Site Name:
Fancy Creek
State:
Location:
Near Richland Center
County:
Richland
Periods:
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.
