"Archaeobotanical Remains," by Katharine D. Rainey and Sandra Jezik

Table 5. Presence of Charred Reproductive Plant Parts in Flotation and Macrofossil Samples,
Woods Canyon Pueblo
Taxona Part(s) N
Domesticated Plants
   Zea mays

charcoal, cob, cob segment, cupule, embryos,
kernel, stalk segment, stem (culm)

36
Wild Plants
   Cheno-am seed 16
   Physalis-type seed 12
   Pinus-type apophysis, cone scale, cone scale umbo 4
   Portulaca-type seed 4
   Chenopodium-type seed 3
   Echinocereus-type seed 3
   Juniperus-type pollen ball 2
   Stipa hymenoides–type caryopsis 2
   Amaranthus-type seed 1
   Amelanchier-type seed 1
   Artemisia-type seed 1
   Chenopodiaceae-type seed 1
   Gramineae-type caryopsis 1
   Juniperus-type seed 1
   Polygonum-type achene 1
   Prunus/Rosa-type seed 1
   Solanaceae-type seed 1
NOTE: Total number of flotation samples = 58; total number of macrofossil samples = 73.

N = number of samples in which specimens occur.

a Listed in order of decreasing ubiquity.
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