POLLEN ANALYSIS AT LA-2901, PUEBLO DE LA MESA, CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST, NEW MEXICO

Pueblo de la Mesa (LA-2091) is located on top of a bluff or mesa in Cibola
National Forest in central New Mexico. The site is situated at an elevation of
approximately 6690 feet (2040m) above sea level and lies approximately 100m above
the surrounding plain. Anasazi remains representing a Glaze A occupation (13th
century) are noted to cover nearly the entire flat top of the north side of the
mesa. Pueblo Colorado, a large proto-historic Pueblo site, is located
approximately 2km north of this mesa and can be easily seen fron the mesa top.
Pueblo de la Mesa contains approximately 100 masonry rooms, as well as interior
plazas. Pollen samples were collected from two hearths in individual rooms
within a roomblock, from midden deposits at the site, and from stratigraphic
trash deposits that filled two of the kivas. Pollen analysis was undertaken to
examine the subsistence record of the occupants of this site.