The science of coprolite analysis: The view from Hinds cave

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-79

  Dean, Glenna W ^a  

^a New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs Santa   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Coprolite analysis; Diet reconstruction; Pollen analysis; Pollen concentration; Pollen ingestion experiment

Indexed keywords

COPROLITE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PALYNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PREHISTORIC;

NORTH AMERICA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33745727415     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.11.029     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Aasen, D.K., 1984. Pollen, macrofossil, and charcoal analyses of Basketmaker coprolites from Turkey Pen Ruin, Cedar Mesa, UT. M.A. Thesis, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA.
2. Alvarez W.D. An introduction to gastro-enterology (1940), Paul B. Hoeber, Inc., Medical Book Department Harper and Brothers, NY
3. Alvarez W.C., and Freedlander B.L. The rate of progress of food residues through the bowel. J. Am. Med. Assoc. 83 (1924) 576-580
4. Benninghoff W.S. Calculation of pollen and spore density in sediments by addition of exotic pollen in known quantities. Pollen Spores 4 (1962) 332-333
5. Calder A.M. Survival properties of organic residues through the human digestive tract. J. Archaeol. Sci. 4 (1977) 141-151
6. Crandall B.D., and Stahl P.W. Human digestive effects on a micromammalian skeleton. J. Archaeo. Sci. 22 (1995) 789-797
7. Dean G. Use of pollen concentrations in coprolite analysis: an archaeobotanical viewpoint with a comment to Reinhard et al. (1991). J. Ethnobiol. 13 1 (1993) 102-114
8. Dean G. Finding a needle in a palynological haystack. In: Bryant V.M., and Wrenn J.H. (Eds). New Developments in Palynomorph Sampling, Extraction, and Analysis. Am. Assoc. of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation., Contribs Series vol. 33 (1998) 53-59
9. Edwards, S.K., 1990. Investigations of Late Archaic coprolites: pollen and macrofossil remains from Hinds Cave (41VV456), Val Verde County, Texas. M.A. Thesis, Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX.
10. Erdtman G. The acetolysis method. Sven. Bot. Tidskr. 54 4 (1960) 561-564
11. Kelso, G., 1976. Absolute pollen frequencies applied to the interpretation of human activities in Northern Arizona. Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. of AZ.
12. Kirkland D.W. Method of calculating absolute spore and pollen frequency. Okla. Geol. Notes 27 5 (1967) 98-100
13. Korschgen L.J. Procedures for food-habits analysis. In: Giles R.H. (Ed). Wildlife Management Techniques (1971), Wildlife Soc., Washington, D.C. 233-250
14. Maher Jr. L.J. Statistics for microfossil concentration measurements employing samples spiked with marker grains. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 32 (1981) 153-191
15. Poinar H., Kuch M., Sobolik K., Barnes I., Stankiewicz A., Kuder T., Spaulding W., Bryant V., Cooper A., and Paabo S. A molecular analysis of dietary diversity for three archaic Native Americans. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 98 8 (2001) 4317-4322
16. Reinhard, K.J., 1988. Diet, parasitism, and anemia in the prehistoric southwest. Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX.
17. Reinhard K.J. Patterns of diet, parasitism, and anemia in prehistoric west North America. In: Stuart-Macadam P., and Kent S. (Eds). Diet, Demography, and Disease: Changing Perspectives on Anemia (1992), Aldine De Gruyter, New York 219-258
18. Reinhard K.J., and Bryant Jr. V.M. Coprolite analysis: a biological perspective on archaeology. In: Shiffer M. (Ed). Archaeological Method and Theory vol. 4 (1992), Univ. of AZ Press, Tucson 245-288
19. Reinhard K.J., Hamilton D.L., and Hevly R.H. Use of pollen concentration in paleopharmacology: coprolite evidence of medicinal plants. J. Ethnobiol. 11 1 (1991) 117-132
20. Reinhard K.J., Danielson D.R., Daniels M., and Miranda S. Multidisciplinary coprolite analysis. In: Geib P.R., and Keller D.R. (Eds). Bighorn Cave: Test Excavation of a Stratified Dry Shelter, Mohave County, Arizona. Bilby Resch Center Occ. Paps. No. 1 (2002) 135-154
21. Reitman S. Laboratory examination of feces. In: Frankel S., and Reitman S. (Eds). Gradwohl's Clinical Laboratory Methods and Diagnosis vol. 2 (1963), C. V. Mosby, Co., St. Louis
22. Sobolik, K., 1988a. The prehistoric diet and subsistence of the Lower Pecos region, as reflected in coprolites from Baker Cave, Val Verde County, Texas. M.A. Thesis, Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX.
23. Sobolik K. The importance of pollen concentration values from coprolites: an analysis of southwest Texas samples. Palynology 12 (1988) 201-214
24. Sobolik K. Dietary reconstruction as seen in coprolites. In: Kiple K.F., and Ornelas K.C. (Eds). The Cambridge World History of Food vol. 1 (2000), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
25. Sobolik K., and Gerick D.J. Prehistoric medicinal plant usage: a case study from coprolites. J. Ethnobiol. 12 2 (1992) 203-211
26. Stock, J.A., 1983. The prehistoric diet of Hinds Cave (41 VV 456), Val Verde County, Texas: the coprolite evidence. M.A. Thesis, TX A and M Univ., College Station.
27. Williams-Dean, G., 1978. Ethnobotany and cultural ecology of prehistoric man in southwest Texas. Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX.