MACROFLORAL, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM HERKIMER HOUSING AUTHORITY, SITE HHA-1 PRECONTACT, HERKIMER COUNTY, NEW YORK

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings

Year: 2020

Summary

Site HHA-1 represents precontact use of a level floodplain at the confluence of two major waterways, the Mohawk River and West Canada Creek. Three samples were collected from Feature 1, a circular fire-cracked rock (FCR) deposit, for macrofloral, phytolith, starch, and organic residue analysis, the latter using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. These analyses examined sediments and FCR from the feature in search of evidence of economic activity.

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MACROFLORAL, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM HERKIMER HOUSING AUTHORITY, SITE HHA-1 PRECONTACT, HERKIMER COUNTY, NEW YORK. Linda Scott Cummings. PRI Technical Report ,2020-030. 2020 ( tDAR id: 458571) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8458571

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Keywords

Material
Fire Cracked Rock

Site Name
HERKIMER HOUSING AUTHORITY • HHA-1 PreContact

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
FTIR • Macrofloral Analysis • organic residue analysis • Phytolith Analysis • Starch Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Herkimer (County) • New York (State / Territory)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -75.076; min lat: 43.289 ; max long: -74.788; max lat: 43.596 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute; Hartgen Archeological Assoc. , Inc.

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