Archaeobotanical Remains
by Karen R. Adams, Kristin A. Kuckelman, and Vandy E. Bowyer
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Table 14. Ubiquity of Nonreproductive Plant Parts in Flotation Samples That Could Be Assigned to a Temporal Group, Sand Canyon Pueblo
Taxon Part(s) Temporal Group
Earliest
(10 samples)
Early
(15 samples)
Earliest Plus Early
(25 samples)
Late
(38 samples)
Latest
(12 samples)
Late Plus Latest
(50 samples)
N % N % N % N % N % N %
Acer-type wood             1  3     1  2
Amelanchier/Peraphyllum-type wood 2 20 5 33 7 28 6 16 2 17 8 16
Artemisia tridentata–type wood, leaf 1 10 6 40 7 28 4 11 2 17 6 12
Atriplex-type wood     1 7 1 4     1 8 1 2
Cercocarpus-type wood 1 10 3 20 4 16 10 26 1 8 11 22
Chrysothamnus-type wood 1 10     1 4 2 5     2 4
diffuse porous–type wood     2 13 2 8 3 8     3 6
Ephedra-type wood, stem     1 7 1 4 1 3 2 17 3 6
Fendlera-type wood 1 10 2 13 3 12 1 3     1 2
Fraxinus-type wood 1 10     1 4            
Gramineae-type stem (culm)     1 7 1 4            
Juniperus osteosperma–type and Juniperus-type scale leaf, twig, bark, wood 10 100 15 100 25 100 32 84 9 75 41 82
Monocotyledon-type tissue                 1 8 1 2
Phragmites australis–type stem (culm)             4 11     4 8
Pinus-type bark scale, wood 6 60 15 100 21 84 16 42 3 25 19 38
Populus/Salix-type wood     1 7 1 4 4 11 1 8 5 10
Prunus/Rosa-type wood 4 40 4 27 8 32 4 11 3 25 7 14
Purshia-type wood, leaf 1 10 3 20 4 16 5 13   5 10
Quercus-type wood 1 10 3 20 4 16 2 5     2 4
ring porous–type wood     1 7 1 4            
semi-ring porous–type wood 1 10     1 4            
Zea mays cob fragment, cob segment, cupule, shank segment 6 60 12 80 18 72 18 47 3 25 21 42
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 samples in which specimens occur.

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