POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 48SW 14641, THE RED WASH SITE IN THE RED DESERT, WYOMING

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings

Year: 2006

Summary

Site 48SW14641, the Red Wash site, is located north of the town of Red Desert,

Wyoming. The site exhibited two components, an Archaic component overlain by a Late

Prehistoric component. Both have been subject to wind deflation and erosion. Cultural material

was sparse and included a small assemblage of chipped stone debitage and several McKean

Techno-complex projectile points. No butchered bone was recovered. Radiocarbon ages

varying from 4160 ± 40 to 4440 ± 50 BP represent the Archaic occupation, while a radiocarbon

age of 1670 ± 40 BP represents the Late Prehistoric occupation.

Cite this Record

POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 48SW 14641, THE RED WASH SITE IN THE RED DESERT, WYOMING. Linda Scott Cummings. 2006 ( tDAR id: 379347) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8TT4QD1

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Keywords

Culture
Late Prehistoric

Material
Pollen

Site Name
Red Wash Site

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Basin Fill Pollen Anlysis

Geographic Keywords
Red Desert, Wyoming

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