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POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT A LATE ALTITHERMAL SITE (48SW5175) IN SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING (1984)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

Site 48SW5175 is a Late Altithermal site located approximately 5 miles south of Rock Springs, Wyoming. The site is composed of a house pit containing a slab-lined hearth, an exterior slab-lined hearth, numerous small exterior hearths, a midden area, and several humic stains. Three radiocarbon dates from this site indicate a date range of 3710 + 60 BP to 5130 ± 90 BP, with an intermediate date of 4310 + 200 BP. Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken at this site in an effort to...