Table 2.
Phytolith percentages from Guilá Naquitz
| Provenience zone (square) | Phytolith percentages
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zea mays cob-type | Other Poaceae | Cucurbitaceae | Other | |
| Zone A (E5) | 6 | 94 | * | * |
| Zone A (C12) | 16 | 63 | 17 | 4 |
| Zone A (E8) | 6 | 67 | 2 | 25 |
| Zone B1 (E6) | 0 | 81 | 11 | 8 |
| Zone B1 (E9) | 0 | 77 | 20 | 3 |
| Zone B3 (D8) | 0 | 75 | 25 | * |
| Zone B3 (E7) | 0 | 94 | 6 | * |
| Zone C (E6) | 0 | 83 | 6 | 13 |
| Zone C (D8) | 0 | * | * | * |
In the sample from zone C, square D8, phytoliths occurred infrequently and were not counted. No cob-type phytoliths were observed in this sample, and Cucurbitaceae phytoliths were the most common types noted.
*
Observed on scans of the slide.