12. Pollen Analysis

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Figures xi
4. List of Tables xv
5. Preface xix
6. Chapter 1 Relevance 1
7. Chapter 2 Foundational Understandings 15
8. Chapter 3 Research Design 29
9. Chapter 4 The Environmental Setting, Past and Present 39
10. Chapter 5 Holocene Geology and Paleoenvironmental History of the Lower Chicama Valley 49
11. Chapter 6 Cultural Phases and Radiocarbon Chronology 88
12. Chapter 7 Site Data and Patterns 109
13. Chapter 8 Bioarchaeology of the Huaca Prieta Remains 166
14. Chapter 9 Faunal Remains 197
15. Chapter 10 Plant Remains 367
16. Chapter 11 Nontextile and Nonbasketry Material Culture 434
17. Chapter 12 Twined and Woven Artifacts
18. Part 1: Textiles 458
19. Part 2: Basketry and Cordage from Huaca Prieta 525
20. Chapter 13 Outlying Domestic House Mound Sites 557
21. Chapter 14 Continuity, Change, and the Construction of the Early Sangamon Society 567
22. Chapter 15 Beyond Matter to Foundations and Representations 594
23. Appendices
24. 1. Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Chronology at Huaca Prieta 617
25. 2. Charcoal Analysis 631
26. 3. Marine Shell Analysis for Seasonality 634
27. 4. Chile Pepper Distribution and Use 645
28. 5. Maize Analysis 656
29. 6. Dietary Ecology, Stable Isotope, and Dental Microwear Texture Analysis 665
30. 7. Phytolith Analysis 674
31. 8. Sand and Salt Samples from Huaca Prieta 681
32. 9. Starch Grains 683
33. 10. Human Skeletal Remains from Various Excavations 689
34. 11. Pigment Analysis 692
35. 12. Pollen Analysis 696
36. 13. Fish Otoliths from Huaca Prieta 705
37. 14. Semele corrugata Microstructure and Oxygen Isotope Profiles as Indicators of Seasonality 712
38. 15. Geophysical Prospection at Huaca Prieta and Paredones 723
39. 16. Preliminary Use-Wear Study of Stone Tools 727
40. 17. Estimating Haplogroup Affiliation through Ancient mtDNA Analysis from the Huaca Prieta Burials 733
41. 18. Soil Chemistry Analysis 739
42. 19. SEM-XRF Analysis of Green Stone 740
43. References 741
44. List of Contributors 781
45. Index 783