Chumash historic site, Mescalitan Island, pollen (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

Approximately one-third of the floor of an historic Chumash house was excavated on f1escalitan Island (CA-SBa-46). The floor was sampled for pollen along a 25 cm grid. The floor was clay, while the surrounding floor matrix was sand, so analysis of floor sediments that contained pollen and other debris that had been impressed into the surface was undertaken to identify evidence of subsistence and plant processing activities in the structure.