POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF A SINGLE HEARTH FROM SITE 48FR5351, WYOMING

Author(s): Kathryn Puseman; Linda Scott Cummings

Year: 2006

Summary

The fill from a single hearth excavated during mitigation at site 48FR5351 in the Wind

River Basin of central Wyoming was examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. This site

consists of the hearth (Feature 2) and a tight concentration of fire-cracked rock (Feature 1).

Charcoal from the hearth yielded a conventional radiocarbon age of 1520 ± 40 BP, placing use

of the hearth at the transition from the Late Archaic (2500-1500 BP) to the Late Prehistoric

(1500-200 BP). Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide evidence of plant

resources available to and possibly processed in the hearth, as well as wood burned as fuel.

Cite this Record

POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF A SINGLE HEARTH FROM SITE 48FR5351, WYOMING. Kathryn Puseman, Linda Scott Cummings. 2006 ( tDAR id: 379371) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8V40TPX

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Keywords

Culture
Late Archaic • Late Prehistoric

Material
Macrobotanical • Pollen

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Hearth Fill • Macrofloral Analysis • Pollen Anlysis

Geographic Keywords
Central Wyoming • Wind River Basin, Wyoming

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