MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 5PA1764, ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR, SOUTH PARK, COLORADO

Summary

The fill from a lithic heat treating area, a hearth in the center of a stone circle and an

exterior firepit at site 5PA1764 in central Colorado were examined for macrofloral remains. This

site was examined as part of a proposed land exchange at Eleven Mile Canyon Reservoir in Park

County. The site represents a small, short-term campsite believed to have been used for lithic

reduction and heat treating of lithics. Three ceramic sherds and a conventional radiocarbon age

of 470 ± 40 BP suggest occupation by a Western Dismal River variant of the Plains Apache.

Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning subsistence strategies utilized by

the site occupants.

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• PaleoResearch Institute

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