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Screening Soil and Fecal Samples for Recovery of Small Specimens1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2018

Marilyn Colyer  and
Douglas Osborne
Marilyn Colyer
Affiliation:
Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project, Mesa Verde National Park. Colorado
Douglas Osborne
Affiliation:
Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project, Mesa Verde National Park. Colorado
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Abstract

By careful extraction of minute objects from feces and midden debris at a site, the archaeologist can add greatly to ecological and biological knowledge regarding the human inhabitants of the site, as well as the flora and fauna of the locality. The techniques for sifting through the material to obtain small objects are not complicated, and inexpensive equipment is readily available. Soil and fecal samples from dry, protected sites, such as those of Mesa Verde, will yield the best results.

Type
4 Techniques
Information
Memoirs of the Society for American Archaeology , Volume 19: Contributions of the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project , October 1965 , pp. 186 - 192
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1965 

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Footnotes

1

This is Contribution No. 11 of the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project.

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1 This is Contribution No. 11 of the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project.