POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS FOR A SAMPLE FROM SITE PICURIS PUEBLO, TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings

Year: 2019

Summary

A former agricultural field system identified on the outskirts of Picuris Pueblo contains many terraces, grids, and other rock alignments. Some features may have been constructed as early as the thirteenth century CE. Ceramics recovered suggest most of the area investigated was used between 1500 and 1700 CE. One sediment sample was collected from ashy deposits immediately below a circular platform of thermally altered rocks, suggesting use as a thermal feature. Dozens of features of similar construction were observed in the fields. The sample was submitted for pollen and phytolith analysis to identify signatures representing agricultural crops that may have been grown in the fields.

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POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS FOR A SAMPLE FROM SITE PICURIS PUEBLO, TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO. Linda Scott Cummings. PRI Technical Report ,2019-111. 2019 ( tDAR id: 455185) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8455185

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Keywords

Material
Pollen • Sediment

Site Name
Picuris Pueblo

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Phytolith Analysis • Pollen Analysis

Geographic Keywords
New Mexico (State / Territory) • Picuris Pueblo • Taos County (County)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -106.647; min lat: 35.906 ; max long: -104.571; max lat: 36.989 ;

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