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General Description.—Currey and James 198?: Dung layer underlying cultural deposits.
Age.—Currey and James 198?: 11,810 ± 140 BP (UGa-636). Agenbroad and Mead (MS): 11,020 ± 180 (A-1660) on artiodactyl dung; 13,040 ± 440 (A-1654) on Bison dung.
Environment.—Currey and James 198?: Area dominated today by pinyon-juniper, blackbrush, and sagebrush.
Paleoenvironment.—Currey and James 198?: Late Pleistocene vegetation of Picea engelmanni or P. pungens, Douglas fir, Betula sp., and aquatic plants (Equisetum, Carex, and Cyperaceae. Overlying is a stratum dated at 8,690 ± 75 BP (SI-2417) with Quercus leaves, marking the beginning of xeric conditions.
Comments.—Note presence of probable Mammuthus dung.
Publications.—(*Agenbroad and Mead MS); Currey and James 198?; Hansen 1980; Jennings 1975, 1980; Spaulding and Peterson 1980; Spaulding and Van Devender 1977, 1980; Van Devender and Spaulding 1979.
Last Update: 6 September 1998.