POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES ALONG THE FRONTIER PIPELINE, SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING

Summary

Pollen and macrofloral analyses were conducted on samples taken from

six sites along the Frontier Pipeline in southwestern Wyoming. These sites

are located in Uinta, Sweetwater, and Fremont Counties, and were sampled

during the process of archaeological mitigation. Radiocarbon dates place

the occupation of two sites between 1250+50 and 1880+90. A third site

yielded dates ranging between 2560+60 and 7520+90, indicating repeated

utilization of the area over thousands of years. Pollen and macrofloral

samples were taken at these sites to evaluate the paleoenvironment at the

time of occupation and the vegetal portion of the subsistence base. All of

the sites sampled contained hearths or roasting pits, which were the primary

features sampled. The macrofloral samples were taken exclusively from these

features, while the pollen samples represent both features and stratigraphic

situations.

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