EXAMINATION OF BULK SEDIMENT AND CHARCOAL FOR RADIOCARBON DATABLE MATERIAL FROM THE WILCOX SITE, PORTLAND HILLS FAULT, OREGON

Summary

Eleven bulk soil samples and a single charcoal sample from the Wilcox Site on the

Portland Hills Fault in Portland, Oregon, were submitted to recover organic fragments suitable

for radiocarbon analysis. These samples were recovered from soil developed on Missoula flood

deposits. Two of the bulk sediment samples most likely to contain organic material were

floated to determine if datable material was present in these samples. Because these two

samples did not contain datable organic material, the remaining samples were submitted

directly to Beta Analytic, Inc. The charcoal sample was identified and also submitted to Beta

Analytic, Inc.

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