POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT SITES IN THE LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST, NEW MEXICO

Author(s): Kathryn Puseman; Linda Scott Cummings

Year: 2010

Summary

Samples from five ring middens at five sites in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico were examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. These ring middens represent roasting pits or hearths with fire-cracked rock that were used from the Archaic to the Jornada Mogollon and up through the historic Apache period. The Apache are noted to still use these types of pits to roast agave (Diane Prather, personal communication, September 22, 2010). Radiocarbon dates from these features ranged from 3000 to 270 BP. Pollen and macrofloral analyses will be used to provide information concerning plant resources processed in these pits by the various site occupants.

Cite this Record

POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT SITES IN THE LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST, NEW MEXICO. Kathryn Puseman, Linda Scott Cummings. PRI Technical Report ,2010-121. 2010 ( tDAR id: 380000) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8MK6CFF

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Keywords

Culture
Apache • Jornada Mogollon • Late Archaic • Mogollon

Material
Pollen • Sediment

Site Name
AR-03-08-320 • AR-03-08-321 • AR-03-08-560 • FR 526 • FR 9431

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
10-121 • Macrofloral Analysis • Pollen Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Guadalupe Mountains • Lincoln National Forest • New Mexico (State / Territory)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -106.702; min lat: 32.431 ; max long: -105.499; max lat: 33.633 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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