POLLEN ANALYSIS FOR SITE 48SU5084, WYOMING
Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings
Year: 2005
Summary
The New Fork Housepit Site (48SU5084) is located southwest of Boulder, Wyoming in
the Green River Basin. Discovered in 2003, the site is situated along the New Fork River, and
conventional radiocarbon dates at the site range from 5590 ± 40 BP to 5820 ± 50 BP. Several
features were identified during excavation of 48SU5084. Pollen samples were examined from
fill collected in the housepit (Feature 2) and eleven hearth features. Botanical identification was
also conducted for two samples associated with Feature 3. Pollen analyses and macrobotanical identifications are used to provide information concerning plant resources available to
the prehistoric occupants of the New Fork Housepit Site.
Cite this Record
POLLEN ANALYSIS FOR SITE 48SU5084, WYOMING. Linda Scott Cummings. 2005 ( tDAR id: 379283) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8W095DC
Keywords
Material
Macrobotanical
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Pollen
Site Name
New Fork Housepit Site
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
General
Botanic Remains
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Cylindrical Hearth Fill
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Housepit Fill
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Macrofloral Analysis
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Pollen Analysis
Geographic Keywords
Boulder, Wyoming
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Green River Basin
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