Bent's Fort, pollen, phytolith (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas E. Moutoux. Linda Scott Cummings.

Four pollen and four phytolith samples were examined from sites 5CT534 and 5CT535, located approximately seven miles east of La Junta, Colorado and within Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site. Pollen and phytolith analyses focused on a single feature from each site, believed to represent Late Prehistoric (Ceramic) occupation. Pollen and phytolith analyses were undertaken to identify vegetal elements of the subsistence base at the two sites.