POLLEN, PHYTOLlTH, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT 42CB1184, THE GAETANO MORLANO HOMESTEAD SITE, CENTRAL UTAH

Summary

Eight soil samples from site 42CB1184, a historic homestead in central Utah, were

examined for pollen, phytoliths, and macrofloral remains. Originally patented in 1916 and

occupied until the Great Depression, the Gaetano Morlano Homestead contains intact buried

cultural deposits detailing the lifestyle of early twentieth-century homesteaders. Several areas

were tested and sampled including a living surface, a brick oven, and a privy. The use of pollen,

phytolith, and macrofloral analyses will provide information concerning plant resources that were

available to and utilized by historic homesteaders. These analyses also might provide crucial

evidence regarding whether the Morlano family participated in the local cash economy or merely

were involved in a subsistence economy.

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• PaleoResearch Institute

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