PALEOENVIRONMENTAL AND SUBSISTENCE DATA FOR THREE SITES IN THE EASTERN SEVIER DESERT, WESTERN UTAH

Three of the archaeological sites mitigated in connection with the 345kv Intermountain - Mona Line 1 were sampled for pollen. These three sites (42Md620, 42Md827, and 42Md828) are located in the northeastern portion of Millard County in western Utah. Sites 42Md828 and 42Md827 are located in semi-stabilized sand dunes along the eastern edge of the Sevier Desert, approximately .95 km south of the Sevier River. Site 42Md620 is located in the Fishlake National Forest at the western base of the Canyon Mountains and eastern edge of the Sevier Desert. Pollen analysis was conducted at these sites in an effort to define the paleoenvironment during occupation and to obtain subsistence data.为配合345千伏Intermountain-Mona 1号输电线路工程开展考古保护的遗址中，共有三处被采集了孢粉（pollen）样品。该三处遗址（42Md620、42Md827、42Md828）均坐落于美国犹他州西部米勒德县的东北部区域。其中，遗址42Md827与42Md828位于塞维尔沙漠东缘的半固定沙丘地带，距塞维尔河以南约0.95千米；遗址42Md620则地处鱼湖国家森林公园内，坐落于坎宁山脉西麓、塞维尔沙漠东缘。本次研究对上述遗址开展孢粉分析（pollen analysis），旨在明确遗址人居时期的古环境特征，并获取古代生计相关资料。