"Archaeobotanical Remains," by Katharine D. Rainey and Sandra Jezik

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Table 5. Presence of Charred Reproductive Plant Parts in Flotation and Macrofossil Samples, Woods Canyon Pueblo

Taxona

Part(s)

N

Domesticated Plants

   Zea mays

charcoal, cob, cob segment, cupule, embryos, kernel, stalk segment, stem (culm)

36

Wild Plants

   Cheno-am

seed

16

   Physalis-type

seed

12

   Pinus-type

apophysis, cone scale, cone scale umbo

4

   Portulaca-type

seed

4

   Chenopodium-type

seed

3

   Echinocereus-type

seed

3

   Juniperus-type

pollen ball

2

   Stipa hymenoides–type

caryopsis

2

   Amaranthus-type

seed

1

   Amelanchier-type

seed

1

   Artemisia-type

seed

1

   Chenopodiaceae-type

seed

1

   Gramineae-type

caryopsis

1

   Juniperus-type

seed

1

   Polygonum-type

achene

1

   Prunus/Rosa-type

seed

1

   Solanaceae-type

seed

1

NOTE:v Total number of flotation samples = 58; total number of macrofossil samples = 73.

N = number of samples in which specimens occur.

a Listed in order of decreasing ubiquity.

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