Pollen (Material Keyword)
Use for any microscopic plant remains
1,351-1,375 (2,995 Records)
Four samples were collected from stratigraphic deposits at 48FR3305. This site is located in a meadow and included an Early Archaic occupation as well as a Late Prehistoric to Late Archaic occupation. Pollen analysis was undertaken to provide information concerning prehistoric vegetation at this site.
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 48SW 14641, THE RED WASH SITE IN THE RED DESERT, WYOMING (2006)
Site 48SW14641, the Red Wash site, is located north of the town of Red Desert, Wyoming. The site exhibited two components, an Archaic component overlain by a Late Prehistoric component. Both have been subject to wind deflation and erosion. Cultural material was sparse and included a small assemblage of chipped stone debitage and several McKean Techno-complex projectile points. No butchered bone was recovered. Radiocarbon ages varying from 4160 ± 40 to 4440 ± 50 BP represent the Archaic...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 48UT378, TRIANGULATION POINT DRAW, UINTAH COUNTY, WYOMING (2007)
A total of 19 pollen samples were examined from Site 48UT378. Thirteen samples were collected as a stratigraphic column to provide paleoenvironmental information, while five samples were recovered from feature fill to determine possible plant resources that were . utilized. A modern control also was examined from north of the site datum. Site 48UT378 is part of the Triangulation Point Draw site complex in Uintah County, Wyoming. It consists of an extensive camp exposed on dunes and...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 48YE701 AND RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF A GRINDING STONE FROM YELLOWSTONE LAKE, WYOMING (1990)
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 48YE701: Three pollen samples were examined from 48YE701 on the north side of Yellowstone Lake. These pollen samples were collected as a groundstone wash, an associated soil sample, and from the present ground surface. Pollen was analyzed from the groundstone to determine which, if any, plants had been processed using this·metate. The associated soil sample and present ground surface sample acted as controls for interpretation of the wash from the groundstone. RESIDUE...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 5DT271, WESTERN COLORADO (1987)
Four pollen samples were analyzed from 5DT271, a multicomponent site located on the North Fork near Paonia, Colorado. This site is located in colluvium, which appears to represent displaced Pleistocene glacial deposits (Baker, personal communication, February 1987). The site exhibits three archaeological components, which have yielded radiocarbon ages of AD 1910, AD 750, and AD 10. Pollen samples were collected to observe the paleoenvironment, and possibly provide data concerning the...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 5GN817, CHANCE GULCH, COLORADO WITH SUPPORTING ARCHAEOCLIMATE MODELS FROM GUNNISON, COLORADO (2004)
The Chance Gulch site, 5GN817, is an 8000 year old camp located about 2.5 miles southeast of the town of Gunnison, Colorado. The site is situated within the sagebrush community, though pine and aspen trees are within view. Nine stratigraphic samples were analyzed to determine paleovegetation and paleoenvironment in the site area and potential plant resources that might have been available to the paleoindian occupants of the camp. Three pollen washes of groundstone artifacts were analyzed to...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 5LA6001, STAGE CANYON, SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO: A FEASIBILITY STUDY (1990)
Six pollen samples were collected from 5LA6001, a human burial on the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site. Pollen analysis of these samples was undertaken as a feasibility study to determine whether or not sufficient pollen was preserved in these sediments for continued analysis.
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 5LP1430, A LATE BM III-EARLY P I SITE IN LA PLATA COUNTY, COLORADO (1984)
Site 5LP1430, a possible late Basketmaker III-early Pueblo I site, is located along Beaver Creek in the Upper Los Pinos River drainage of La Plata County, Colorado. This site is situated at an elevation of 6750 feet along an old wagon trail. Three pollen samples were taken from the fill of vessels recovered in association with a burial. Analysis of this fill was undertaken in an effort to identify the contents of these vessels at the time of burial.
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 5LP630, LA PLATA COUNTY, COLORADO (1982)
Site 5LP630 is located in Ridges Basin approximately three miles south of Durango, Colorado. The site contains a pithouse, which has been archaeomagnetically dated to AD 775 and AD 777 (P. Duke, personal communication). Archaeological excavation at this site was undertaken by the Fort Lewis College Archaeological Field School in the summer of 1982. Several pollen samples were taken from the fill of a pithouse at 20 cm intervals to a depth of 160+ cm, and include a sample taken from the...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 5MF4197, MOFFAT COUNTY, NORTHWEST COLORADO (1998)
Two pollen samples collected from the fill of a hearth and possible house-pit at 5MF4197 were submitted for pollen analysis. Pollen analysis was undertaken to identify subsistence activities involving plants that might have been associated with either feature.
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 5MV1936, COLORADO (2001)
Three sediment samples from a potential agricultural area and between walls of 5MV1936, a possible reservoir, were examined for pollen. Pollen samples from the potential agricultural areas were examined in an effort to recover pollen representing agricultural crops to refine the interpretation of this area. The sample representing sediment between the walls surrounding this possible reservoir, collected with an auger, was examined to recover pollen that might help establish the function of...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 5PT86 (1982)
Site 5PT86 is a lithic scatter located on the first terrace above the Fryingpan River at an elevation of 8120 feet, approximately 23 miles east of Basalt. Archaeological mitigation at this site opened several test pits, one of which was stratigraphically sampled for pollen. The pollen samples were taken every 10 cm to a depth of 80 cm in arbitrary levels for the purpose of assessing the paleoenvironment. Cultural material was noted to a depth of approximately 70 cm within the area sampled...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 5RB2448 AND 5RB2449, DOUGLAS CREEK DRAINAGE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO (1983)
Previous pollen analysis in the Douglas Creek drainage has suggested that the vegetation for the past several thousand years has fluctuated, possibly in response to changing paleoclimatic conditions. Stratigraphic profiles at two sites (5RB2448 and 5RB2449) in Rio Blanco County were sampled for pollen in an effort to further define paleoenvironmental conditions in the area over the last two to three thousand years. This sampling was intended to complement previous stratigraphic sampling...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 5ST278, SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO (1985)
A chipping station containing no features and no diagnostic artifacts was excavated at Frisco in Summit County, Colorado. This site (5ST278) was sampled stratigraphically at 10 cm intervals for pollen to a total depth of 40 cm below the present ground surface. A radiocarbon date taken from Level 3, the densest concentration of cultural material, is reported at 630 + 100 BP (BETA 11428). The site is located on a bluff overlooking Tenmile Creek at an elevation of 9,063 feet. The present...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 5WL453: A WOODLAND SITE IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO (1980)
Pollen analysis was undertaken at 5WL453 in an effort to provide both ethnobotanical and envirorunental information about the site. This site is located on a terrace above the Little Thompson River near Johnstown, Colorado. The site is estimated to be a Late Woodland camp site or habitation site (Bob Lawrence, personal communication, March 1980). Maize agriculture was being practiced farther east during the Woodland period (Wedel 1961; Wood 1967), so one of the main objectives of the pollen...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT A SLAB-LINED STORAGE CIST, 5RB2636, RIO BLANCO COUNTY, COLORADO (1984)
Two pollen samples were collected in connection with an archaeological mitigation project south of Rangely in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. The site, 5RB2636, consists of a prehistoric storage ciet, probably Fremont, located in the mouth of a small unnamed tributary of Park Canyon. The site is situated at the base of a mesa on the east side of the mouth of the drainage. The storage cist is slab-lined, and was excavated into the alluvial deposits in the canyon bottom. Pollen analysis was...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT A TEMPORARY CAMPSITE IN THE LA PLATA VALLEY, NEW MEXICO (1986)
A lithic scatter (DCA-85-184) in the La Plata Valley, San Juan County, New Mexico, represents a temporary camp. This archaeological site was sampled for pollen in four areas during archaeological testing. Based on projectile point morphology, the occupation of the site appears to fall within the Basketmaker II or III time periods. A single large roasting pit/hearth was recovered and sampled for pollen. In addition, pollen samples were taken from artifact clusters at the site. Pollen...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN THE BIG HORN BASIN AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS, WYOMING AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES 48WA1453 AND 48WA1460 (1998)
Eight archaeological sites, representing Archaic and Late Prehistoric occupations in the Big Horn and Wind River Basins, were examined for pollen evidence of paleoenvironmental conditions and/or subsistence. In addition, two sites were analyzed for macrofloral remain evidence of subsistence. Comparison of the stratigraphic pollen records with geoarchaeological interpretations Increases the level of Interpretation for paleoenvironmental conditions during most of the Holocene. House floors,...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT ARCHAEOLOGICAL THREE SITES (5LA6568, 5LA6592, AND 5LA9595) IN THE PINON CANYON MANEUVER SITE, SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO (1997)
Twenty-one pollen samples were examined from three sites in Welsh Canyon within the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site in southwestern Colorado. A stratigraphic record was examined at the Piggyback Site (5LA6568) to provide information to compare with previous paleoenvironmental studies at the Sue Site (5LA5255) and a playa (Scott 1984), as well as geomorphic interpretations of paleoclimate (Schuldenrein 1985). Groundstone was abundant at some of the sites in Welsh Canyon. One hearth fill and six...
Pollen Analysis at Arizona 1:15:18 (1965)
Study of 8 pollen samples for vegetation reconstruction and site dating.
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT AZ T:4:71(ASM), THE DALTON SITE, NEW RIVER, ARIZONA (1989)
Pollen was collected and analyzed from six samples at the Dalton Site of New River, Arizona. This large Hohokam site consists chiefly of limited resource activity areas spanning the Colonial and Sedentary periods (approximately AD 550-1150). Pollen analysis was directed toward the recovery of evidence for use of indigenous or cultivated plant resources.
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT AZ:AA:12:869 (2001)
Site AZ AA:12:869(ASM) includes a prehistoric canal. This Colonial Hohokam site yielded a radiocarbon age of AD 880 to 970 (one-sigma calibration) near the top of the canal and an age of AD 780 to 900 and AD 790 to 900 (one-sigma calibration) near the bottom of the canal. This canal came off the Rillto River. Pollen samples were examined from the modern surface in a fallow cotton field, and from the prehistoric canal beneath a large sherd and under a mano fragment. Pollen analysis was...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT AZTEC RUINS NATIONAL MONUMENT (1997)
Ten pollen samples were examined from three trenches at Aztec Ruins, New Mexico. Backhoe testing was conducted some 100 meters south of the ruins. This area is suspected to have functioned as an agricultural area during the Anasazi occupation. Pollen analysis was undertaken to understand the use of this area and to attempt to recover evidence of agriculture. This study focused on defining the prospects of recovering evidence of agriculture and providing recommendations to guide future...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT BA CAVE, 48BH1065, BIGHORN MOUNTAINS, WYOMING (2003)
BA Cave is a small rockshelter located in the Bighorn Mountains containing a well-dated stratigraphic record covering the past 4000 years. Nine stratigraphic units were sampled and analyzed for pollen. It was hoped that the pollen record would illuminate differences in the source of the sediments in the strata and assist in interpreting the genetic origins of the sediments.
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT BAKER VILLAGE (26WP63), EASTERN NEVADA (1997)
Baker Village represents at least two occupations, one in the AD 1000s and the later probably in the AD 1200s. Twelve pollen samples were examined from the central house, seven pithouses, three surface structures that functioned as storage structures, and a ramada. Pollen analysis was undertaken to provide information concerning subsistence during both occupations, as well as to define differences in economic activity between pithouses and storage structures.