FCJK/PRJK

Site Name: 
Fancy Creek
State: 
Location: 
Near Richland Center
County: 
Richland
Periods: 
Deposits: 
Date Ranges (Cal yr 2σ): 
End: 
12 500 BP
Start: 
11 600 BP
End: 
10 600 BP
Start: 
11 160 BP
Site Notes: 

• Younger Dryas lowland forest in central Wisconsin

The site (also known as Pine river) is located on a farm field tracing the floodplain of Fancy Creek. Fancy Creek is a small 9.6 mile tributary of the Upper Pine River on the watershed of the Lower Wisconsin River Basin. This wood site was discovered by Jim Knox in 1975. We excavated a peat deposit filled with in situ stumps at 2 m depth, and collected 37 specimens of larch stumps and large roots. Radiocarbon dating showed two age groups of stumps: 11,200-11,650 Cal Yrs BP and 12,100-12,500 Cal Yrs BP. The 191-year tree-ring width chronology of Younger Dryas age comprised 18 specimens, mostly from stumps.

Trenching the site.
J. Knox. | Site stratigraphy.
Crossdated tree-ring series from the site (top plot) and site tree-ring width chronology (middle plot).