Museum of Anthropology
Granite Point (45WT41)
Area A (Leonhardy 1970, Table 6)
Stratum | Sediment | Association |
---|---|---|
1A | Post-Ash Aeolian Sands Minimal terminal date: 955 +/- 155 B.P. [WSU-666] | Assemblage A1 |
1B | Post-Ash Aeolian Sands | |
2 | Paludal deposition: Pond or slough bottom | Partial dog skeleton |
3A | Post-Ash Aeolian Sands | Assemblage A3a |
3B | Colluvial deposition: Possibly mud flow from canyon wall | |
3C | Later Floodplain Approximate date: 2,440 +/- 170 B.P. [WSU-667] | Assemblage A3c |
4 | Paludal deposition: Possible pond or slough bottom | |
5 | Later Floodplain: At least five alluvial beds | Assemblage A5-6 |
6 | Later Floodplain Minimal initial date: 5,145 +/- 200 B.P. [WSU-668] | Assemblage 6 [as part of Assemblage 5-6] |
UNCONFORMITY | ||
7 | Early Floodplain | Indication of human occupation, no artifacts |
Stratigraphy of West and North Walls, Area A (Leonhardy 1970, Fig. 5 & 6)
Area B (Leonhardy 1970, Table 7)
Stratum | Description | Association |
---|---|---|
1A | Post-Ash Aeolian Sands | Assemblage B1A |
1B | Post-Ash Aeolian Sands | |
1C | Post-Ash Aeolian Sands | Assemblage B1C |
2 | Post-Ash Aeolian Sands *Maximum initial date: 3,075 +/- 160 B.P. [WSU-665] | Assemblage B2 |
3 | Later Floodplain: Indistinct alluvial beds Minimum terminal date: 3,075 +/- 160 B.P. [WSU-665] | Assemblage B3 |
UNCONFORMITY | ||
4 | Early Floodplain: Alluvial beds, diffuse iron oxide stain | Assemblage B4 |
Area C (Leonhardy 1970, Table 8)
Stratum | Description | Association |
---|---|---|
18-15 | Colluvial deposition: slump and slopewash deposits | |
UNCONFORMITY | ||
14 | Post-Ash Aeolian Sands | |
13 | Post-Ash Aeolian Sands | |
12 | Post-Ash Aeolian Sands | Assemblage C1b |
UNCONFORMITY | ||
11C | Pale Loess (Sandy facies) | |
11B | Volcanic Ash: Aeolian sand and volcanic ash mixture | Assemblage C2 |
11A | Volcanic Ash: Layer of pure volcanic ash | |
10B | Pre-Ash Aeolian Sands | Assemblage C3 |
10A | Fan Deposit | |
9 | Early Floodplain: flood plain silt | |
8 | Pre-Ash Aeolian Sands | Assemblage C3b, Assemblage C3 |
7-3 | Early Floodplain: Sterile floodplain deposits | |
2 | Fan Deposit | |
1 | Cobble Gravel: Culture-bearing cobble gravel | Assemblage C4 |
Stratigraphic Section 1 (Leonhardy 1970, Table 9)
Stratum | Description |
---|---|
1 | Post-Ash Aeolian Sands |
2 | Colluvial Deposition |
3 | Later Floodplains |
UNCONFORMITY | |
4 | Early Floodplains |
Stratigraphic Section 2 (Leonhardy 1970, Table 10)
Stratum | Description |
---|---|
1 | Post-Ash Aeolian Sands |
2 | Colluvial Deposition |
3 | Post-Ash Aeolian Sands |
4 | Pale Loess |
5 | Volcanic Ash |
6 | Colluvial Deposition |
7 | Pre-Ash Aeolian Sands |
UNCONOFORMITY | |
8 | Early Floodplains |
Stratigraphic Section 3 (Leonhardy 1970, Table 11)
Stratum | Description |
---|---|
1 | Post-Ash Aeolian Sands |
2 | Pale Loess |
UNCONFORMITY | |
3 | Early Floodplain |
Stratigraphic Section 7 (Leonhardy 1970, Table 12)
Stratum | Description |
---|---|
1 | Post-Ash Aeolian Sands |
2 | Pale Loess |
3 | Volcanic Ash |
4 | Colluvial Deposition |
5 | Fan Gravel |
*For more detailed sediment descriptions please refer to Leonhardy 1970.