POLLEN ANALYSIS AT THE ADMIRALTY SITE (CA-LAN-47), CALIFORNIA
Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings
Year: 1991
Summary
The Admiralty Site is an urban site located near Marina del Rey in West
Los Angeles, California. The excavated portion of this site consists pri
marily of a midden approximately 60 cm in depth. The midden includes dark
A-horizons that contain food, shell, fire-cracked rock, lithics, as well as
small quantities of faunal material and shell beads. No stratigraphic
components or-features were noted at the site. Stratigraphic samples were
collected from three test pits within the midden. The pollen record ad
dresses subsistence and to identify elements of the vegetation communities
at the time of occupation, and hence interpret past environmental condi
tions. Radiocarbon dates of humates indicate that the site was occupied
between 500 and 1100 AD.
Cite this Record
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT THE ADMIRALTY SITE (CA-LAN-47), CALIFORNIA. Linda Scott Cummings. PRI Technical Report ,1990-090. 1991 ( tDAR id: 375279) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8QZ294Q
Record Identifiers
PRI Technical Report(s): 90-090
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