POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF HEARTH FILL AT SITE 48FR5318, WYOMING

Summary

Fill from a hearth at Site 45FR5318 was examined for pollen and macrofloral remains.

This site is a small prehistoric site with five hearth features and four concentrations of fire-cracked

rock located along Cottonwood Creek in the Wind River Basin of central Wyoming.

The presence of oxidized cobbles found on the surface of the hearths along with the absence of

lithic debris at this site suggests that it might have been a plant processing site. Pollen and

macrofloral samples were collected from Feature 2, a relatively large hearth with a visible ash

and charcoal stain. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to provide information concerning

plant resources available to and processed by the prehistoric occupants of site 42FR5318.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• PaleoResearch Institute

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