Plant Evidence

by Karen R. Adams and Malaina L. Brown

Table 4. Presence of Reproductive Taxa from Castle Rock Pueblo

Taxon

Presence (N)

Domesticated plants

Zea mays cobs, cupules, kernels, shank segments, "meal cakes"

168

Cucurbita/Cucurbita pepo–type seeds, rind

5

Phaseolous vulgaris–type cotyledons

3

Lagenaria siceraria–type rind

2

Wild Plants

Cheno-am seeds

19

Opuntia/Opuntia (prickly pear)–type seeds

11

Stipa hymenoides–type caryopsis, floret

7

Yucca/Yucca baccata–type seed

5

Portulaca-type seed

5

Gramineae-type caryopsis

3

Mentzelia albicaulis–type seed

3

Plantago-type seed

2

Cycloloma-type seed

1

Lappula-type seed

1

Liliaceae-type fruit with seeds

1

Malvaceae-type seed

1

Opuntia-type flower bud

1

Physalis-type seed

1

NOTES: This table lists reproductive taxa from 57 flotation samples and 343 macrofossil samples. Taxa are listed in order of decreasing ubiquity. Plant remains are charred unless otherwise noted in the accompanying discussion.

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