CCAC Synthetic Archaeobotany Table: All Charred Plant Taxa and Parts Identified

Creator(s): Sarah Oas; Karen R. Adams

Year: 2021

Summary

This table provides a complete list of identified charred plant taxa recovered from systematically collected flotation and opportunistically gathered macrofossil samples from 43 Central Mesa Verde area Ancestral Puebloan settlements occupied ca. AD 420-1280 that were excavated by Crown Canyon Archaeological Center. For information concerning archaeobotanical analysis methods and identification criteria see references for Adams 2004 and Adams and Murray 2004 in the Crow Canyon Archaeobotanical Remains Reference document.

This table only presents identified charred plant remains. Uncharred specimens, apart from a handful of domesticated seeds, are not included in this table, as these plant remains are most often post-occupational intrusions (see Adams 2004, paragraph 6).

This table includes both scientific and common names of identified botanical remains and a list of all plant parts recovered. In addition, plant lifeform and seasonality information for reproductive plant parts are provided for each taxon. All taxonomic nomenclature follows that of A Utah Flora (Welsh et al. 1987) with updated scientific nomenclature drawn from the PLANTS Database (USDA, NRCS 2021). For every instance where the scientific nomenclature of a taxon was updated from previous publications (e.g, Ericameria sp.) the current scientific names are listed with the previous scientific names in parentheses. Plant taxa or parts marked with asterisks(*) were only recovered as opportunistically collected macrofossil specimens.

Identifications in this table are presented with two levels of confidence. The first, “absolute” identifications, are made to the species level. For an identification to be absolute, all local species of the relevant genus have been examined and the specimen in question appears identical to the named species. At the second confidence level, “-type” signifies that the specimen closely resembles the morphological characteristics of the named taxa, but that other plants in the local environment might have similar-looking parts (see Adams 2004, paragraph 11).

Cite this Record

CCAC Synthetic Archaeobotany Table: All Charred Plant Taxa and Parts Identified. Sarah Oas, Karen R. Adams. 2021 ( tDAR id: 459492) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8459492

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Data Set Structure

Measurement Column
Count Column
Coded Column
Filename Column
Integration Column (has Ontology)

Table Information: CCAR_All Identified Charred Plants and Plant Parts

Column Name Data Type Type Category Coding Sheet Ontology Search
Seasonality of Reproductive Part(s) Flowering and fruiting season information for plant taxa with recovered reproductive parts.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Lifeform Plant life or growth form information for each taxon
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Macrobotanical : Other none none true
Recovered Part(s) Recovered part(s) identified for each plant taxon. Plant parts marked with asterisks(*) were only recovered as opportunistically collected macrofossil specimens.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Macrobotanical : Other none none true
Common Name Common names for all identified charred plant taxa.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Macrobotanical : Taxon none none true
Scientific Name Scientific names for all identified charred plant taxa. All taxonomic nomenclature follows that of A Utah Flora (Welsh et al. 1987) with updated scientific nomenclature drawn from the PLANTS Database (USDA, NRCS 2021) (see CCAR Reference document). Plant taxa marked with asterisks(*) were only recovered as opportunistically collected macrofossil specimens.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Macrobotanical : Taxon none none true

Keywords

Culture
Ancestral Puebloan

Material
Macrobotanical

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Non-Domestic Structures

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Macrobotanical

Geographic Keywords
Mesa Verde

Temporal Keywords
Basketmaker III • Pueblo I • Pueblo II • Pueblo III

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 500 to 1280

Spatial Coverage

min long: -108.907; min lat: 37.284 ; max long: -108.504; max lat: 37.632 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Sarah Oas

Lab Director(s): Karen R. Adams

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