POLLEN, PHYTOLITH AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM PERNIL ALTO, PERU

Author(s): Chad Yost; Linda Scott Cummings

Year: 2011

Summary

Pernil Alto is located on the Rio Grande in an arid coastal desert in Southern Peru. Water is supplied by rivers from the Andes. Ten pieces of groundstone that included mortars and a single stone bowl fragment were washed and the resulting particles were submitted to PaleoResearch Institute for analysis to determine what plants were ground using these tools.

Cite this Record

POLLEN, PHYTOLITH AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM PERNIL ALTO, PERU. Chad Yost, Linda Scott Cummings. PRI Technical Report ,2011-069. 2011 ( tDAR id: 380209) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8736QGT

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Keywords

Material
Ceramic • Ground Stone • Pollen

Site Name
Pernil Alto

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
11-069 • Phytolith Analysis • Pollen Analysis • Starch Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Andes • Pernil Alto • Peru • Republic of Peru (Country) • Rio Grande

Spatial Coverage

min long: -77.091; min lat: -16.531 ; max long: -67.379; max lat: -11.027 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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