POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF COPROLITE SAMPLES FROM YAKUTIA, RUSSIA AND THE PONTATOC RIDGE SHELTER, ARIZONA, USA

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings

Year: 2018

Summary

Dung from locations in Arizona and Russia were submitted for pollen and phytolith analysis. Pontatoc Ridge Shelter exhibited a surface mat dating approximately 14,000 yr BP. Dung recovered from a pica nest in permafrost in association with Pleistocene-age mammals such as mammoth and rhino. Analysis of microscopic remains (pollen and phytoliths) was undertaken to identify local vegetation at the time each of these dung deposits accumulated.

Cite this Record

POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF COPROLITE SAMPLES FROM YAKUTIA, RUSSIA AND THE PONTATOC RIDGE SHELTER, ARIZONA, USA. Linda Scott Cummings. PRI Technical Report ,2018-017. 2018 ( tDAR id: 446711) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8Z03C3P

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Keywords

Material
Coprolite • Pollen

Site Name
Pontatoc Ridge Shelter • Yakutia

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
18-017 • Coprolite Analysis • Phytolith Analysis • Pollen Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Pima County (County) • Russian Federation (Country)

Temporal Keywords
Pleistocene

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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