STRATIGRAPHIC POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF SOILS FROM 32DU60S, DUNN COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA

Summary

Four soil samples were removed from a stratigraphic column taken from

the north wall of Test Unit 8 at the Tysver-Olson Site (32DU605) for pollen

and phytolith analysis (Table 1). A fifth sample was taken from the matrix

associated with carbonized bone, which produced a radiocarbon date of 5345

BP. The site is located in a shallow basin on the top of a narrow

northwest-southeast trending ridge in Dunn County, North Dakota. The

purpose of the pollen and phytolith study is to evaluate the

paleoenvironment from the stratigraphic profile sampled, with particular

emphasis on the Altithermal level. The Tysver-Olson site exhibits dated

cultural zones at 5345 BP and 4985 BP.

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