POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF A SOAPSTONE VESSEL FROM SITE NA-CA-SBA-204-1, SANTA YNEZ VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

A soapstone vessel recovered in a Santa Ynez Valley as part of a burial (13) of a woman aged 35–50. Radiocarbon dates of 802 ± 24 and 929 ± 23 RCYBP on shell recovered from a nearby burial have been reservoir corrected to 1659–1875 and 1507–1679 A.D., respectively. Charred food residue recovered from the interior of the soapstone vessel was studied to determine its contents. This vessel was recovered from Los Padres National Forest and curated at the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum. Samples scraped from the soapstone vessel interior by Kaitlin Brown were submitted to PaleoResearch Institute for analysis.

一件皂石容器（soapstone vessel）出土于圣伊内斯谷（Santa Ynez Valley）编号为13的墓葬，墓主为一名年龄介于35至50岁的女性。从附近墓葬出土的贝壳经放射性碳定年得到802 ±24和929 ±23 RCYBP的测年结果，经储库校正后分别对应公元1659年至1875年、1507年至1679年。研究人员对该皂石容器内部的炭化食物残渣开展了分析，以确定其内含物。该容器出土于洛斯帕德雷斯国家森林（Los Padres National Forest），现由圣巴巴拉自然历史博物馆（Santa Barbara Natural History Museum）收藏保管。凯特琳·布朗（Kaitlin Brown）从该皂石容器内壁刮取的样本已提交至古研究学院（PaleoResearch Institute）进行分析。