POLLEN ANALYSIS AT THE KITE SITE

Summary

Two stratigraphic columns were collected at the Kite Site, a pithouse

village site named after the land owner, Jack Kite. Located near Quivera,

New Mexico, this site was occupied between approximately AD 900 and 1100,

and includes several pithouse structures, a surface (jacal) structure and at

least one midden. A stratigraphic pollen column was collected through a

midden deposit identified as the fill of one of the pit structures.

Identifying pollen representative of plants with economic importance from

this midden fill should provide data concerning subsistence activities at

this site. This site is thought to have been seasonally occupied by parttime

agriculturalists. Examination of mobility strategies is the primary

objective of the archaeological research that initiated this study.

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• PaleoResearch Institute

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