STRATIGRAPHIC POLLEN AND ORGANIC RESIDUE ANALYSIS FOR SITE 48SW8842

Summary

Stratigraphic pollen analysis of sediments that span the past approximately 9400

radiocarbon years was undertaken to provide a look at the environmental record through time.

This stratigraphic record is undoubtedly broken by interruptions in deposition, if not erosional

events. Apparent interruptions probably overlie each of the cultural horizons. In addition to

identifying vegetation of this area throughout most of the Holocene using pollen analysis, FTIR

(Fourier transform infrared spectrography) was employed to examine selected samples

representing the cultural horizons and sediments in the immediately adjacent levels to identify

organic residues, such as evidence of meat processing.

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• PaleoResearch Institute

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