Table 16.12. Ubiquity of Charred Reproductive Plant Parts and Charcoal or Other Fuels in Flotation Samples at Saddlehorn Hamlet
Taxon and Part | Kiva Hearth N = 2 |
Kiva Control N = 1 |
Midden N = 11 |
Midden Control N = 1 |
CHARRED REPRODUCTIVE PARTS | ||||
Malvaceae-type seed | 1 | |||
Opuntia-type (prickly pear) seed | 1 | |||
Stipa hymenoides-type floret | 1 | |||
Phaseolus vulgaris-type cotyledon | 1 | |||
Zea mays kernel | 1 | |||
CHARCOAL OR OTHER FUELS | ||||
Amelanchier/Peraphyllum-type | 1 | |||
Artemisia-type | 1 | |||
Cercocarpus-type | 2 | |||
Fraxinus anomala-type | 1 | 1 | ||
Juniperus-type | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
Juniperus osteosperma-type twig | 2 | |||
Pinus-type | 2 | 3 | ||
Pinus-type bark scale | 1 | 2 | ||
Populus/Salix-type | 1 | |||
Purshia-type | 4 | |||
Zea mays cob fragment | 1 | |||
Zea mays cupule | 5 |
NOTE: Macrofossils recovered from Saddlehorn Hamlet: 8- and 10-row Zea mays cob segments; Zea mays flour kernel; Juniperus-type charcoal.