POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT KITE PUEBLO, SITE LA-199, NEW MEXICO

Summary

Kite Pueblo (Site LA-199) is a small, masonry-and-adobe pueblo consisting of four

roomblocks surrounding a central plaza believed to have been occupied during the Early Pueblo

Period (ca. AD 1250-1350). It is located in central New Mexico in the general vicinity of Gran

Quivira. This site appears to have experienced several building episodes. Soil samples were

collected from at least one room in each of the roomblocks, from a structure located in the

central plaza, and from levels of cultural fill in a clay-lined pit in the center of the plaza that may

have functioned as a cistern or water storage feature. These samples were analyzed for pollen

and macrofloral remains to provide information concerning local paleoenvironmental conditions,

subsistence (use of cultivated and native plant resources), and possibly mobility and regional

exchange.

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