Plant Evidence

by Karen R. Adams and Malaina L. Brown

Table 7. Presence of Charred Reproductive Plant Parts from Flotation Samples, Castle Rock Pueblo

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Towers

Kivas

Surface Rooms

Structure

305

401

103

107

112

125

302

304

402

108

108

111

117

119

124

Feature Number and Type

4 - Hearth

1 - Firepit

10 - Hearth

2 - Hearth

2 - Hearth

1 - Hearth

4 - Hearth

6 - Hearth

4 - Hearth

1 - Hearth

2 - Firepit

2 - Hearth

1 - Hearth

1 - Hearth

1 - Hearth

Total

No. of Flotation Samples

1

2

1

1

2

1

2

1

2

3

1

1

1

0

1

20

Taxon

Part

Cheno-am

seed

X

X

X

X

X

5

Cucurbitaceae-type

rind

X

1

Gramineae-type

caryopsis

X

X

2

Lappula-type

seed

X

1

Malvaceae-type

seed

X

1

Mentzelia albicaulis–type

seed

X

X

2

Opuntia-type

seed

X

X

X

3

Physalis-type

seed

X

1

Portulaca-type

seed

X

X

2

Stipa hymenoides–type

caryopsis

X

X

2

floret

X

X

2

Yucca/Yucca baccata–type

seed

X

X

2

Zea mays

cob

X

X*

X

X

X

X*

6

cob segment

X

X*

2

cupule

X

X

X

X

X

X

6

kernel

X

X*

X

X

X

X

X

X*

8

TOTAL

3

7

1

1

2

2

5

1

0

5

1

8

6

0

4

NOTES: This table presents charred reproductive plant parts from flotation samples obtained from thermal features (hearths and firepits) with primary refuse from within towers, kivas, and surface rooms interpreted as habitations. Macrofossil data (signified by an asterisk *) are included here and indicate that the taxon was not present in the flotation sample but was hand-excavated from primary refuse in the same feature.

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