POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM A STRATIGRAPHIC TRENCH, PROJECT 560-001, FT. BLISS, TEXAS

Summary

Pollen and phytolith analyses were undertaken on three samples from an off-site

stratigraphic profile to provide a description of local and regional vegetation that could be

interpreted to provide paleoenvironmental information. This profile was exposed in a backhoe

trench located offsite, but near a Mesilla Phase archaeological site at Ft. Bliss, Texas. The trench

transected five strata that appear to be a buried paleosol overlain by a recent eolian sand sheet.

The paleosol consists of a buried A horizon, a buried B horizon texturally divided into two subunits,

and a C horizon. Single samples were examined from individual buried A and both B units at

depths of 40, 60, and 90 centimeters below surface, rather than examining contiguous samples at

close intervals.

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