POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE 5LP378, SOUTHWEST COLORADO

Soil samples from a pithouse at Site 5LP378 in southwest Colorado were analyzed for pollen and macrofloral remains. Three vegetal samples also were examined. This subrectangular pithouse is believed to have been occupied during the Early Pueblo I period, approximately the AD 790s or early AD 800s. Pollen and macrofloral analyses are used to address questions pertaining to evidence of foods being processed, types of wood burned as fuel, season of occupation, and evidence of ritual activities.