POLLEN ANALYSIS OF STRATIGRAPHIC DEPOSITS AT THE MILL IRON SITE, SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA

Summary

The Mill Iron Site (24CT30) is a Paleo Indian site located in

southeastern Montana to the northwest of the Little Missouri River.

Projectile points, other chipped stone artifacts, and animal bone were

exposed along the slopes of the small ridge or cuesta upon which this site

is located. This site lies on a south and west sloping cuesta between a

higher mesa on the north and Humbolt Creek on the south. The cuesta appears

to have been connected to the mesa as a ridge spur at one time, but has been

cut off by eastward erosions of a drainage. The cultural level is buried

deeply at this site and yielded Paleo Indian materials. Unfortunately,

reliable radiocarbon dates are not available for the site. Pollen samples

were taken from a stratigraphic column to reconstruct the past environment

at the site from the time of occupation to the present.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• PaleoResearch Institute

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