POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL STUDIES AT SITE 5SM232, SOUTHWEST COLORADO

Author(s): Kathryn Puseman; R.A. Varney

Year: 2003

Summary

Soil samples from the lower fill of a deep, slab-lined fire/roasting pit at site 5SM232 on the

Uncompahgre Plateau in southwest Colorado were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains.

This site is a multi-component archaeological site containing diagnostic artifacts dating from the

Middle Archaic to the Protohistoric periods. Charcoal from the pit yielded a conventional

radiocarbon age of 6780 ± 80 BP, indicating an Early Archaic occupation. Pollen and macrofloral

analyses were conducted to determine the potential processing of plants within the feature, as well

as woods burned as fuel.

Cite this Record

POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL STUDIES AT SITE 5SM232, SOUTHWEST COLORADO. Kathryn Puseman, R.A. Varney. 2003 ( tDAR id: 379052) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8RJ4HXT

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