PROTEIN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF TWO SEMI-LUNAR KNIVES

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings

Year: 2017

Summary

Semi-lunar pre-contact stone tools, recovered from two sites (Walker Point Site, Bluff Section, RI-653 and the Susquetonscut Brook Pre-Contract Site 4, 71-033), were submitted for protein residue analysis as part of a research project studying their use. The sites are situated along the Seekonk River in Rhode Island and above Susquetonscut Brook in the Yantic River drainage in eastern Connecticut.

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PROTEIN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF TWO SEMI-LUNAR KNIVES. Linda Scott Cummings. PRI Technical Report ,2017-071. 2017 ( tDAR id: 439856) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8NZ8B9Q

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Keywords

Material
Chipped Stone

Site Name
71-033 • Bluff Section • RI-653 • Susquetonscut Brook Pre-Contract Site 4 • Walker Point Site

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
17-071 • CIEP Analysis • Phytolith Analysis • Protein Residue Analysis • Starch Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Connecticut (State / Territory) • Rhode Island (State / Territory) • Seekonk River • Susquetonscut Brook • Yantic River • Yantic River drainage

Spatial Coverage

min long: -73.512; min lat: 41.075 ; max long: -71.326; max lat: 42.062 ;

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Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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