PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF FEATURE AND STRATIGRAPHIC SAMPLES FROM THE GRANBERG SITE, 41BX17, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS
Author(s): Chad Yost; Linda Scott Cummings
Year: 2007
Summary
Feature and stratigraphic samples from the Granberg Site, 41BX17, located in
northeastern San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, were submitted for plant opal phytolith
analysis. This is a multi-component site with occupations that encompass a period from about
4000 B.C. to A.D. 1200. The site is located along the Salado Creek on a small knoll with
scattered trees, shrubs and grasses {Munoz, 2007 #3848}. Currently, three major vegetation
associations converge within the boundaries of Bexar County: 1) Edwards Plateau (mid-height
grasses, oak and juniper), 2) Blackland Prairies (little bluestem and other tall grasses), and 3)
South Texas Plains (tall grasslands and savannas) {Lewis, 1962 #3849}. Phytolith analysis
should provide general environmental and climatic information and help determine
paleoenvironmental change since the earliest occupations of the site.
Cite this Record
PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF FEATURE AND STRATIGRAPHIC SAMPLES FROM THE GRANBERG SITE, 41BX17, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS. Chad Yost, Linda Scott Cummings. 2007 ( tDAR id: 379488) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8N58KVV
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