IDENTIFICATION OF MACROFLORAL REMAINS FROM THE EWING SITE (Y7), YELLOW JACKET, COLORADO

Five botanic samples and a macrofloral sample were examined from the Ewing Site (Y7), which is part of a triangular space (the “hinterlands”) within the Yellow Jacket district of southwestern Colorado. Many of the sites in the Yellow Jacket locality were occupied during the Pueblo II (AD 1050-1150) and Pueblo III (AD 1150-1300) periods; however, the Ewing site is believed to predate the main occupation of the area and reflect occupation during the early Pueblo II or Basketmaker III periods. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the occupants of this site.