IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FRAGMENTS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Summary

Two pieces of wood from sites in southern California were submitted for

identification. One wood sample was recovered from a trench near the Garlock

fault in the Mojave Desert, and is expected to date between 6000 and 18000 years

old. The second piece of wood came from a trench across the San Andreas fault

in the modern channel of City Creek in San Bernardino County and is believed to

be less than 1000 years old. The wood pieces were identified to the genus level

to determine trees/shrubs present in the prehistoric vegetation.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• PaleoResearch Institute

Record Identifiers

PRI Technical Report(s): 94-93

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