POLLEN ANALYSIS OF 5RB1872, A LATE ARCHAIC SITE IN NORTHWESTERN COLORADO

Summary

Site 5RB 1872 is a Late Archaic site located near the head of Coal

Draw, an intermittent drainage which flows into East Douglas Creek less

than a mile upstream from the confluence of East and West Douglas Creeks.

Monitoring of bulldozer activity revealed eight identifiable strata of alluvium

and five lenses of charcoal and ash. A single Late Archaic projectile point

base and a quartzite sandstone flake made up the artifact assemblage. A

well constructed fire hearth was noted in the lowest ash lens. Pollen

samples were taken in five of the natural stratigraphic levels, and submitted

for analysis. Pollen analysis at this site was aimed at gathering data to

interpret the paleoenvironment. The natural strata sampled are alluvium

deposited by flooding of the nearby intermittent drainage in Coal Draw

(Martin et al. 1981).

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• PaleoResearch Institute

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