PHYTOLITH AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM LA 173717, EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO

Site LA 173717, situated north of Carlsbad, New Mexico, consists of a limited artifact assemblage and two features. Feature 1 is described as a carbon stain, promising a recovery of charred material suitable for AMS radiocarbon age determination. A soil sample collected from this feature was submitted for phytolith and macrofloral analysis, and the charcoal within it was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating.

位于新墨西哥州卡尔斯巴德以北的LA 173717遗址，仅出土有限的人工遗物组合，并存有两处遗迹。遗迹1被界定为一处碳迹，有望提取出适用于加速器质谱（Accelerator Mass Spectrometry，AMS）放射性碳定年的炭质材料。研究人员从该遗迹采集的土壤样本已送检开展植硅体与大植物遗存分析，其内的木炭样本则被送检用于加速器质谱放射性碳测年。