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

Table 14. Presence of Charred Plant Remains in Flotation Samples from In Situ Secondary Refuse, by Section, Woods Canyon Pueblo

  Rim Complex Canyon Bottom Upper West Side East Talus Slope
Taxon Part(s) N N N N
Amaranthus-type seed     1  
Amelanchier-type charcoal 1 3   2
Amelanchier-type seed   1    
Amelanchier/Peraphyllum-type charcoal   1 2  
Artemisia-type charcoal 1 7 4 1
Artemisia-type seed   1    
Atriplex-type charcoal     1 2
Cercocarpus-type charcoal 1 6 3 1
Cheno-am seed   9 2  
Chenopodium-type seed   2 1  
Chrysothamnus-type charcoal   1 1  
Echinocereus-type seed   1 1  
Ephedra-type charcoal   1    
Gramineae-type caryopsis     1  
Juniperus-type charcoal 3 21 7 8
Juniperus-type pollen balls   1    
Juniperus-type seed   1    
Physalis-type seed   7 3  
Pinus-type bark scale 1 13 7 5
Pinus-type charcoal   18 7 1
Pinus-type apophysis, cone scale, cone scale umbo 1 2 1  
Populus-type charcoal 1 1    
Populus/Salix-type charcoal   4    
Portulaca-type seed   2 1  
Prunus/Rosa-type seed   1    
Purshia-type charcoal   1    
Quercus-type charcoal 2 3 1 1
Rhus-type charcoal      1  
Rosa-type charcoal   1    
Stipa hymenoides–type caryopsis   2    
Zea mays cob, cob segment 1     1
Zea mays cupule 1 13 5 1
Zea mays kernel 1 5 3 1
Zea mays stalk segment 1 1    
NOTE: Total number of samples = 40, broken down as follows: rim complex = 3; canyon bottom = 21; upper west side = 8; east talus slope = 8.

N = number of samples in which specimens occur.

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