PROTEIN AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE FBPI-8, ALBERTA, CANADA

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

Year: 2012

Summary

A lithic tool and a fire-broken rock sample from site FbPi-8 in southern Alberta, Canada were submitted for protein and organic residue analysis, respectively. The fire-broken rock was tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Protein residue analysis offers insight into materials processed with the lithic tool, while organic residue analysis provides information concerning the compounds that were extracted from the firecracked rock. Information concerning foods that might have been processed in association with thermal features is derived from matches with our reference library of raw and processed plants and animals.

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PROTEIN AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE FBPI-8, ALBERTA, CANADA. Chad Yost, Linda Scott Cummings, Melissa K. Logan. PRI Technical Report ,2012-148. 2012 ( tDAR id: 380480) ; doi:10.6067/XCV81J99CX

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Keywords

Material
Chipped Stone • Fire Cracked Rock

Site Name
FbPi-8

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
12-148 • FTIR Analysis • Protein Analysis • Protein Residue Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Alberta (State / Territory) • Canada (Country)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -118.608; min lat: 48.903 ; max long: -108.853; max lat: 53.103 ;

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Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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