POLLEN ANALYSIS AT SITES FA-I-2, FA-I-5, FA-2-7, FA-2-8, FA-2-I6, AND FA-2-I7 IN NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO

Pollen analysis of material from archaeological sites in the vicinity
of Farmington, New Mexico, has been undertaken in conjunction with
archaeological testing. The pollen record from five sites in this vicinity
has been previously studied and reported (Scott 1983a, 1983b). Six
additional sites were selected for pollen analysis and are discussed herein.
Four of the sites are located to the north and northeast of Farmington on
Hood Mesa, which is drained by ephemeral streams that ultimately flow into
the Animas River. Two additional sites are situated southeast of Farmington
above the San Juan River. Pollen analysis at these six sites was aimed
primarily at the recovery of subsistence data. In addition, a stratigraphic
column was sampled for paleoenvironmental data inside a rockshelter.
Radiocarbon dates from these sites range from 1850 BC to AD 800.