POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS FROM AGAT AND AGANA SWAMPS, GUAM AND AN EARTH-OVEN AT TUMON, GUAM

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings; PaleoResearch Institute

Year: 1988

Summary

Three pollen and two phytolith samples were selected for analysis from

Agat and Agana swamps on Guam. Identification of local vegetation and

evidence of cultivation was sought from these data bases. In addition,

single pollen and phytolith samples were collected for analysis from an

earth-oven deposit in Tumon, Guam. Identification of the use of the oven,

which contained burned coral chunks and prehistoric pottery, was sought

through various analyses.

Cite this Record

POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS FROM AGAT AND AGANA SWAMPS, GUAM AND AN EARTH-OVEN AT TUMON, GUAM. Linda Scott Cummings, PaleoResearch Institute. PRI Technical Report ,1988-032. 1988 ( tDAR id: 376811) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8QN6629

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Keywords

Material
Pollen

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Guam, pollen, phytolith

Geographic Keywords
Guam

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