Pollen and Macrofloral Analyses, Charcoal Identification, and Corn Cob Measurements for the Capitol Reef SAIP Project, Utah

The Capitol Reef Project consists of sites from systematic transect and judgmental blocks placed throughout Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, and is part of the larger National Park Service's Systemwide Archaeological Inventory Program (SAIP). Pollen, flotation, charcoal, and/or corn cob samples were examined from 55 sites. These sites represent mostly Fremont cultures, but also include some Archaic, Formative, Late Prehistoric, and Historic. Pollen and macrofloral analysis will aid in identifying plant resources available to and utilized by the various occupants of these sites, as well as provide prehistoric environmental data. Several charcoal samples and corn cobs were identified or measured, then submitted for radiocarbon analysis.

国会礁项目（Capitol Reef Project）的采样点覆盖犹他州国会礁国家公园（Capitol Reef National Park）全境，其样本源自系统布设的样带与判断式区块，该项目隶属于更大规模的美国国家公园管理局（National Park Service）全系统考古调查计划（Systemwide Archaeological Inventory Program，SAIP）。研究人员对55处遗址的花粉、浮选物、炭屑及/或玉米芯样本开展了检测分析。这些遗址绝大多数属于弗里蒙特文化（Fremont Culture），同时也包含少量古风时期、形成期、晚史前时期以及历史时期的考古遗存。花粉与大植物遗存分析，既可明确各遗址不同时期使用者可获取并实际利用的植物资源，也能提供史前时期的环境数据。研究人员对部分炭屑样本与玉米芯进行了鉴定或测量，随后将其送检以开展放射性碳定年分析。