CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION OF SAMPLES FROM SITE CA-LAN-857, CALIFORNIA

Charcoal from two stone-lined earth ovens at site CA-LAN-857 in southern California were submitted for identification. The earth ovens are part of a series of cooking features recently exposed at the site, believed to be associated with the Tataviam cultural group. Identification of charcoal will provide information concerning woods burned as fuel in these features.来自南加州CA-LAN-857遗址两处石衬土灶的木炭被送检以开展种属鉴定。这些土灶属于该遗址新近揭露的一系列烹饪遗存，被认为与塔塔维阿姆（Tataviam）文化群相关。对这批木炭的鉴定将可为探明这些遗存中作为燃料使用的林木种类提供相关信息。