PHYTOLITH AND STARCH ANALYSIS ON SAMPLES FROM SITE CrNV-61-8850, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA

Excavations of the Round Mountain Gold Corporation Shoshone Creek Data Recovery Project have exposed a large paleo-channel or levee, a cache of flakes, multiple thermal features, and a possible midden or occupation surface at the site. Samples including a soil sample from a hearth, a fire-altered rock from another hearth, and a ceramic fragment were submitted from Site CrNV-61-8850 for phytolith and starch analysis to better understand economic activities at this site.圆山黄金公司（Round Mountain Gold Corporation）肖肖尼溪数据恢复项目的考古发掘，揭露了一处大型古河道或天然堤、一批石片遗存、多组热成因遗迹，以及该遗址内一处疑似垃圾堆积层或居住面。研究人员从CrNV-61-8850遗址采集相关样本，包括一处灶址的土壤样品、另一处灶址的火烧岩与一件陶瓷残片，将其送检开展植硅体（phytolith）与淀粉粒分析，以深入解析该遗址的经济活动模式。