Virginia, pollen, phytolith (Other Keyword)
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The Abingdon Plantation site (44AR18) is situated on previously level terrain approximately 60 feet above sea level overlooking the Potomac River in Arlington, Virginia. Stratigraphic pollen and phytolith analysis was performed at close intervals on a series of seven samples from a column in Unit 21. These samples represent Stratum F, which should represent 18th century occupations and may contain garden deposits, as well as a small amount of the overlying Stratum E, which has been dated to...
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS AT THE UTOPIA I SITE, 44JC32, VIRGINIA (1998)
Combined pollen and phytolith analyses were undertaken on five samples from the Utopia I Site (44JC32). This domestic site for enslaved African Americans exhibited two periods of occupation between approximately 1700 and 1750. Documentary evidence is strong that the components, separated spatially, were occupied by successive generations of enslaved peoples on the same plantation.