysis • Phytolith Analysis • Pollen Analysis • Starch Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Animas River Valley • Aztec Ruins National Monument • New Mexico (State / Territory)

Temporal Keywords
Pueblo

Spatial Coverage

min long: -107.928; min lat: 36.571 ; max long: -107.096; max lat: 37.002 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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