Table 16.14. Ubiquity of Charred Reproductive Plant Parts and Charcoal or Other Fuels in Flotation Samples at Castle Rock Pueblo

Taxon and Part Structure 108 Hearth
N = 2
Kiva 302 Hearth
N = 2
Tower 401 Fire Pit
N = 1
Midden
N = 8
CHARRED REPRODUCTIVE PARTS
Cheno-am seed 2 1 4
Gramineae caryopsis 1 1
Malvaceae-type seed 1
Mentzelia albicaulis-type seed 1 1 1
Opuntia-type (prickly pear) seed 3
Stipa hymenoides-type caryopsis/floret 1 1
Plantago-type seed 1
Zea mays kernel 1 4
Unknown seed 1
CHARCOAL OR OTHER FUELS
Amelanchier/Peraphyllum-type 1 2
Atriplex-type 2 1 3
Artemisia tridentata-type 1 1 1
Chrysothamnus-type 1
Ephedra-type 2 1
Juniperus-type 1 1 8
Juniperus osteosperma-type twig 1 1 1
Pinus-type 1 8
Pinus-type bark scale 3
Populus/Salix-type 1
Purshia-type 1 3
Zea mays cupule 2 7
Unknown 1 1

NOTE: Macrofossils recovered from Castle Rock Pueblo: Zea mays cob fragments; 8-, 10-, 12-, and 14-row Zea mays cob segments; Zea mays flour kernels; Pinus ponderosa-type cone scale.