DIETARY INFERENCES FROM HOY HOUSE COPROLITES: A PALYNOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION
Author(s): Linda J. Scott
Year: 1978
Summary
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 . In addition to identifying probable elements of the Anasazi diet, this study has attempted to test two hypotheses concerning the abandonment of the Mesa Verde . These include Nickens' (1977 ) hypothesis relating to environmental stress resulting in sporadic cultivation problems and higher incidences of the use of Cleome and non- cultivated plants in the diet, and Stiger's (1977) hypothesis that the Anasazi had exhausted their lands suitable for cultivation due mainly to intensive agricultural practices during the PIll.
Cite this Record
DIETARY INFERENCES FROM HOY HOUSE COPROLITES: A PALYNOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION. Linda J. Scott. PRI Technical Report ,1978-006. 1978 ( tDAR id: 376546) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8K35SXV
Keywords
Culture
Ancestral Puebloan
Site Name
5MTUMR2150
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Hoy House
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Lion House
Site Type
Cliff Dwelling
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Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Room Block / Compound / Pueblo
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
General
78-006
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Pollen Analysis
Geographic Keywords
Colorado (State / Territory)
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Johnson Canyon, CO
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Montezuma (County)
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Ute Mountain Tribal Park
Temporal Keywords
Pueblo III
Spatial Coverage
min long: -109.047; min lat: 37.001 ; max long: -108.161; max lat: 37.461 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute
Notes
General Note: Published in Kiva 44:2-3, 1979, pgs 257-281. Associated with PRI Technical Reports 1975-002 and 1992-034.
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