Eddy County, NM, Bear Grass Draw, pollen, macrofloral (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

A prehistoric Jornada Mogollon site east of Artesia, New Mexico was the subject of salvage mitigation. The site is postulated as a campsite used for food processing and lithic reduction. To augment the interpretation of the site, pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken on material from Feature 2, a firepit. The site is located on a rolling plain southeast of Red Lake and immediately east of Bear Grass Draw. The area contains medium-sized hummocks interspersed with denuded areas and...