Archaeobotanical Remains
by Karen R. Adams, Kristin A. Kuckelman, and Vandy E. Bowyer

Table 14. Ubiquity of Nonreproductive Plant Parts in Flotation Samples That Could Be Assigned to a Temporal Group, Sand Canyon Pueblo

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Temporal Group

Earliest
(10 samples)

Early
(15 samples)

Earliest Plus Early
(25 samples)

Late
(38 samples)

Latest
(12 samples)

Late Plus Latest
(50 samples)

Taxon

Part(s)

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Acer-type

wood

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 3

 

 

1

 2

Amelanchier/Peraphyllum-type

wood

2

20

5

33

7

28

6

16

2

17

8

16

Artemisia tridentata–type

wood, leaf

1

10

6

40

7

28

4

11

2

17

6

12

Atriplex-type

wood

 

 

1

7

1

4

 

 

1

8

1

2

Cercocarpus-type

wood

1

10

3

20

4

16

10

26

1

8

11

22

Chrysothamnus-type

wood

1

10

 

 

1

4

2

5

 

 

2

4

diffuse porous–type

wood

 

 

2

13

2

8

3

8

 

 

3

6

Ephedra-type

wood, stem

 

 

1

7

1

4

1

3

2

17

3

6

Fendlera-type

wood

1

10

2

13

3

12

1

3

 

 

1

2

Fraxinus-type

wood

1

10

 

 

1

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gramineae-type

stem (culm)

 

 

1

7

1

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Juniperus osteosperma–type and Juniperus-type

scale leaf, twig, bark, wood

10

100

15

100

25

100

32

84

9

75

41

82

Monocotyledon-type

tissue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

8

1

2

Phragmites australis–type

stem (culm)

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

11

 

 

4

8

Pinus-type

bark scale, wood

6

60

15

100

21

84

16

42

3

25

19

38

Populus/Salix-type

wood

 

 

1

7

1

4

4

11

1

8

5

10

Prunus/Rosa-type

wood

4

40

4

27

8

32

4

11

3

25

7

14

Purshia-type

wood, leaf

1

10

3

20

4

16

5

13

 

5

10

Quercus-type

wood

1

10

3

20

4

16

2

5

 

 

2

4

ring porous–type

wood

 

 

1

7

1

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

semi-ring porous–type

wood

1

10

 

 

1

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zea mays

cob fragment, cob segment, cupule, shank segment

6

60

12

80

18

72

18

47

3

25

21

42

NOTES: The word "type" following a family, genus, or species designation indicates that the ancient botanical specimen is similar to the taxon named, but that other taxa in the area may also have similar-looking parts. All specimens in this table are charred.
N = number samples in which specimens occur.

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