POLLEN ANALYSIS FOR THE BOOTS SITE (32MZ732), MACKENZIE COUNTY, WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA

The Boots Site (32MZ732) is located in upland rolling hills dissected by deep woody
draws leading to the Missouri River, which has been dammed to form Lake Sakakawea. A
stratigraphic column with a base prior to BC 5700-5575, near the terminal end of the Paleo-
Indian and transition to the Early Plains Archaic for this area, was examined to provide a record
of vegetation. The vegetation record should coincide with paleoenvironmental conditions and
provide information that may have influenced human occupation of this area through time.

布茨遗址（Boots Site，32MZ732）坐落于丘陵高地，区域内遍布深邃的林木冲沟，这些冲沟的水系最终汇入密苏里河；该河已被筑坝形成萨卡加维亚湖（Lake Sakakawea）。研究人员对该遗址的地层柱（stratigraphic column）展开考察，其基底年代早于公元前5700年至公元前5575年，接近本区域古印第安文化期（Paleo-Indian）的末期，且处于向平原早期阿尔恰文化期（Early Plains Archaic）过渡的阶段，旨在获取该区域的植被记录。该植被记录应与古环境状况相契合，并可提供曾随时间推移影响本区域人类定居活动的相关信息。