WUPATKI PUEBLO: A STUDY IN CULTURAL FUSION AND ...

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sites near the San Francisco Peaks (1934s 66-67)* Bed, yellow,
and blue flint and semi-dent corn is reported, with cobs up to
140 una® long. Some eight-rowed cobs were noted, but most were
10-14 rows# Examples of Phaseolus vulgaris, the kidney bean, a
squash, Cucurbita pepo, and the teparary bean, P. acutlfollua«
were also reported from Winona Ruin, and Volney Jones believes
that the teparary bean may be a late addition to the Southwest*
Many remains of cotton were also reported from Winona Huin, as
well as specimens of broad-leaf sfucca, and pinon pine nuts.
Thus, in contrast to Wupatki, most other Sinagua sites
have corn with more than eight rows, but other plant remains are
generally similar. Three squash types were found at Wupatki, as
well as the wild gourd and squash, as they were at Montezuma
Castle (Cutler and Kaplan 1956s 98-IOO) and other nearby sites
in the Verde Valley. However, in the Verde Valley sites three
bean types were found, in contrast to the one at Wupatki» Cutler
and Whitaker (1961: 471-81) believe that C« pepo was the first
squash introduced into the Southwest, and it is the most common
Southwestern variety. C. mosohata is a late (post 1100) intro­
duction, and is a generally southern Hohokam, Mogollon, or Salado
plant species, while C. mixta is generally a northern Anasazi or
Salado plant, also late in date in the Southwest (post-1000).
Vorsila Bohrer agrees, but believes that the recent separation
of C. mosohata and C, mixta is confusing (Steen et al» 1962* 103)•
The presence of squash stems, so commonly found in ruins, may be