POLLEN, STARCH, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES OF SAMPLES FROM FIVE SITES IN THE WARM SPRINGS PROJECT AREA, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH
Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings; Kathryn Puseman
Year: 2006
Summary
Samples from sites 42Ws1748, 42Ws4465, 42Ws4472, 42Ws4474, and 42Ws4718 in
the Warm Springs Project area of Washington County, southwest Utah, were examined for
pollen, starches, and/or macrofloral remains. Radiocarbon dates from the various sites indicate
Archaic and Basketmaker II occupations between 840-770 Cal BC and Cal AD 30-220. Pollen,
starch, and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide subsistence information concerning
plant resources utilized by the various occupants of these sites, specifically to help answer the
question if intensity and use of prehistoric camps in the sand dunes increased during periods of
greater effective moisture (especially during the Middle Neoglacial around 3500-2000 BP) when
the sand dunes are believed to have functioned as resource patches.
Cite this Record
POLLEN, STARCH, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES OF SAMPLES FROM FIVE SITES IN THE WARM SPRINGS PROJECT AREA, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH. Linda Scott Cummings, Kathryn Puseman. 2006 ( tDAR id: 379424) ; doi:10.6067/XCV85M657X
Keywords
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
General
Feature FIll
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Macrofloral Analysis
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Pollen Analysis
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Starch Analysis
Geographic Keywords
Southwest Utah
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Washington County, Utah
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