EXPERIMENTAL CORN STORAGE PIT, IOWA
Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings
Year: 2005
Summary
Four storage pits were dug into a reconstructed prairie in Iowa. The pit was dug Sept. 9,
1995, filled with maize on Oct. 8,1995, and opened for examination on May 4, 1996. Ten of
the samples collected either from the pit lining, fill, or as control samples outside pit 1 were
examined for pollen and phytoliths in an effort to identify signatures associated with maize
storage pits.
Cite this Record
EXPERIMENTAL CORN STORAGE PIT, IOWA. Linda Scott Cummings. 2005 ( tDAR id: 379315) ; doi:10.6067/XCV84F1Q5X
Keywords
Material
Pollen
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
General
Experimental Study
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Maize
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Phytolith Analysis
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Pollen Anlysis
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Storage Pit
Geographic Keywords
Iowa
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