China Wall Site, Wyoming, pollen, protein residue, anthrosols, lithic tools (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Curtis Nepstad-Thornberry.

Previous pollen and protein residue analysis at the China Wall site examined a stratigraphic record extending from prior to 8300 BP to the present and recorded significant changes in local vegetation. In addition, pollen analysis of samples from features suggests that plants such as Cheno-ams, grasses, and prickly pear cactus might have been processed. Protein residue analysis pointed to bison, deer or elk, pronghorn, and possibly rabbit were hunted and processed. New stratigraphic...