POLLEN ANALYSIS FROM NATURAL CHIMNEY ROCK SHELTER (SJC-1548), NEW MEXICO

Summary

Three pollen samples were collected for analysis from Natural Chimney

Rock Shelter (SJC-1548). Prehistoric use of this site probably encompasses

BM III to P I and possibly P II time periods. Three groundstone fragments

were recorded at the site. Two prehistoric and one modern feature were also

noted at the site. All appear to be firepits, as they contained varying

quantities of charcoal and fire-reddened sandstone. The two prehistoric

features were sampled for pollen, and a third sample was collected from the

soil beneath an inverted slab metate. Pollen analysis was oriented toward

the identification of subsistence activity at the site.

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