"Plant Evidence," by Karen R. Adams and Malaina L. Brown

Table 3. Uncharred Plant Parts Compared to Their Recovery as Charred Specimens, Castle Rock Pueblo
Taxon Part(s) Flotation Samples Macrofossil Samples
Charred Uncharred Charred Uncharred
N N N N
Atriplex-type wood 23
20 1
Celtis-type seed


1
Cheno-am seed 19 16
1
Cucurbita, Cucurbita pepo–type seed


4
Gramineae-type caryopsis 3 1

Juniperus-type fruit, fruit coat, seed


4
Juniperus-type wood 52
242 6
Opuntia-type epidermis fragment


2
Opuntia (prickly pear)–type, Opuntia-type seed, fruit top, flower 11 3 2 4
Pinus-type bark fragment 8

1
Pinus edulis–type nutshell


2
Prunus/Rosa-type seed


1
Stipa hymenoides–type caryopsis, floret 7 1

Yucca, Yucca baccata–type seed 2 1 3
Zea mays cob, cupule, kernel 28
73 1
N = the number of flotation or macrofossil samples in which specimens were recovered.
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