IDENTIFICATION OF CHARCOAL FROM SANTA ROSA ISLAND, CALIFORNIA

Author(s): Kathryn Puseman

Year: 2011

Summary

Five samples from geologic “fire areas” on Santa Rosa Island, California, were submitted for identification. These “fire areas” represent distinct burn features located about 10-15 meters apart from one another and date to the Early Holocene or Terminal Pleistocene. Charcoal samples were identified to determine the types of trees burned at the site.

Cite this Record

IDENTIFICATION OF CHARCOAL FROM SANTA ROSA ISLAND, CALIFORNIA. Kathryn Puseman. PRI Technical Report ,2011-074. 2011 ( tDAR id: 380214) ; doi:10.6067/XCV869734H

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Material
Charcoal • Macrobotanical

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
11-074 • Charcoal Identification

Geographic Keywords
California (State / Territory) • Santa Rosa Island

Temporal Keywords
Early Holocene • Late Pleistocene

Spatial Coverage

min long: -120.274; min lat: 33.877 ; max long: -119.945; max lat: 34.078 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

File Information

  Name Size Creation Date Date Uploaded Access
11-074-final.pdf 867.21kb Dec 24, 2012 10:20:21 AM Public