POLLEN AND DIATOM ANALYSIS FOR THE KOBLER PROJECT, SAIPAN

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings; Barbara Winsborough

Year: 1999

Summary

Nineteen additional pollen and two diatom samples were collected from trenches 2 and 3

at Kobler-2. Previous pollen analysis examined pollen from stratigraphic layers in Trench 1

(Cummings 1999), providing information concerning prehistoric vegetation in the area near Lake

Susupi. Radiocarbon ages of that study indicate the record included sediments that accumulated

prior to AD 260-560 until the historic era. Stratigraphic pollen samples from Trenches 2 and 3

examine sediments to the northeast and southwest of Trench 1. Radiocarbon ages from Trench

2 indicate a pollen record between 625-980 AD and modern. For Trench 3 radiocarbon ages

indicate a pollen record beginning prior to 795-1000 AD and ending after 1445-1645 AD. Two

diatom samples from Layer III in Trench 3 examine sediments relatively low in the column.

Cite this Record

POLLEN AND DIATOM ANALYSIS FOR THE KOBLER PROJECT, SAIPAN. Linda Scott Cummings, Barbara Winsborough. 1999 ( tDAR id: 378490) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8610ZPD

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