CHARCOAL AND BOTANIC IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM THE HALLS SWAMP SITE (19-PL-1067), PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS
Author(s): Peter Kováčik; Linda Scott Cummings
Year: 2014
Summary
The Halls Swamp Site (19-PL-1067) is situated within the coastal town of Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Various activity and occupation areas with cultural features including hearths, charcoal pits, trash and/or storage pits that contained chipped stone tools, chipping debris, burnt rock fragments, and/or charcoal were identified at this site. Diagnostic projectile points, including Neville-, Stark-, Brewerton-, and Small Stemmed-type, suggest occupation during the Middle and Late Archaic Periods (ca. 8000–3000 BP)(Heather Olson, personal communication October 9, 2014). Four different features were sampled for charcoal identification and subsequent AMS radiocarbon age determination to ascertain the periods of use.
Cite this Record
CHARCOAL AND BOTANIC IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM THE HALLS SWAMP SITE (19-PL-1067), PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. Peter Kováčik, Linda Scott Cummings. PRI Technical Report ,2014-109. 2014 ( tDAR id: 394312) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8JM2BKW
Keywords
Culture
Archaic
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Late Archaic
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Middle Archaic
Material
Macrobotanical
Site Name
19-PL-1067
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Halls Swamp Site
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
General
14-109
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AMS Radiocarbon Dating
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Charcoal Identification
Spatial Coverage
min long: -70.814; min lat: 41.923 ; max long: -70.643; max lat: 42.041 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute
File Information
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