MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITE LA 32078, NEW MEXICO

Floated light fractions from features at site LA 32078 on the White Sands Missile Range in south-central New Mexico were examined for macrofloral remains. Individual botanic, charcoal, and wood samples from these features also were identified. This site is an Early Formative Period, Jornado Mogollon, Mesilla phase (A.D. 200-A.D. 1000) habitation site containing shallow hut-type structures, shallow and deep pit structures, a small hearth/thermal feature, large bell-shaped pits, one small and isolated pit, and two burials. Macrofloral analysis and identification of botanic remains, charcoal, and wood were used to provide information concerning plants utilized by the occupants of this site.

对新墨西哥州中南部白沙导弹靶场LA 32078遗址各类遗迹中的浮选轻组分开展了大植物遗存（macrofloral remains）检测分析，同时对该类遗迹出土的单份植物标本、炭屑及木样进行了物种鉴定。该遗址属于公元200年至1000年的早形成期（Early Formative Period）约尔纳多莫戈隆（Jornado Mogollon）文化梅西亚拉阶段（Mesilla phase）居住遗址，现存遗迹类型涵盖浅棚屋式建筑、深浅坑穴建筑、小型灶址/热功能遗迹、大型钟形坑、一处孤立小型坑穴以及两处墓葬。本次研究通过大植物遗存、炭屑及木样的分析与物种鉴定，获取了该遗址先民所利用的植物资源相关信息。