PHYTOLITH AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE TAYLOR SITE, MCN-1, IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY, WESTERN OREGON

Summary

Samples from silt loam sediments and organic deposits at Site MCN-1 were

examined for phytoliths and/or macrofloral remains. A piece of wood from a

buried log also was identified. Site MCN-1 was found on the Coburg North Loop

during construction for the Northwest Pipeline corporation Expansion II Project

in the Willamette Valley of western Oregon. This site was deeply buried and may

be late Pleistocene in age, possibly one of the oldest sites in the Willamette

Valley. Phytolith and macrofloral analyses are used to provide

paleoenvironmental information.

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