Curecanti National Recreation area, CO (Geographic Keyword)
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Curecanti National Recreation Area is located west of Gunnison in central Colorado along the Gunnison River. Archaeological investigations within the Curecanti National Recreation Area have produced both pollen and macrofloral samples for analysis from several sites over a period of nearly twenty years. These studies have addressed both questions of subsistence and paleoenvironment, based on interpretation of these data. In addition, paleoenvironmental data were collected via pollen...
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 5GN2478, CURECANTI NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, COLORADO (1995)
Site 5GN2478 is located near the Blue Mesa Reservoir within the Curecanti National Recreation Area, Colorado. The site contains a pithouse structure (Feature 7), approximately 3 meters in diameter. There is currently no age associated with this feature. A probable metate was recovered from within Feature 7 and was washed for pollen. Pollen analysis of the wash residue was undertaken in order to help determine possible plant types processed on the metate and within Feature 7.