POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSES FOR THE REDSMOKE AND STAFFORD SITES GARFIELD COUNTY, NEBRASKA

Summary

Twostratigraphic columns were collected along Lime Creek and examined for pollen and

phytoliths. The Red Smoke site is situated upcreek less than half a mile from the Lime Creek

site, examined previously (Cummings 1990), and the Stafford site is another 1.5 miles upstream

from the Red Smoke site. A basal date of 9820 + 80 BP was obtained for the Red Smoke site.

An upper date was determined to represent unrelated channel fill. Dates near 10,500 BP were

obtained for both the top and bottom of the Stafford site column. The similarity of these dates

may be the result of very rapid deposition of nearly three meters of sediment, or the upper

deposits may contain redeposited organics washed in with a flood.

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