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

Flotation Samples

Macrofossil Samples

Charred

Uncharred

Charred

Uncharred

Taxon

Part(s)

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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