POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF FEATURES IN A PITHOUSE AT THE PAQUET GULCH BRIDGE SITE (35WS125), OREGON

Summary

The Paquet Gulch Bridge site is a large pithouse village. A single house

pit was selected for pollen and starch analysis. This house pit was originally

excavated and occupied approximately 2300 years ago, although it was occupied and

reconstructed several times during the next approximately 1000 years. The

occupation represented in this study dates to approximately 1390 BP. Pollen and

starch analysis was undertaken to identify subsistence activities within the

house pit. Various species of Lomatium are noted growing in open flats near this

site and have been collected by local Native American groups (Jenkins and

Connolly, personal comnunication, January 4, 1993) . Starch analysis was

undertaken in conjunction with pollen analysis because the variety of Lomatium

and other root crops available for exploitation might be more reliably

represented in the starch, rather than the pollen record.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• PaleoResearch Institute

Record Identifiers

PRI Technical Report(s): 93-022

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