Steven R Bozarth
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 287919 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Steven R Bozarth |
| PRENOMES | Steven R |
| SOBRENOME | Bozarth |
| ASSINATURA | BOZARTH S R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Kansas |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 73 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1987 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Early Maize ( Zea mays ) in the North American Central Plains
Artifacts, including ceramics, ground stone, and soil samples, as well as dental calculus, recovered from sites in the eastern North American central Plains were submitted to multiple laboratories for analysis of microbotanical remains. Direct accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) dates of 361–197 cal BC provide evidence for the earliest use of maize ( Zea mays ssp. mays ) in this region. Squash ( Cucurbita sp.), wild rice (cf. Zizania spp.), and p…
Tropical wetland persistence through the Anthropocene
Ancient Maya wetland management in two watersheds in Belize
Vegetation dynamics during the Pleistocene–Holocene transition in the central Great Plains, USA
The Holocene–Pleistocene transition in the upland loess-mantled regions of the central Great Plains is punctuated by the Brady Soil, which separates the late-Pleistocene Peoria Loess and the Holocene Bignell Loess. Previous research on the Brady Soil at the Old Wauneta Roadcut site in Southwestern Nebraska has produced paleoenvironmental information based on well-constrained luminescence and radiocarbon ages, stable carbon isotope data, and chemi…
Paleoecology and Geoarchaeology at El Palmar and the El Zotz Region, Guatemala
A new paleoecology record from the El Palmar Cival adds to the emerging geoarchaeological record of El Zotz, Guatemala. El Palmar's 3 m stratigraphic record began in the Archaic period before 1500 B.C. at or just before initial Maya impacts. From the lowest level, Late Archaic organic deposition, with evidence for diverse tropical forest and a steady water table, transitioned to Early Preclassic clay deposition, decreased forest taxa, three known…
An Examination of Six “Nutting Stones” from East Texas for Plant Phytoliths
In this article we report on an examination of six nutting stones from East Texas sites as well as an exploratory examination of their possible functions. “Nutting stones” have long been presumed to have been used prehistorically for crushing nuts such as hickory, etc. as foodstuffs. In fact Davis described them as being: A small flat stone, usually made of limestone, sandstone or other sedimentary types of rock which could be carried by hand. Th…
Archaeological Residues and Recipes
As dates of earliest use of Theobroma cacao in ancient Mesoamerica are established, interest is shifting to how cacao was used. One approach is to consider combinations of ingredients-the recipes for ancient cacao use. Beverages made from cacao seeds and maize have a long history in Mesoamerica. We began testing the hypothesis that there is qualitative evidence of this beverage type in the Postclassic archaeological record in a region where such …
A Keith Phase Burial on the High Plains of Kansas
A flexed adult male burial was excavated from the cut bank of a dry tributary of Museum Creek, Sheridan County, Kansas. Associated artifacts include a well-worn grinding stone and a bone tool of indeterminate function. Analysis of sediment from the grinding stone led to the identification of diagnostic opal phytoliths from hackberry fruits. The geographic location of the burial and a radiocarbon age determination of 1370 ± 70 RCYBP are sufficient…
Biosilicate analysis of residue in Maya dedicatory cache vessels from Blue Creek, Belize
Climatic and Environmental Variability in the Rise of Maya Civilization
Archaeological and ecological investigations in the Mirador Basin of northern Guatemala have recovered archaeological, phytolith, palynological, and pedological data relevant to the early occupation and development of Maya civilization in a specific environmental matrix. Fluctuation in vegetation types as evident in cores and archaeological profiles suggest that the seasonally wet, forested bajo environment currently found in the northern Peten w…
Implications for Late Pleistocene Mastodon Diet from Opal Phytoliths in Tooth Calculus
Calculus removed from the molar teeth of four American mastodons ( Mammut americanum ) contained opal phytoliths which reflect major dietary components. Three samples contained abundant grass phytoliths (ca. 86% of total), with long cells and trapezoidal pooid short cells dominant (ca. 25 and 31%, respectively). Dicot phytoliths from hackberry ( Celtis sp.) seeds and indeterminate deciduous trees were rare (1–3%), though well preserved, whereas p…
Maize (Zea mays) Cob Phytoliths From A Central Kansas Great Bend Aspect Archaeological Site
This study describes diagnostic maize cob phytoliths. The classification was derived from a comparative study of an extensive phytolith reference collection of traditional cultigens and native Kansas flora. Phytolith isolates from sediment samples collected in a Great Bend Aspect village (14MN328) in central Kansas were analyzed to test the feasibility of recovering maize cob phytoliths in an archaeological site in the Great Plains. Diagnostic ma…
Diagnostic Opal Phytoliths from Pods of Selected Varieties of Common Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Numerous distinctly hooked silicified hairs are produced in pods of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). Similar phytoliths were found in six dicot species native to the central Great Plains in an extensive reference collection of both cultivated and wild plants. Statistical analysis demonstrates that many of the hooked hairs produced in common beans are significantly wider near the tip than those produced in the other species. Bean phytoliths were…
Archaeological Investigations in the Clinton Lake Project Area, Northeastern Kansas, National Register Evaluation of 27 Prehistoric Sites
This report describes archaeological investigations at 27 prehistoric sites in the Clinton Lake Project Area, Douglas and Shawnee Counties, Kansas. The investigations were undertaken in order to determine the eligibility of the sites for the National Register of Historic Places. The results of the field and laboratory procedures have resulted in the following conclusions: The sites span at least the last 2000 to 3000 years of human history in the…
Diagnostic Opal Phytoliths from Rinds of Selected Cucurbita Species
Based on examination of an extensive phytolith reference collection of domesticated and nondomesticated plants, it was determined that spheroidal and hemispheroidal phytoliths with deeply scalloped surfaces of contiguous concavities can be used as indicators of selected varieties of squash in archaeological sites in the central United States. Based on this classification and the distribution of the wild buffalo gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima), squ…
Climatic and Environmental Variability in the Rise of Maya Civilization
Archaeological and ecological investigations in the Mirador Basin of northern Guatemala have recovered archaeological, phytolith, palynological, and pedological data relevant to the early occupation and development of Maya civilization in a specific environmental matrix. Fluctuation in vegetation types as evident in cores and archaeological profiles suggest that the seasonally wet, forested bajo environment currently found in the northern Peten w…
Biosilicate analysis of residue in Maya dedicatory cache vessels from Blue Creek, Belize
Diagnostic Opal Phytoliths from Rinds of Selected Cucurbita Species
Based on examination of an extensive phytolith reference collection of domesticated and nondomesticated plants, it was determined that spheroidal and hemispheroidal phytoliths with deeply scalloped surfaces of contiguous concavities can be used as indicators of selected varieties of squash in archaeological sites in the central United States. Based on this classification and the distribution of the wild buffalo gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima), squ…
Maize (Zea mays) Cob Phytoliths From A Central Kansas Great Bend Aspect Archaeological Site
This study describes diagnostic maize cob phytoliths. The classification was derived from a comparative study of an extensive phytolith reference collection of traditional cultigens and native Kansas flora. Phytolith isolates from sediment samples collected in a Great Bend Aspect village (14MN328) in central Kansas were analyzed to test the feasibility of recovering maize cob phytoliths in an archaeological site in the Great Plains. Diagnostic ma…
Archaeological Residues and Recipes
As dates of earliest use of Theobroma cacao in ancient Mesoamerica are established, interest is shifting to how cacao was used. One approach is to consider combinations of ingredients-the recipes for ancient cacao use. Beverages made from cacao seeds and maize have a long history in Mesoamerica. We began testing the hypothesis that there is qualitative evidence of this beverage type in the Postclassic archaeological record in a region where such …
Diagnostic Opal Phytoliths from Pods of Selected Varieties of Common Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Numerous distinctly hooked silicified hairs are produced in pods of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). Similar phytoliths were found in six dicot species native to the central Great Plains in an extensive reference collection of both cultivated and wild plants. Statistical analysis demonstrates that many of the hooked hairs produced in common beans are significantly wider near the tip than those produced in the other species. Bean phytoliths were…
Early Maize ( Zea mays ) in the North American Central Plains
Artifacts, including ceramics, ground stone, and soil samples, as well as dental calculus, recovered from sites in the eastern North American central Plains were submitted to multiple laboratories for analysis of microbotanical remains. Direct accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) dates of 361–197 cal BC provide evidence for the earliest use of maize ( Zea mays ssp. mays ) in this region. Squash ( Cucurbita sp.), wild rice (cf. Zizania spp.), and p…
Paleoecology and Geoarchaeology at El Palmar and the El Zotz Region, Guatemala
A new paleoecology record from the El Palmar Cival adds to the emerging geoarchaeological record of El Zotz, Guatemala. El Palmar's 3 m stratigraphic record began in the Archaic period before 1500 B.C. at or just before initial Maya impacts. From the lowest level, Late Archaic organic deposition, with evidence for diverse tropical forest and a steady water table, transitioned to Early Preclassic clay deposition, decreased forest taxa, three known…
Tropical wetland persistence through the Anthropocene
A Keith Phase Burial on the High Plains of Kansas
A flexed adult male burial was excavated from the cut bank of a dry tributary of Museum Creek, Sheridan County, Kansas. Associated artifacts include a well-worn grinding stone and a bone tool of indeterminate function. Analysis of sediment from the grinding stone led to the identification of diagnostic opal phytoliths from hackberry fruits. The geographic location of the burial and a radiocarbon age determination of 1370 ± 70 RCYBP are sufficient…
Archaeological Investigations in the Clinton Lake Project Area, Northeastern Kansas, National Register Evaluation of 27 Prehistoric Sites
This report describes archaeological investigations at 27 prehistoric sites in the Clinton Lake Project Area, Douglas and Shawnee Counties, Kansas. The investigations were undertaken in order to determine the eligibility of the sites for the National Register of Historic Places. The results of the field and laboratory procedures have resulted in the following conclusions: The sites span at least the last 2000 to 3000 years of human history in the…
Archaeological Investigations in the Clinton Lake Project Area, Northeastern Kansas, National Register Evaluation of 27 Prehistoric Sites
This report describes archaeological investigations at 27 prehistoric sites in the Clinton Lake Project Area, Douglas and Shawnee Counties, Kansas. The investigations were undertaken in order to determine the eligibility of the sites for the National Register of Historic Places. The results of the field and laboratory procedures have resulted in the following conclusions: The sites span at least the last 2000 to 3000 years of human history in the…
Diagnostic Opal Phytoliths from Rinds of Selected Cucurbita Species
Based on examination of an extensive phytolith reference collection of domesticated and nondomesticated plants, it was determined that spheroidal and hemispheroidal phytoliths with deeply scalloped surfaces of contiguous concavities can be used as indicators of selected varieties of squash in archaeological sites in the central United States. Based on this classification and the distribution of the wild buffalo gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima), squ…
Diagnostic Opal Phytoliths from Pods of Selected Varieties of Common Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Numerous distinctly hooked silicified hairs are produced in pods of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). Similar phytoliths were found in six dicot species native to the central Great Plains in an extensive reference collection of both cultivated and wild plants. Statistical analysis demonstrates that many of the hooked hairs produced in common beans are significantly wider near the tip than those produced in the other species. Bean phytoliths were…
Maize (Zea mays) Cob Phytoliths From A Central Kansas Great Bend Aspect Archaeological Site
This study describes diagnostic maize cob phytoliths. The classification was derived from a comparative study of an extensive phytolith reference collection of traditional cultigens and native Kansas flora. Phytolith isolates from sediment samples collected in a Great Bend Aspect village (14MN328) in central Kansas were analyzed to test the feasibility of recovering maize cob phytoliths in an archaeological site in the Great Plains. Diagnostic ma…
Implications for Late Pleistocene Mastodon Diet from Opal Phytoliths in Tooth Calculus
Calculus removed from the molar teeth of four American mastodons ( Mammut americanum ) contained opal phytoliths which reflect major dietary components. Three samples contained abundant grass phytoliths (ca. 86% of total), with long cells and trapezoidal pooid short cells dominant (ca. 25 and 31%, respectively). Dicot phytoliths from hackberry ( Celtis sp.) seeds and indeterminate deciduous trees were rare (1–3%), though well preserved, whereas p…
Climatic and Environmental Variability in the Rise of Maya Civilization
Archaeological and ecological investigations in the Mirador Basin of northern Guatemala have recovered archaeological, phytolith, palynological, and pedological data relevant to the early occupation and development of Maya civilization in a specific environmental matrix. Fluctuation in vegetation types as evident in cores and archaeological profiles suggest that the seasonally wet, forested bajo environment currently found in the northern Peten w…
Biosilicate analysis of residue in Maya dedicatory cache vessels from Blue Creek, Belize
A Keith Phase Burial on the High Plains of Kansas
A flexed adult male burial was excavated from the cut bank of a dry tributary of Museum Creek, Sheridan County, Kansas. Associated artifacts include a well-worn grinding stone and a bone tool of indeterminate function. Analysis of sediment from the grinding stone led to the identification of diagnostic opal phytoliths from hackberry fruits. The geographic location of the burial and a radiocarbon age determination of 1370 ± 70 RCYBP are sufficient…
Archaeological Residues and Recipes
As dates of earliest use of Theobroma cacao in ancient Mesoamerica are established, interest is shifting to how cacao was used. One approach is to consider combinations of ingredients-the recipes for ancient cacao use. Beverages made from cacao seeds and maize have a long history in Mesoamerica. We began testing the hypothesis that there is qualitative evidence of this beverage type in the Postclassic archaeological record in a region where such …
An Examination of Six “Nutting Stones” from East Texas for Plant Phytoliths
In this article we report on an examination of six nutting stones from East Texas sites as well as an exploratory examination of their possible functions. “Nutting stones” have long been presumed to have been used prehistorically for crushing nuts such as hickory, etc. as foodstuffs. In fact Davis described them as being: A small flat stone, usually made of limestone, sandstone or other sedimentary types of rock which could be carried by hand. Th…
Vegetation dynamics during the Pleistocene–Holocene transition in the central Great Plains, USA
The Holocene–Pleistocene transition in the upland loess-mantled regions of the central Great Plains is punctuated by the Brady Soil, which separates the late-Pleistocene Peoria Loess and the Holocene Bignell Loess. Previous research on the Brady Soil at the Old Wauneta Roadcut site in Southwestern Nebraska has produced paleoenvironmental information based on well-constrained luminescence and radiocarbon ages, stable carbon isotope data, and chemi…
Paleoecology and Geoarchaeology at El Palmar and the El Zotz Region, Guatemala
A new paleoecology record from the El Palmar Cival adds to the emerging geoarchaeological record of El Zotz, Guatemala. El Palmar's 3 m stratigraphic record began in the Archaic period before 1500 B.C. at or just before initial Maya impacts. From the lowest level, Late Archaic organic deposition, with evidence for diverse tropical forest and a steady water table, transitioned to Early Preclassic clay deposition, decreased forest taxa, three known…
Ancient Maya wetland management in two watersheds in Belize
Tropical wetland persistence through the Anthropocene
Early Maize ( Zea mays ) in the North American Central Plains
Artifacts, including ceramics, ground stone, and soil samples, as well as dental calculus, recovered from sites in the eastern North American central Plains were submitted to multiple laboratories for analysis of microbotanical remains. Direct accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) dates of 361–197 cal BC provide evidence for the earliest use of maize ( Zea mays ssp. mays ) in this region. Squash ( Cucurbita sp.), wild rice (cf. Zizania spp.), and p…
Geography (13 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 obras) · Archaeology (10 obras) · Biology (9 obras) · Ecology (7 obras) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 obras) · Phytolith (7 obras) · Botany (6 obras) · Geology (6 obras) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (6 obras)