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

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Table 7. Presence of Charred Reproductive Plant Parts in Flotation Samples from Middens with In Situ Secondary Refuse, Woods Canyon Pueblo

Taxona

Part(s)

N

Domesticated Plants

   Zea mays

cupule

20

   Zea mays

kernel

10

   Zea mays

cob, cob segment

2

Wild Plants

   Cheno-am

seed

11

   Physalis-type

seed

10

   Pinus-type

apophysis, cone scale, cone scale umbo

4

   Chenopodium-type

seed

3

   Portulaca-type

seed

3

   Echinocereus-type

seed

2

   Stipa hymenoides–type

caryopsis

2

   Amaranthus-type

seed

1

   Amelanchier-type

seed

1

   Artemisia-type

seed

1

   Gramineae-type

caryopsis

1

   Juniperus-type

pollen balls

1

   Juniperus-type

seed

1

   Prunus/Rosa-type

seed

1

NOTE: Total number of samples = 40.

N = number of samples in which specimens occur.

a Listed in order of decreasing ubiquity.

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