POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 24CB1862 IN THE BIGHORN BASIN, MONTANA

Summary

Two pollen and one macrofloral sample were examined from the fill of a hearth within a

deep rockshelter, site 24CB1862, in southern Montana. Sediment from beneath a rock

adjacent to the hearth also was examined for pollen. This hearth represents the southern

occupation in the rockshelter. It was found about 5 cm below the surface and widely scattered

over a two meter area with abundant charcoal, burned sand, and fire-cracked rock present.

The northern occupation consists of a walled structure with wooden beam walls; however, it had

been looted and contains almost no intact cultural deposits. Pollen and macrofloral analyses

will be used to provide information concerning plant resources available to and utilized by the

rockshelter occupants.

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• PaleoResearch Institute

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