PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSES, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING AT SITES 32ML0890, 32ML1062, 32ML1065, 32ML1067, 32ML1071, 32ML1073, AND 32ML1079, NORTH DAKOTA
Creators: name: Puseman, Kathryn
name: Yost, Chad
Publisher: name: (:unav)
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: North Dakota (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2340/north-dakota-state-territory
subject: McLean County (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1446/mclean-county-county
subject: 32ML0890
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/108198/32ml0890
subject: 32ML1065
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/108200/32ml1065
subject: 32ML1062
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/108199/32ml1062
subject: 32ML1071
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/108202/32ml1071
subject: 32ML1067
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/108201/32ml1067
subject: 32ML1079
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/108204/32ml1079
subject: 32ML1073
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/108203/32ml1073
subject: Feature fill
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2653/feature-fill
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: Macrobotanical
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/10/macrobotanical
subject: Macrofloral Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/879/macrofloral-analysis
subject: Protein Residue Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/19426/protein-residue-analysis
subject: 10-001
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/162100/10-001
subject: AMS Radiocarbon Dating
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/135832/ams-radiocarbon-dating
subject: Phytolith Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/872/phytolith-analysis
subject: AMS Radiocarbon Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/136006/ams-radiocarbon-analysis
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation

description: A total of ten samples from the fill of hearths at sites 32ML0890, 32ML1065, 32ML1073, and 32ML1079 in McLean County, North Dakota, were examined for phytoliths and charred macrofloral remains to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the various occupants of these sites. PET (Processed Edible Tissue) analysis was conducted on four pieces of charred organic material recovered from the macrofloral samples. PET analysis included examination of organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and pulverizing a portion of the charred organic remains to look for the presence of starches. Charcoal fragments or charred seeds from each of the macrofloral samples also were selected for AMS radiocarbon dating. One of the samples did not contain sufficient macroscopic charcoal for dating; therefore, microscopic charcoal (microcharcoal) was extracted from the sediment and used for radiocarbon dating. Six radiocarbon dates also were obtained from bone at these four sites. Nine projectile points from sites 32ML0890, 32ML1062, 32ML1065, 32ML1067, and 32ML1071 and three lithic tools from 32Ml1065, 32ML1067, and 32ML1073 were analyzed for possible protein residues to determine animal resources that might have been hunted/processed with these tools.