POLLEN, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, AND ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION (XRF) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM LA ALBERCA ROCKSHELTER, MEXICO

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings

Year: 2018

Summary

La Alberca Rockshelter is a highland cliff painting site located in the Tancítaro volcanic range foothills, Michoacan, Mexico. The site exhibits Mesoamerican motifs on the primary rock panel, while Archaic motifs are distributed throughout the cliff walls. Excavations at the rockshelter recovered obsidian flakes, an obsidian arrowhead, a smoothing or polishing rock, faunal remains, and a human skeleton. The burial included grave goods, and upon further excavation, it appears to have been positioned so the skeleton would not roll out of the rockshelter (Steven Hackenberger, personal communication, August 20, 2018). Sediment samples exhibiting different color characteristics from different locations in the La Alberca Rockshelter were submitted for pollen, parasite, phytolith, and/or X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analysis.

Cite this Record

POLLEN, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, AND ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION (XRF) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM LA ALBERCA ROCKSHELTER, MEXICO. Linda Scott Cummings. PRI Technical Report ,2018-038. 2018 ( tDAR id: 447734) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8447734

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Mesoamerican

Material
Pollen • Sediment

Site Name
La Alberca • La Alberca Rockshelter

Site Type
Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Pictograph • Rock Art

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
18-038 • Parasite Analysis • Phytolith Analysis • Pollen Analysis • Portable X-ray Fluorescence Analysis • X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis • XRF Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Mexico (Country) • Michoacan (State / Territory) • Tancítaro volcanic

Temporal Keywords
Archaic • Mesoamerican

Spatial Coverage

min long: -104.711; min lat: 16.253 ; max long: -99.086; max lat: 20.052 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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