Table 16.16. Geographical Comparison of Recovery of Charcoal and Other Vegetative and Selected Reproductive Plant Part Ubiquity from Tested Sites Flotation Samples, Expressed as Percentages, Sand Canyon Archaeological Project: Site Testing

Table 16.16. Geographical Comparison of Recovery of Charcoal and Other Vegetative and Selected 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
Juniperus-type	71	63	90	100	85	67
Juniperus osteosperma-type twig/scale leaf	27	38	25	25	15	22
Pinus-type	47	63	68	75	47	56
Pinus-type bark scale	21	42	45	67	21	22
Pinus edulis-type cone scale			2	8
Pinus-type cone scale			3
Pinus edulis-type needle fragment	4		8		3	11
Zea mays cupule	34	46	58	33	41	22
Zea mays cob fragment			7	8	3
Zea mays stalk fragment			2
Artemisia tridentata-type	34	58	18	25	12	22
Artemisia-type flower bud	3	8
Artemisia-type leaf	2	4
Artemisia non-tridentata-type			2		3
Purshia-type	29	50	10	17	24	11
Amelanchier/Peraphyllum-type	21	42	20	17	12	22
Populus/Salix-type	6	4	13	17	6	11
Cercocarpus-type	8	13	8	8	9	11
Cercocarpus/Artemisia-type axillary bud	4	13
Ephedra-type	2	4	3		9	33
Atriplex-type					18	33
Quercus-type	4	4	2
Unknown	8	4			6	11
Fraxinus anomala-type			2		6
Monocotyledon, Yucca-type	1		2	8
Chrysothamnus-type			3	8	3	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.