5MTUMR2150 (Site Name Keyword)
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The pollen analysis of 59 coprolites from Hoy House and Lion House in Johnson Canyon, Colorado, has yielded information concerning the diet of the Anasazi living at these sites during PIII times. Based on combined pollen and macro-floral analyses, the diet appears to be composed primarily of the cultigens Zea, Cucurbita, and Phaseolus, with heavy reliance on the possibly encouraged Cleome, and other manipulated or wild plants including the Cheno-ams, Oryzopsis, Physalis , and the Umbelliferae ....
HOY HOUSE: A PALYNOLOGICAL STUDY (1975)
Soil samples representing several diverse areas in and around Hoy House (5MTUMR 2150) in Johnson Canyon, Colorado were analyzed for their pollen content. These samples were taken during the summer of 1974 at excavations under the field direction of Paul R. Nickens. Dr. David A. Breternitz was the project director. Hoy House is the first cliff dwelling to be sampled for pollen studies in the Mancos Canyon project area, and it was expected that the samples would provide information for...