Connecticut River, Hartford, Connecticut (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

The Adrien's Landing project encompasses portions of the Holocene flood plain along the Connecticut River in downtown Hartford, Connecticut. This area has seen intensive historic use and probably was a favored location for Woodland villages between approximately 2000 and 300 years ago. Stratigraphic pollen and phytolith analysis was conducted on sediments from several cores removed from these flood plains. These sediments are thought to span approximately the past 12,500 years. Samples were...