Heart River, Grant County, North Dakota (Geographic Keyword)
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A single sample from a small hearth at site 32GT241 on the Heart River in Grant County, southwest North Dakota, was examined for macrofloral remains. Wood charcoal from this site yielded a conventional radiocarbon age of 2560 ± 30 years B.P, indicating a Late Plains Archaic occupation. Macrofloral analysis of the hearth fill is used to provide information concerning plant resources that might have been processed in the hearth and types of wood burned as fuel.
MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE JAMES RIVER AND HEART RIVER ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, NORTH DAKOTA (2002)
Samples from four prehistoric archaeological sites along the James River in Stutsman County, North Dakota, and one sample from a prehistoric archaeological site on the Heart River in Grant County, North Dakota, were examined for macrofloral remains. Sites along the James River in southeastern North Dakota represent multiple occupations, including Middle Plains Woodland, Late Plains Woodland, and Early Plains Village. Site 32GT32 along the Heart River in southwest North Dakota appears to...