POLLEN ANALYSIS OF A KIVA FLOOR AT GRAN QUIVERA

Fifteen pollen samples were collected from a kiva floor at Gran
Quivera. This site is located in central New Mexico in the Upper Sonoran
Life Zone. It was occupied between AD 8OO and AD 1775. The kiva, which was
sampled for pollen, has building date of AD 1510. The kiva was occupied
during Glaze D. This pollen analysis follows previous work at this site
(Scott 1987), that examined stratigraphic midden deposits. The pollen
samples were collected from the floor of the kiva in an effort to define
subsistence activity areas on this floor, as well as to note the total range
of vegetal resources processed or utilized within the kiva.

研究人员从大基维拉（Gran Quivera）遗址的一处基瓦（kiva）地面采集了15份花粉样品。该遗址坐落于新墨西哥州中部的上索诺兰生物带（Upper Sonoran Life Zone），人类占据时段为公元800年至1775年之间。本次进行花粉采样的这座基瓦，其建造年代为公元1510年，使用时期属于格莱泽D期（Glaze D）。本次花粉分析工作延续了该遗址此前的相关研究（Scott 1987），该前期研究针对层状粪积堆积展开了考察。本次采集基瓦地面的花粉样品，旨在明确该基瓦地面的生计活动区域，同时梳理该基瓦内曾加工或使用的全部植物资源范围。