POLLEN ANALYSIS AT THE HARRIS SITE (5MN2341), IN WESTERN COLORADO

Summary

The Harris Site is located in a small rockshelter on the east side of

the Uncompahgre Plateau. A single radiocarbon date places occupation of the

shelter and formation of a cultural midden before and after 3500 BP. Eight

pollen samples were collected stratigraphically from midden deposits outside

the shelter. An additional pollen sample was collected from the present

ground surface outside the shelter to act as a control sample for

interpreting the paleoenvironment. Pollen samples were analyzed to address

the paleoenvironment at the time the shelter was occupied and the midden

formed. In addition, it may be possible to identify elements of the midden

representing subsistence activities at this site.

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