EXAMINATION OF BULK SOIL/DETRITAL CHARCOAL AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF MATERIAL FROM SITES TRCR1, TRCR2, TRCR4, TRCR5, AND TRCR6 ALONG TAYLOR RIVER, COLORADO

Six bulk soil samples and seventeen detrital charcoal samples from sites TRCR1, TRCR2, TRCR4, TRCR5, and TRCR6 along Taylor River in Gunnison County, central Colorado, were analyzed to recover organic remains suitable for radiocarbon age determination. Samples were collected from Holocene terraces at a reach downstream of Taylor Park Reservoir. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated. Five radiocarbon dates were obtained on charcoal and charred botanic remains recovered from these samples.本研究对采自科罗拉多州中部甘尼森县泰勒河沿岸TRCR1、TRCR2、TRCR4、TRCR5及TRCR6采样点的6件混合土壤样品与17件碎屑炭样品开展分析，以提取适用于放射性碳定年的有机遗存。所有样品均采集自泰勒公园水库下游河段的全新世阶地。研究人员对样品中的植物组分与碎屑炭进行了鉴定，并分离出具备放射性碳定年潜力的物质。最终从这些样品提取的炭质样品与炭化植物遗存中，共获得5组放射性碳测年数据。