The Hand-Pump Flotation System
A New Method for Archaeobotanical Recovery
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11074050 |
|---|---|
| Authors | China P Shelton, China Shelton (corresponding author), Chantel E White (0000-0003-4716-1509) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 316-326 |
| Publication date | 2010-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Field Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-4690 • E-ISSN: 2042-4582 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/009346910x12707321358838 |
| OpenAlex | W2034463954 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 13 |
At the sites of Acquachiara in Italy, el-Hemmeh in Jordan, and Beisamoun in Israel, archaeobotanical recovery was accomplished using flotation systems powered by hand-pumps, as opposed to non-circulating systems or systems powered by electricity or gasoline. These flotation tanks were simple and inexpensive to construct, easily operated by a single individual, highly durable, and easily transported. The speed of water flow was both ample and could be controlled without difficulty. These systems had the capacity to process samples at a rate sufficient to keep pace with large-scale sampling programs at all three sites. In three case studies, we describe two tanks that recycle water and one that does not, list the parts and procedures necessary to construct a hand-pump system, and detail the results of a recovery test that demonstrates the efficacy of this technique. The type of flotation tank described would be appropriate for a range of research projects with various resource constraints, enabling substantial paleoethnobotanical data collection with only a minimal initial investment of time and money.Keywords: PALEOETHNOBOTANYARCHAEOBOTANYFLOTATIONHAND-PUMPITALYJORDAN
Gasoline · Investment (military · Pace · Process (computing · Recovery rate · Resource (disambiguation · Sampling (signal processing · Waste management · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Chemistry · Computer Science · Engineering · Environmental Science · Geology · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
Processing and storage of tree fruits, cereals and pulses at PPNA Sharara, southern Jordan
The Bakery in the Maison à la Citerne at Volubilis
Quels sont les apports des analyses conjointes archéoentomologiques et archéobotaniques dans les contextes arctiques
Formation processes of archaeobotanical assemblages of an early Thule Iñupiaq dwelling at Cape Espenberg, northwest Alaska
Modernizing Spatial Micro-Refuse Analysis
Harvesting practices and early Neolithic barley cultivation at el-Hemmeh, Jordan
Archaeobotany in an era of change and challenge
News and Short Contributions
Flotation samples and some paleoethnobotanical implications
Preservation or destruction of plant remains by carbonization
A Short History of Archaeological Sieving at Franchthi Cave, Greece
An Experiment in Water-Sieving
Moisture and seed carbonization
The Mid-Continental Journal Of Archaeology
Testing Flotation Recovery Rates
Flotation Techniques for the Recovery of Small-Scale Archaeological Remains
The Siphon Technique
Evaluation of the Flote-Tech Machine-Assisted Flotation System
| Citations per year | 0.47 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2024 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |