POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH GRAIN ANALYSIS OF FEATURE FILL AND GROUND STONE TOOLS FROM SITE LA 159879, LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO

Feature fill sediment samples and groundstone tools from site LA 159879, Luna County, New Mexico, were submitted for various combinations of pollen, phytolith, and starch grain analysis. Archaeological field investigations at LA 159879 suggest that the site represents the remains of a Late Archaic period base camp. The camp is located on the Deming Flood Plain inside the greater Mimbres Bolson. This analysis was undertaken to recover and identify microbotanical remains of plants associated with site LA 159879 feature and tool use.

采集自美国新墨西哥州卢纳县LA 159879遗址的遗迹填充沉积物样本与磨制石器工具，被送检以开展不同组合的花粉（pollen）、植硅体（phytolith）与淀粉粒（starch grain）分析。针对LA 159879遗址的考古田野调查显示，该遗址为晚古风期（Late Archaic period）基地营地遗存。该营地坐落于更大范围的明姆斯博尔松（Mimbres Bolson）区域内的德明洪泛平原之上。本次分析旨在提取并鉴定与LA 159879遗址遗迹及工具使用相关的植物微体遗存。