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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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