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

Table 19. Presence of Charred Plant Parts in Flotation Samples from the Early and Late Sections of Woods Canyon Pueblo
  Early Late
Taxon Part(s) N N
Amaranthus-type seed   1
Amelanchier-type charcoal 5 4
Amelanchier-type seed 1  
Amelanchier/Peraphyllum-type charcoal 1 4
Artemisia-type charcoal 8 11
Artemisia-type seed 1  
Atriplex-type charcoal   3
Cercocarpus-type charcoal 6 8
Cheno-am seed 10 6
Chenopodiaceae-type seed   1
Chenopodium-type seed 2 1
Chrysothamnus-type charcoal 1 2
Echinocereus-type seed 1 2
Ephedra-type charcoal 1 2
Gramineae-type caryopsis   1
Juniperus-type charcoal 27 29
Juniperus-type pollen balls 1 1
Juniperus-type seed 1  
Physalis-type seed 7 6
Pinus-type bark scale 15 19
Pinus-type charcoal 19 14
Pinus-type apophysis, cone scale, cone scale umbo 2 2
Polygonum-type achene   1
Populus-type charcoal 1 1
Populus/Salix-type charcoal 4  
Portulaca-type seed 2 2
Prunus/Rosa-type seed 1  
Purshia-type charcoal 1  
Quercus-type charcoal 3 5
Rhus-type charcoal   1
Rosa-type charcoal 1  
Solanaceae-type seed 1  
Stipa hymenoides–type caryopsis 2  
Zea mays cob, cob segment   2
Zea mays cupule 13 9
Zea mays embryo 1  
Zea mays kernel 7 9
Zea mays stalk segment 1 1
NOTE: Total number of samples = 58, broken down as follows: early = 27; late = 31.

N = number of samples in which specimens occur.

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