Table 16.9. Ubiquity of Charred Reproductive Plant Parts and Charcoal or Other Fuels in Flotation Samples at Lookout House

Taxon and Part Kiva Hearth
N = 2
Midden
N = 8
Burial Pit
N = 1
CHARRED REPRODUCTIVE PARTS
Cheno-am seed 2 1
Gramineae caryopsis 1
Opuntia-type (prickly pear) seed 2
Physalis longifolia-type seed 2
Zea mays kernel 2
CHARCOAL OR OTHER FUELS
Amelanchier/Peraphyllum-type 1 2 1
Artemisia tridentata-type 3
Cercocarpus-type 1 1
Chrysothamnus-type 1
Juniperus-type 2 6 1
Juniperus osteosperma-type twig 2 1
Pinus-type 2 5 1
Pinus-type bark scale 1 5 1
Pinus edulis-type needle fragment 1
Populus/Salix-type 1
Purshia-type 2 1 1
Quercus-type 1
Zea mays cupule 1 4 1

NOTES: The upper control sample from the kiva contained no identifiable plant parts and is not reported on this table. Macrofossils recovered from Lookout House: Zea mays cob fragments; three 8-row Zea mays cob segments.