The Buffalo Hump Site: Late Prehistoric Occupation in the Great Divide Basin Wyoming, Appendix E: Pollen Analysis

Site 48SW5057 is located in the northern portion of the Great Divide Basin in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The site is situated on a sand sheet between sandstone outcrop ridge spurs at an approximate elevation of 6800 ft. Pollen samples were collected from this site during archaeological mitigation to examine both the paleoenvironment and subsistence. Two separate stratigraphic columns were sampled at 32 samples were taken from features to examine the subsistence base. Occupation at this site ranged from approximately 1900 B.P. to 1250 B.P., with four separate cultural components in evidence.