Taste II. Morphological characteristics of five strata of archaeological 
maize cobs. 
roe 5 Level 4 Level: 
8 Level 2 Level 1 
Total population 200 613 798 903 61 
Carbonized Y 85 44 0 ) 0 
Charred % 15 1 0) 0) 0) 
Intact % 7 10 Q7 23 33 
Fasciated % Q7 18 20 21 23 
Unusual % 3 5 8 4 4 
1 (low) 100 15 18 20 25 
Teosinte 2 — 37 38 48 50 
Introgres- 3 = 30 22 24 12 
sion (%) 4 _- 15 19 7 5 
5 (high) — 3 3 1 1 
4 — 3 2 1 2 
No. of 6 saad coed l 1 = 
Kernel 8 27 48 39 39 38 
Rows 10 32 30 35 35 41 
(%) 12 33 16 20 21 16 
14 5 2 2 3 3 
16 3 — — — — 
10 — — 1 — — 
Diameter 12 — 3 4 2 — 
mm.(%) 14 — 14 11 1] 11 
16 10 24 24 20 35 
18 40 39 31 30 32 
20 48 18 23 29 16 
22 5 2 5 6 6 
24 — — 1 1 — 
26 =~ os — 1 —- 
3 = — 3 2 — 
Length 4 aan 8 7 10 5 
em.(%) 5 — 29 15 17 15 
6 — 19 22 17 20 
7 11 20 17 14 20 
8 34 9 13 14. 15 
9 25 7 8 9 10 
10 30 4 6 8 10 
11 — a 4 5 — 
12 _ 4 3 4 — 
13 — —- 1 — — 
14 — — 1 — 5 
15 _ — ~~ 1 — 
— Absent 
