Archaeobotanical Remains
by Karen R. Adams, Kristin A. Kuckelman, and Vandy E. Bowyer

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Table 16. Ubiquity of Taxa in Two Major Groupings of Native Plants Whose Reproductive Parts Preserved in Flotation Samples, by Temporal Group, Sand Canyon Pueblo

Temporal Group

Earliest
(10 samples)

Latest
(12 samples)

Taxon

Common Name

N

%

N

%

Group 1: Weedy

Cheno-am (Chenopodium/Amaranthus)

goosefoot/pigweed

6

60

5

42

Physalis longifolia–type

common groundcherry

5

50

3

25

Portulaca retusa–type

purslane

1

10

4

33

Helianthus-type

sunflower

 

 

 

 

Stipa hymenoides–type

Indian ricegrass

2

20

 

 

Cycloloma-type

winged pigweed

 

 

1

8

Plantago-type

woolly wheat

 

 

1

8

Group 2: Nonweedy

Opuntia (prickly pear)-type

prickly pear

2

20

1

8

Rhus-type

lemonade berry

 

 

 

 

Juniperus-type

juniper

 

 

 

 

Yucca baccata–type

datil yucca

1

10

 

 

Polygonum-type

bindweed

 

 

1

8

Scirpus-type

bulrush

 

 

2

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NOTES: The word "type" following a family, genus, or species designation indicates that the ancient botanical specimen is similar to the taxon named, but that other taxa in the area may also have similar-looking parts. All specimens in this table are charred.
N = number of samples in which specimens occur.

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