STARCH, PROTEIN RESIDUE, ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR), MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS, CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 42JB1732, 42JB1739, 42JB1749, 42JB1760, 42JB1764, KEG MOUNTAIN RANCH, AND 42TO3974, UTAH

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

Year: 2011

Summary

Lithic tools, groundstone, fire-cracked rock, charcoal, and sediment samples from sites 42JB1732, 42JB1739, 42JB1749, 42JB1760, 42JB1764, and Keg Mountain Ranch, in the Old River Bed Valley, western Utah, were submitted for starch, protein residue, organic residue, and macrofloral analyses, as well as charcoal identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. The samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). A basalt chopper from Clovis site 42TO3794, which is situated within the Dugway Proving Ground in the Cedar Mountains of Utah, was also submitted for protein residue analysis. Starch and macrofloral analyses provided information concerning plant resources utilized by the various occupants of these sites, while protein and organic residue analyses provided both plant and animal subsistence information. A total of seven radiocarbon dates were obtained on charcoal from five of the sites.

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STARCH, PROTEIN RESIDUE, ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR), MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS, CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 42JB1732, 42JB1739, 42JB1749, 42JB1760, 42JB1764, KEG MOUNTAIN RANCH, AND 42TO3974, UTAH. Kathryn Puseman, Chad Yost, Melissa K. Logan. PRI Technical Report ,2011-108. 2011 ( tDAR id: 380253) ; doi:10.6067/XCV87D2TP9

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Keywords

Culture
Clovis

Material
Charcoal • Chipped Stone • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical • Sediment

Site Name
42JB1732 • 42JB1739 • 42JB1749 • 42JB1760 • 42JB1764 • 42TO3794

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
11-108 • AMS Radiocarbon Analysis • AMS Radiocarbon Dating • Charcoal Identification • CIEP Analysis • FTIR Analysis • organic residue analysis • Phytolith Analysis • Protein Residue Analysis • Starch Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Cedar Mountain • Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) • Juab County (County) • Keg Mountain Ranch • Old River Bed Valley • Toole County (County) • Utah (State / Territory)

Temporal Keywords
Clovis

Spatial Coverage

min long: -114.027; min lat: 38.273 ; max long: -112.028; max lat: 41.063 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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