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

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Table 17. Season of Availability of Native Plant Taxa Recovered as Charred Specimens, Sand Canyon Pueblo

Spring (April–May–early June) resources
     Stipa-type florets, caryopses

Summer (late June–July–August) resources
     Amelanchier-type fruit
     Capparaceae-type seeds
     Cheno-am (Chenopodium/Amaranthus) seeds*
     Plantago-type seeds*
     Portulaca retusa–type seeds*
     Purshia-type seeds Rhus aromatica–type seeds

Fall (September–October–first frost) resources
     Cycloloma-type seeds*
     Helianthus-type achenes Opuntia-type seeds*
     Physalis longifolia–type fruit, seeds*

Potential year-round resources
     Juniperus-type fruit
     Wood of all trees and woody shrubs

NOTE: See Table 2 for a complete list of all taxa and parts recovered.
* Recovered from "Latest" contexts.

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