POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF TWO SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM THE BLUE MOUND SITE, BEAVER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings; Chad Yost; R.A. Varney

Year: 2010

Summary

The Blue Mound site, located in Beaver County, Oklahoma, approximately five miles east and south of the Bull Creek drainage, was cored to recover sediments dating to the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), approximately 18,000 radiocarbon years before present. The site includes an 11 m high silt dune, which overlies a playa. Two sediment samples were selected from the playa (lower) sediments in the core and submitted for pollen and phytolith analysis. Proximity of this site to those that have already been examined along the Bull Creek drainage will extend our understanding of past vegetation in the western portion of the Oklahoma panhandle.

Cite this Record

POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF TWO SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM THE BLUE MOUND SITE, BEAVER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. Linda Scott Cummings, Chad Yost, R.A. Varney. PRI Technical Report ,2010-145. 2010 ( tDAR id: 380049) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8SB45B3

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Keywords

Material
Pollen • Sediment

Site Name
Blue Mound site

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
10-145 • Phytolith Analysis • Pollen Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Beaver County (County) • Bull Creek • Bull Creek drainage • Oklahoma (State / Territory) • Oklahoma Panhandle

Spatial Coverage

min long: -100.908; min lat: 36.499 ; max long: -99.996; max lat: 36.998 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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