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View article: Aboriginal earth mounds and ENSO on the Calperum floodplain, Murray-Darling Basin, South Australia
Aboriginal earth mounds and ENSO on the Calperum floodplain, Murray-Darling Basin, South Australia Open
This paper presents new data derived from pollen, starch and radiocarbon samples that were collected from six Aboriginal earth (oven) mounds and middens on the Calperum and Pike floodplains, Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), South Australia (SA)…
View article: Clovis organizational dynamics at a Late Glacial campsite in the central Great Lakes: Belson site excavations 2020–2021
Clovis organizational dynamics at a Late Glacial campsite in the central Great Lakes: Belson site excavations 2020–2021 Open
The Belson site is located on an outwash plain draining the Early Algonquin stage of the central Great Lakes (coinciding with the Older Dryas stadial period around 14,000 Cal B.P) southwest across Lower Michigan into the Ohio tributaries. …
View article: Blue fibers found in dental calculus from Maya sacrificial victims
Blue fibers found in dental calculus from Maya sacrificial victims Open
Surveyed in 2008–2010, the Midnight Terror Cave contains the comingled remains of at least 118 Maya sacrificial victims from the Classic Period (250 CE–925 CE). In order to determine what the victims were consuming, microscopic analysis wa…
View article: MACROFLORAL, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM HERKIMER HOUSING AUTHORITY, SITE HHA-1 PRECONTACT, HERKIMER COUNTY, NEW YORK
MACROFLORAL, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM HERKIMER HOUSING AUTHORITY, SITE HHA-1 PRECONTACT, HERKIMER COUNTY, NEW YORK Open
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 macro…
View article: Hunting in the skies: Dating, paleoenvironment and archaeology at the late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site of Naḥal Roded 110, Eilat Mountains, Israel
Hunting in the skies: Dating, paleoenvironment and archaeology at the late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site of Naḥal Roded 110, Eilat Mountains, Israel Open
This paper presents findings from the first season of excavations conducted at the mountain-top site of Naḥal Roded 110, located in the southern Negev Desert near Eilat, Israel. Both radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence date t…
View article: International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature (ICPN) 2.0
International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature (ICPN) 2.0 Open
Background Opal phytoliths (microscopic silica bodies produced in and between the cells of many plants) are a very resilient, often preserved type of plant microfossil. With the exponentially growing number of phytolith studies, standardiz…
View article: Investigations at Naḥal Roded 110: a Late Neolithic ritual site in the southern Negev
Investigations at Naḥal Roded 110: a Late Neolithic ritual site in the southern Negev Open
View article: PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS FROM SITE CA-MEN-1371, MENDOCINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS FROM SITE CA-MEN-1371, MENDOCINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Open
A chert flaked stone tool recovered from Site CA-MEN-1371, Mendocino County, California was submitted for protein residue analysis.
View article: XRF ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE CA-SHA-2435, SHASTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
XRF ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE CA-SHA-2435, SHASTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Open
Two sediment samples and four rocks recovered in a trench at CA-SHA-2435 (Keswick Boat Ramp Cabin), situated on an ancestral terrace and hill along the Sacramento River, were submitted for analysis. A major historic (1890s to early 1900s) …
View article: PROTEIN ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE LACANJÁ TZELTAL, CHIAPAS, MEXICO
PROTEIN ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE LACANJÁ TZELTAL, CHIAPAS, MEXICO Open
Lacanjá Tzeltal is a Classic Period Maya site located in Ocosingo, Chiapas, Mexico. A cache containing artifacts was recovered beneath a large limestone altar, situated in the center of a ballcourt (Andrew Scherer, personal communication, …
View article: POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES LA 108617, LA 172154, AND LA 172155, LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITES LA 108617, LA 172154, AND LA 172155, LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO Open
As designed for the Intercontinental Potash, Inc. (ICP) Ochoa Project, a proposed ICP plant facility will be built approximately 2 km east of the Double X Ranch and 35 km west of the town of Jal in Lea County, New Mexico. Samples from thre…
View article: PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) ANALYSIS FOR THE CEDAR FORK CREEK MASTODON SITE, MORROW COUNTY, OHIO
PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) ANALYSIS FOR THE CEDAR FORK CREEK MASTODON SITE, MORROW COUNTY, OHIO Open
The Cedar Fork Creek Mastodon site appears to be a PaleoIndian Proboscidean bone workshop located in Morrow County, Ohio. It is believed that the remains of a mastodon are buried somewhere under a modern day bog-like pond (George DeMuth, p…
View article: MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 24ME163 AND 24ME1105, MEAGHER COUNTY, MONTANA
MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF SAMPLES FROM SITES 24ME163 AND 24ME1105, MEAGHER COUNTY, MONTANA Open
Sites 24ME163 and 24ME1105 are lithic scatters located along Sheep Creek in the Little Belt Mountains of the Northern Rocky Mountains, Meagher County, Montana. Recent excavations at the sites discovered hearth features at both sites and nu…
View article: MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF A SEDIMENT SAMPLE FROM LOCALITY 7842-2, CONVERSE COUNTY, WYOMING
MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF A SEDIMENT SAMPLE FROM LOCALITY 7842-2, CONVERSE COUNTY, WYOMING Open
Locality 7842-2 is an eroded stain in the middle of a two-track near the town of Douglas in Converse County, Wyoming (John Greer, personal communication, 12 June 2019). One sediment sample was submitted for macrofloral analysis and AMS rad…
View article: POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSES ON SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM SITES SIHP #50-80-10-8820 AND SIHP #50-80-10-0343, KANE‘OHE, KO‘OLAUPOKO DISTRICT, O‘AHU, HAWAI‘I
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSES ON SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM SITES SIHP #50-80-10-8820 AND SIHP #50-80-10-0343, KANE‘OHE, KO‘OLAUPOKO DISTRICT, O‘AHU, HAWAI‘I Open
The Kahanahou WWPS Upgrade and Sewer Improvements Project area in Kāne‘ohe, which includes Site SIHP #50-80-10-0343 and SIHP #50-80-10-8820, is located in the district of Ko‘olaupoko on the windward (ko‘olau) side of O‘ahu. Site SIHP #50-8…
View article: POLLEN ANALYSIS OF TWENTY-THREE SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM SITE 13DB674, DUBUQUE COUNTY, IOWA
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF TWENTY-THREE SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM SITE 13DB674, DUBUQUE COUNTY, IOWA Open
Site 13DB674 is situated on terrace within an actively cultivated cornfield extending southeast of the junction of east/west-trending Seippel Road and north/south-trending Cousins Road in Dubuque County, Iowa. A lithic artifact concentrati…
View article: BULK SEDIMENT ANALYSIS FOR A SAMPLE FROM ELK PARK, JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA
BULK SEDIMENT ANALYSIS FOR A SAMPLE FROM ELK PARK, JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA Open
Elk Park is located in Jefferson County, Montana, to the southwest of Helena and northeast of Butte. One bulk sediment sample, extracted from a small pond, approximately 60 cm above the Glacier Peak eruption ash, was submitted for flotatio…
View article: MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE CA-SBA-133, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE CA-SBA-133, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Open
The Santa Barbara Presidio site (CA-SBA-133) is a 19th Century Spanish/Mexican Period site located in Santa Barbara, California. Two bulk sediment samples excavated from a trash pit at the fort were submitted for flotation and macrofloral …
View article: MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF A SAMPLE FROM FORT NUGENT ROAD, WHIDBEY ISLAND, ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON
MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF A SAMPLE FROM FORT NUGENT ROAD, WHIDBEY ISLAND, ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON Open
One sediment sample from a single-feature, earth oven site (the Fort Nugent Road site) was submitted for flotation and macrofloral analysis. This site is located in Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island, Island County, Washington in the Salish (S’Kll…
View article: PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 32OL0510, OLIVER COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA
PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 32OL0510, OLIVER COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA Open
Site 32OL0510 is situated on a small ridge above minor, meandering tributary creeks of Square Butte Creek, approximately 3.5 km west of the town of Center in Oliver County, North Dakota. Three prehistoric stone circle features and associat…
View article: CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF A SAMPLE FROM SITE 27-GR-236, GRAFTON COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE
CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF A SAMPLE FROM SITE 27-GR-236, GRAFTON COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE Open
A hearth feature excavated at Site 27-GR-236 is located along the Pemigewassat River near the town of Plymouth in Grafton County, New Hampshire. Artifacts observed in association with the hearth suggest affiliation with Early Woodland cult…
View article: CERAMIC RESIDUE AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSES AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF A VESSEL FROM SITE 34MC1149, McCURTAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
CERAMIC RESIDUE AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSES AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF A VESSEL FROM SITE 34MC1149, McCURTAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA Open
Site 34MC1149 is located on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fee-owned lands at Pine Creek Lake, 21 km northeast of the town of Fort Towson, Oklahoma. When the site was occupied in the Late Sanders (ca. AD 1200–1300) and McCurtain phases (ca. …
View article: ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS, BONE COLLAGEN EXTRACTION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION ON SAMPLES FROM SITES 21HE99, 21FE76, 21BL26, AND 21ML12, MINNESOTA
ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS, BONE COLLAGEN EXTRACTION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION ON SAMPLES FROM SITES 21HE99, 21FE76, 21BL26, AND 21ML12, MINNESOTA Open
In Minnesota, understanding ceramic periods of prehistory and their attendant subsistence practices is of critical importance. Our previous study (Scott Cummings 2017) indicates that problems with radiocarbon dates on ceramics are not uniq…
View article: PHYTOLITH AND PROTEIN ANALYSIS OF LITHIC SAMPLES FROM SITES GaSa-29, GdRr-4, GgRm-1, GiRk-10, AND GjRi-4, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
PHYTOLITH AND PROTEIN ANALYSIS OF LITHIC SAMPLES FROM SITES GaSa-29, GdRr-4, GgRm-1, GiRk-10, AND GjRi-4, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA Open
Five prehistoric archaeological sites (GaSa-29, GdRr-4, GgRm-1, GiRk-10, and GjRi-4) located throughout the Interior Plateau, Central Canadian Rocky Mountains, and Rocky Mountain Foothills of northern British Columbia, Canada, yielded nume…
View article: POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND PARASITE ANALYSES OF SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM FORT ARGYLE, 9BN28, BRYAN COUNTY, GEORGIA
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND PARASITE ANALYSES OF SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM FORT ARGYLE, 9BN28, BRYAN COUNTY, GEORGIA Open
The Fort Argyle Site (9BN28) is situated upon a bluff on the west bank of the Ogeechee River on the eastern margin of the modern Fort Stewart US Army Reservation in Bryan County, Georgia. The site contains the historical Fort Argyle, which…
View article: PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) ANALYSIS FOR THE SUNDOG SITE (24LC2289), LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY, MONTANA
PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) ANALYSIS FOR THE SUNDOG SITE (24LC2289), LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY, MONTANA Open
The Sundog Site (24LC2289) represents a prehistoric, short-term occupation and is situated on a large bench near the head of Indian Creek adjacent to the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness Area in Helena National Forest, Lewis and Clark Cou…
View article: PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF EIGHT SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM THE F2413 FIELD SYSTEM, SITE AZ T:12:206(ASM), MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA
PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF EIGHT SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM THE F2413 FIELD SYSTEM, SITE AZ T:12:206(ASM), MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA Open
Site AZ T:12:206(ASM), formerly AZ T:12:54(ASU), represents agricultural field cells, lateral canals, and an artifact scatter on an alluvial terrace above the north bank of the Salt River in Maricopa County, Arizona. Given its proximity, S…
View article: X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (XRF) ANALYSIS OF FIVE TEXTILES
X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (XRF) ANALYSIS OF FIVE TEXTILES Open
Five textiles were examined using handheld X-ray Fluorescence technology to identify the presence of toxins.
View article: PROTEIN ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE BRIDGE SITE (15LV98), LIVINGSTON COUNTY, KENTUCKY
PROTEIN ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE BRIDGE SITE (15LV98), LIVINGSTON COUNTY, KENTUCKY Open
Twelve lithics were recovered from the Early Archaic Bridge Site (15LV98) located in Livingston County, Kentucky. The lithics were submitted for protein residue (CIEP) analysis to determine animals processed at the site.
View article: PHYTOLITH, STARCH, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE MIDLAND SITE #8, 20MD38, MIDLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN
PHYTOLITH, STARCH, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE (CIEP) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE MIDLAND SITE #8, 20MD38, MIDLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN Open
Midland Site #8 (20MD38), is a multi-component prehistoric site located in Chippewassee Park, Midland County, Michigan. The site was originally situated on stratified floodplain alluvium near the confluence of the Chippewa and Tittabawasee…