MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT ROCKSHELTER SITE 42IN1342, UTAH

Three soil samples from intact cultural deposits at rockshelter site 42IN1342 in the Camp Creek drainage of Zion National Park, Utah, were floated to recover macrofloral remains. The prehistoric deposits within the rockshelter have been severely disturbed by looting; however, intact prehistoric cultural deposits were noted beneath the looters back dirt pile and in an undisturbed cutbank just outside the rockshelter. Lithic artifacts recovered from the site suggest a Parowan Fremont occupation. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the occupants of the site.美国犹他州锡安国家公园坎克里克流域的岩棚遗址42IN1342处，取自原生文化堆积的三份土壤样本经浮选法处理，以回收大植物遗存。该岩棚内的史前文化堆积已遭盗掘严重扰动，但在盗墓者遗留的翻堆下方以及岩棚外侧一处未受扰动的侵蚀陡坎中，仍发现了原生史前文化堆积。从该遗址出土的石制品表明，此处曾有帕罗万弗里蒙特（Parowan Fremont）文化的人类活动。本次大植物遗存分析将用于揭示该遗址先民所利用的植物资源相关信息。