This research project involved travel to the community of Chiripa, Bolivia for the 2023 field season of the Taraco Archaeological Project. During the season, excavations were conducted at three sites in the Taraco Peninsula. Around 200 samples were processed via flotation, as well as about 60 which were processed via dry screening, yielding macrobotanical remains that were exported for anaysis at the McCown Archaeobotany Laboratory . As in 2022, methodological studies were conducted to (1) assess the effectiveness (speed and recovery) of a novel solar-powered flotation system and (2) investigate the impact of macrobotanical processing techniques (flotation and dry screening) on the recovery of parenchymatous tissues. In addition to processing and exporting new macrobotanical samples, our team returned previously analyzed samples to the community of Chiripa.
