Table 16.19. Chronological Comparison of Charcoal from 11 Tested Sites, Organized by Geographic Location, Expressed as Percentages
| Taxon | Pre-A.D. 1250a | Post-A.D. 1250b | ||||
| Five Mesa-Top Sites | Four Talus-Slope/Bench Sites | Two Lower Sand Canyon Sites | ||||
| All N = 74 |
Thermal Features N = 15 |
All N = 60 |
Thermal Features N = 12 |
All N = 28 |
Thermal Features N = 7 | |
| Juniperus-type | 70 | 53 | 90 | 100 | 89 | 57 |
| Juniperus osteosperma-type twig/scale leaf | 23 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 18 | 29 |
| Pinus-type | 41 | 40 | 68 | 75 | 50 | 43 |
| Pinus-type bark scale | 20 | 47 | 45 | 67 | 21 | 14 |
| Pinus edulis-type cone scale | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Pinus edulis-type needle fragment | 4 | 8 | ||||
| Zea mays cupule | 32 | 40 | 58 | 33 | 50 | 29 |
| Zea mays cob fragment | 7 | 8 | 4 | |||
| Zea mays stalk fragment | 2 | |||||
| Artemisia tridentata-type | 31 | 66 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 29 |
| Amelanchier/Peraphyllum-type | 19 | 40 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 29 |
| Purshia-type | 26 | 40 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 14 |
| Populus/Salix-type | 7 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 14 |
| Atriplex-type | 21 | 43 | ||||
| Ephedra-type | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 43 | |
| Cercocarpus-type | 8 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 7 | |
| Unknown | 9 | 7 | 7 | 14 | ||
| Chrysothamnus-type | 3 | 8 | 4 | 14 | ||
| Quercus-type | 5 | 7 | 2 | |||
| Fraxinus anomala-type | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Monocotyledon, Yucca-type | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
NOTES: The two special-function sites, Troy's Tower and
Mad Dog Tower, are excluded from this comparison. The taxa are organized in
general order of decreasing ubiquity.
aThe pre-A.D 1250 mesa-top sites are
G and G Hamlet, Lillian's Site, Roy's Ruin, Kenzie Dawn Hamlet, and
Shorlene's Site.
bThe post-A.D. 1250 talus-slope/bench sites are
Lester's Site, Lookout House, Stanton's Site and Catherine's Site.
The two lower Sand Canyon sites are Saddlehorn Hamlet and Castle Rock Pueblo.