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A New Technique for Separating Flotation Samples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Ann F. Ramenofsky ,
Leon C. Standifer ,
Ann M. Whitmer  and
Marie S. Standifer
Ann F. Ramenofsky
Affiliation:
Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Leon C. Standifer
Affiliation:
Department of Horticulture, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Ann M. Whitmer
Affiliation:
Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Marie S. Standifer
Affiliation:
Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
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Abstract

The seed blower is an instrument typically employed by seed technologists to sort seed types by density. Because of the labor intensive nature of hand separating flotation samples, the seed blower offers archaeologists a new apparatus that enhances the efficiency of initial separation. The blower is described, and initial results of its application to archaeological flotation samples from Louisiana are presented.

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American Antiquity , Volume 51 , Issue 1 , January 1986 , pp. 66 - 72
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1986

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