POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 41MV145, EAGLE PASS MINE, TEXAS

Summary

Site 41MV145 is located approximately six miles east of the Rio-Grande near the

western edge of Maverick County in south Texas. The Archaic site was originally recorded as a

light surface scatter of burned rock and lithic debris. Subsequent subsurface reconnaissance

was conducted, revealing cultural materials to a maximum depth of 70 cmbs, with the densest

artifact concentration in the upper 30 cm. The artifact assemblage included a Clearfork biface

and a Nueces biface, as well as lithic debitage, cores, utilized flakes, burned rock and mussel

shell. Four soil samples from units 2 and 3 were examined for pollen and phytoliths. Pollen

and phytolith analyses are used to provide information concerning plant resources available to

the prehistoric occupants of site 41MV145.

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• PaleoResearch Institute

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