Cave Gulch, Helena National Forest, Montana (Geographic Keyword)

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MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF PRIVY FILL FROM TWO HISTORIC PLACER MINING CAMPS (SITES 24CL1716 AND 24CL1723) IN CAVE GULCH, MONTANA (2003)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Macrofloral analysis was conducted on the fill from single outhouse features at sites 24LC1716 and 24LC1723 in Cave Gulch, Helena National Forest, west-central Montana. These sites represent placer mining camps. The deposit at 24LC1716 is believed to date to the 1860s or 1870s, while the deposit at 24LC1723 might date to the 1870s to 1880s. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning foods eaten by the occupants of these two camps.