POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING FOR TWO COPROLITES FROM CHAPMAN CAVES, SITE CA-INY-1534, CALIFORNIA

Two coprolites from the Chapman Caves collection were submitted for pollen, phytolith, starch, parasite, and macrofloral analyses. Chapman Caves, site CA-INY-1534, is located on the Naval Air Weapons Center (NAWS), China Lake, California, and consists of two small rockshelters/caves that had been previously excavated from 1967-1969 by Timothy Shaw Hillebrand. The two coprolites submitted for analysis had not been previously recorded and were recently found labeled in the Chapman Caves collection that is housed at the NAWS curation facility. The coprolites are noted to have been recovered from Pit D in Cave 1. Pollen, phytolith, starch, and macrofloral analyses are used to determine plant and animal resources that were eaten by the depositors of the coprolites. Examination for parasite eggs was conducted to evaluate the parasite load of the individual or animal from which the coprolite originated. Charcoal and a cactus areole from coprolite 699 were submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating.