POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT A BASKETMAKER II PITHOUSE NEAR FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO

Summary

Four pollen and four macrofloral samples were collected and analyzed

from an Early Basketmaker II pithouse located on Manzanares Mesa. The site

is situated in a pinyon-juniper ecotone which contains far more juniper than

pinyon. This pithouse is of vertical wall construction, and contained no

pottery. Radiocarbon ages of 2020 ± 70 BP and 2200 ± 70 BP have been

returned from wood interpreted to have been used in the house contruction.

The pollen and macrofloral samples were analysed to address questions concerning

the subsistence base during occupation at the site. Because the

site is of Early Basketmaker II age, it was important to establish whether

or not horticulture was being practiced by the occupants of the site. In

addition, it was hoped that the pollen and macrofloral data could address

the relative importance of horticulture and gathered native plants in the

diet.

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