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) |
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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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