Dolores Plateau, CO (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

Five pollen samples were selected for anaysis from site 5DL775, northwest of Dolores on the Dolores Plateau. This site is a southwest-facing rockshelter, which was initially tested during the summer of 1983. The shelter contained a firehearth, displaying various lenses of ash and charcoal. Four of the pollen samples were taken from lenses within the hearth area, while the fifth sample was taken from the present ground surface. The rockshelter is located in an open, upland valley surrounded...