Pollen record preservation processes in the Salem Neck sewage plant shell midden (19-ES-471), Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Authors
Kelso, GK Ritchies, D Misson, N
Citation
Gk. Kelso et al., Pollen record preservation processes in the Salem Neck sewage plant shell midden (19-ES-471), Salem, Massachusetts, USA, J ARCH SCI, 27(3), 2000, pp. 235-240
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Archeology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
ISSN journal
03054403 → ACNP
Volume
27
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
235 - 240
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-4403(200003)27:3<235:PRPPIT>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The pollen spectra of sediment inside shell valves were recovered concave-s ide-down at the Salem Neck Sewage Plant Shell Midden in Salem, Massachusett s, U.S.A., were compared with those of unprotected midden matrix. The data indicates that shells will preserve prehistoric pollen spectra from the per colating rainwater, free oxygen, and aerobic fungi that move and destroy po llen in archaeological sites that are exposed at the surface to the natural elements.