POLLEN AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS AT 42SM205, NORTHEAST UTAH

Summary

A stratigraphic column was excavated through alluvial sediments at Site

42SM205 in northeast Utah and examined for pollen. This site is believed to

represent a Late Prehistoric faunal processing area. Two modern pollen surface

control samples also were collected from 50m east and west of the excavation

block. Pollen analysis is used to provide information concerning past vegetation

communities from which to reconstruct the paleoenvironment. Two large retouched

flakes from the site were analyzed for possible animal protein residues in order

to determine what animals these tools were possibly used to hunt/process. A

large quantity of butchered bison bone has been recovered from the sod level to

30cm below the present ground surface. The dominance of bison in the faunal

assemblage offers the opportunity to test the protein residue results against the

bone assemblage.

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• PaleoResearch Institute

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