Table 16.11. Ubiquity of Charred Reproductive Plant Parts and Charcoal or Other Fuels in Flotation Samples at Catherine's Site

Taxon and Part Kiva Hearth
N = 3
Midden
N = 12
CHARRED REPRODUCTIVE PARTS
Cheno-am seed 6
Cycloloma atriplicifolium-type seed 1
Gramineae caryopsis 1
Mentzelia albicaulis-type seed 1
Nicotiana attenuata-type seed 1
Opuntia-type (prickly pear) seed 2
Phaseolus vulgaris-type cotyledon fragment 1
Physalis longifolia-type seed 1
Scirpus-type achene 1
Zea mays kernel fragment 1
Unknown seed 2
CHARCOAL OR OTHER FUELS
Amelanchier/Peraphyllum-type 1 4
Artemisia tridentata-type 1 2
Artemisia non-tridentata-type 1
Cercocarpus-type 1
Ephedra-type 2
Fraxinus anomala-type 1
Juniperus-type 3 12
Juniperus osteosperma-type twig 2
Monocotyledon tissue 1
Pinus-type 2 7
Pinus-type bark scale 1 3
Pinus-type cone scale 1
Populus/Salix-type 2
Purshia-type 1
Zea mays cupule 9
Zea mays cob fragment 2

NOTE: Macrofossils recovered from Catherine's Site: 8-, 10-, and 12-row Zea mays cob fragments; Juniperus osteosperma-type seed fragment.