coprolites, pollen, starch, wapato (Other Keyword)
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POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF TWO COPROLITES IN SEARCH OF EVIDENCE OF WAPATO USE, AT 35005, OREGON (1995)
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Two coprolites were examined for pollen and starch granules in an effort to identify use of wapato (Sagittaria latifolia), an important root food in the diet of Indians of the Lower Columbia River. Wapato has been documented as an "essential food staple and trade commodity of the Chinooken peoples" (Darby 1996). Evidence in the coprolite record for the presence of wapato should lie in the pollen and possibly starch granule record, since Sagittaria latifolia corms do not produce phytoliths.