PALEOENVIRONMENTAL SYNTHESIS AND SUBSISTENCE RECONSTRUCTIONS FOR CURECANTI NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, COLORADO

Summary

Curecanti National Recreation Area is located west of Gunnison in central Colorado along

the Gunnison River. Archaeological investigations within the Curecanti National Recreation Area

have produced both pollen and macrofloral samples for analysis from several sites over a period

of nearly twenty years. These studies have addressed both questions of subsistence and

paleoenvironment, based on interpretation of these data. In addition, paleoenvironmental data

were collected via pollen analysis of soil cores from two springs outside the Curecanti National

Recreation Area. Spring deposits were expected to yield better conditions for preservation of

pollen and a more consistent, gradual deposition history than the sediments either on-site or

immediately off-site. Reconstruction of the paleoenvironment for the Curecanti area utilizes

pollen data obtained from the springs, as well as on-site stratigraphic pollen records.

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• PaleoResearch Institute

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