POLLEN ANALYSIS AT SITE 48CA1140 IN THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING

Author(s): Linda J. Scott

Year: 1985

Summary

Site 48CA1140 is located on a terrace along the north side of Antelope

Creek in Campbell County, Wyoming. The site is situated on an intermittent

tributary to Antelope Creek. This multiple occupation campsite appears to

have been used by hunters and gatherers. Cultural materials were noted on

the surface and in the upper 10 cm of deposition. A backhoe trench placed

on the terrace edge near the drainage revealed a firehearth at a depth of 75

cm below the present ground surface, which was radiocarbon dated to 1240 +

60 BP. Pollen samples were taken stratigraphically in the backhoe trench in

which the hearth was recovered. Six pollen samples were taken from the

stratigraphic profile, one from each recognized soil strata. The

stratigraphic pollen samples are expected to provide paleoenvironmental data

for the period of occupation to present. A pollen sample was also taken

from the hearth in an effort to obtain subsistence data.

Cite this Record

POLLEN ANALYSIS AT SITE 48CA1140 IN THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING. Linda J. Scott. PRI Technical Report ,1985-011. 1985 ( tDAR id: 379642) ; doi:10.6067/XCV80001MN

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