Site formation processes at etzanoa (14C03): Preliminary geoarchaeological flotation investigation
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Etzanoa, also known as the Cowley County Country Club Site (14CO3), was occupied by the Ancestral Wichita throughout the Great Bend aspect, also known as the Lower Walnut focus dating, approximately 1425-1700 CE. Wichita State University has been excavating a portion of the site with a high density of domestic features, especially storage pits, since 2016. The four baulk walls, N2E3, N3E3, N5E3, and N7E3, were excavated from the surface to approximately 120-centimeters below datum; utilizing geoarchaeological flotations of samples collected from these walls allowed analysts to recover micro-artifacts. By observing and analyzing the profiles of each wall, this project intends to identify areas of anthropogenic activity and stratigraphic variation. Through the analysis of these recovered micro-botanical and material remnants, researchers are better enabled to understand the depositional history of the locale.