POLLEN ANALYSIS FOR SITE AZ N:7:81 (ASM), YAVAPAI-PRESCOTT INDIAN RESERVATION, PRESCOTT, ARIZONA

Pollen analysis was conducted on 25 samples from site AZ N:7:81 (ASM), located on the
Yavapai-Prescott Indian Reservation in Prescott, Arizona. The primary structure at this site was
an above-ground masonry structure accompanied by an extensive trash midden and at least 2
burials. Occupation represents the Prescott culture and has not yet been dated at this site. A
later rock ring structure was noted superimposed on the masonry structure. Check dams were
observed on the south/southwest slope. Pollen analysis was undertaken at this site to examine
prehistoric vegetation at the time of vegetation, plants utilized by occupants at this site, plants
discarded in the trash midden, and plants that might have been included with the burials.

研究团队对位于亚利桑那州普雷斯科特市亚瓦派-普雷斯科特印第安保留地内的AZ N:7:81（ASM）遗址的25份样本开展了孢粉分析（Pollen analysis）。该遗址的核心遗存为一处地面砖石建筑，伴生有大面积垃圾堆积场与至少2座墓葬。该遗址的人类活动遗存归属普雷斯科特文化，目前尚未开展绝对年代测定。遗址之上还发现有叠压于该砖石建筑之上的后期岩环结构。在遗址南-西南侧山坡上可见拦沙坝（check dams）。本次孢粉分析旨在厘清该遗址史前时期的原生植被状况、遗址使用者所取用的植物种类、被丢弃于垃圾堆积场中的植物，以及可能随墓葬一同下葬的植物。