STRATIGRAPHIC POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 5LA5838, A CIRCULAR STRUCTURE IN PICKETWIRE CANYON, SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO

Author(s): R.A. Varney

Year: 2003

Summary

Site 5LA5838 is a circular feature situated on a terrace above the Rio de las Animas

Perdidas en Purgatario (Purgatory River). Onsite vegetation includes grasses, cholla and prickly

pear cactus and sparse junipers. Riparian vegetation nearby includes willow and cottonwood.

Seven stratigraphic pollen samples were analyzed for potential economic uses of plants at the site

and to discern changes in the plant community in the area. One radiocarbon date at the site,

950±40 RCYBP, was reported associated with pollen sample 2.

Cite this Record

STRATIGRAPHIC POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 5LA5838, A CIRCULAR STRUCTURE IN PICKETWIRE CANYON, SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. R.A. Varney. 2003 ( tDAR id: 379075) ; doi:10.6067/XCV86D5SF5

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Keywords

Material
Pollen

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Circular Feature • Stratigraphic Pollen Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Purgatory River, Colorado • Southeastern Colorado

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