Table 16.15. Geographical Comparison of Recovery of Reproductive Part Ubiquity from from Tested Sites Flotation Samples, Expressed as Percentages, Sand Canyon Archaeological Project: Site Testing

Table 16.15. Geographical Comparison of Recovery of Reproductive Plant Part Ubiquity from Tested Sites Flotation Samples, Expressed as Percentages

Taxon and Part	Six Upper Sand Canyon Mesa-Top Sites		Four Upper Sand Canyon Talus-Slope/Bench Sites		Three Lower Sand Canyon Sites
Taxon and Part	All N = 89	Thermal Features N = 24	All N = 60	Thermal Features N = 12	All N = 34	Thermal Features N = 9
Cheno-am seed	31	50	27		21	33
Physalis longifolia-type seed	26	42	25	25
Zea mays kernel fragment	11	13	12	17	18	22
Opuntia-type (prickly pear) seed	11	25	10	8	12	11
Gramineae caryopsis	11	29	7	17	6	11
Mentzelia albicaulis-type seed	1	4	2		9	22
Phaseolus vulgaris-type cotyledon	1	4	2		3
Cyperaceae, Scirpus-type achene	6	13	2
Capparaceae-type seed	2	4	2	8
Cycloloma atriplicifolium-type seed	2	4	2
Stipa hymenoides-type caryopsis (grain), floret			3		9	22
Plantago-type seed	1	4			3
Portulaca retusa-type seed	4	17
Rhus aromatica-type seed	2	4
Juniperus osteosperma-type fruit/seed	2	8
Euphorbia glyptosperma-type seed	1	4
Triticum-type caryopsis	1
Echinocereus-type seed			2
Nicotiana attenuata-type seed			2
Malvaceae-type seed					6	11

NOTES: Major groupings include (a) the six upper Sand Canyon mesa-top sites of G and G Hamlet, Lillian's Site, Roy's Ruin, Kenzie Dawn Hamlet, Shorlene's Site, and Troy's Tower; (b) the four upper Sand Canyon talus-slope/bench sites of Lester's Site, Lookout House, Stanton's Site, and Catherine's Site; and (c) the three lower Sand Canyon sites of Saddlehorn Hamlet, Mad Dog Tower, and Castle Rock Pueblo. Data are grouped for all samples from each site and for thermal features only. No thermal features were excavated at Roy's Ruin. Taxa are organized in general order of decreasing ubiquity.