EXPLORATORY POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS AT CA-SNI-351, A SHELL MIDDEN ON SAN NICOLAS ISLAND, CALIFORNIA

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings

Year: 1993

Summary

Four pollen and phytolith samples were selected for analysis from a shell

midden located in an eroded dune area on San Nicolas Island. This plateau area

consists of eroded dunes, coastal shrubs, and cactus. Pollen and phytolith

analyses were undertaken to assess the utility of analyzing these microscopic

remains to provide information concerning vegetation and subsistence activity at

the time this site was occupied.

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EXPLORATORY POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS AT CA-SNI-351, A SHELL MIDDEN ON SAN NICOLAS ISLAND, CALIFORNIA. Linda Scott Cummings. 1993 ( tDAR id: 375452) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8SN084C

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