POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT NMAS 5476: A LIMITED ACTIVITY SITE IN EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
Author(s): Linda J. Scott; PaleoResearch Institute
Year: 1983
Summary
A prehistoric Jornada Mogollon site east of Artesia, New Mexico was the
subject of salvage mitigation. The site is postulated as a campsite used
for food processing and lithic reduction. To augment the interpretation of
the site, pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken on material from
Feature 2, a firepit. The site is located on a rolling plain southeast of
Red Lake and immediately east of Bear Grass Draw. The area contains
medium-sized hummocks interspersed with denuded areas and is broken by
shallow arroyos. The vegetation consists of mesquite (Prosopsis juliflora),
which grows thickly on the hummocks; four-wing saltbush (Atriplex
canescens); yucca (Yucca glauca); croton (Croton); snakeweed (Gutierrezia
sarothrae); and a grass (Tridens pulchellus) (Hunt n.d.; Self and Hunt
1983).
Cite this Record
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT NMAS 5476: A LIMITED ACTIVITY SITE IN EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO. Linda J. Scott, PaleoResearch Institute. PRI Technical Report ,1983-013. 1983 ( tDAR id: 376638) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8V987B6
Keywords
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
General
Eddy County, NM, Bear Grass Draw, pollen, macrofloral
Geographic Keywords
Eddy County, NM
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