Table 3. Archaeological sites with Physalis (wild tomatillo) remains, with references in a separate link
Site/Location | Culture/Period | Source |
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Recon John Shelter, Colorado | Woodland/Early Ceramic (15 BCAD 1000) | Zier and Kalasz 1991 |
Pajarito Plateau near Los Alamos | Physalis foetens var. neomexicana, Physalis hederaefolia var. cordifolia | Yarnell 1965 |
LA 109100 on Ceja Mesa, New Mexico | AD 298 | Dello-Russo 1999 |
Two Deer site, Kansas | Bemis Creek Complex, Late Woodland (AD 550-1005) | Adair and Brown 1978 |
Four Corners region of the Southwest | Seeds of Physalis found in coprolites of Basketmaker III and Pueblo III | Minnis 1989 |
River’s edge west of the Rio Grande River and north of Corrales, New Mexico | Basketmaker III/Pueblo I period (AD 650-900) | Brandt 1991 |
Meehan-Schell site, Iowa | Late Woodland AD 850-1100 | Mead 1981 |
Densmore site, south central Oklahoma | Early Plains Village Period (AD 900-1250) | Drass 1993 |
Mitchell site, South Dakota | Initial Middle Missouri Complex AD 900-AD 1400 | Benn 1974 |
Dymock sites in Ontario | Western Basin Younge phase sites ca. A.D. 1000-1200 | Crawford and Smith 2003 |
Salmon Ruin, northwest New Mexico | Ancestral Pueblo | Doebley 1981 |
LA 1051, New Mexico | Coalition and Classic periods of the Rio Grande Classification (AD 1200-1600) | Toll and McBride 2011 |
LA 2, New Mexico | Coalition and Classic periods of the Rio Grande Classification (AD 1200-1600) | McBride and Smith 2011 |
Arroyo Hondo Pueblo, near Santa Fe, New Mexico | Coalition and Classic periods of the Rio Grande Classification (AD 1200-1600) | Wetterstrom 1986 |
Pajarito Plateau near Los Alamos, New Mexico | Coalition and Classic periods of the Rio Grande Classification (AD 1200-1600) | McBride 2008 |
Yellowjacket site, southwest Colorado | Charred seeds from 1200 AD, common in hearths and middens | Kuckleman 2003 |
Longhorn site, Texas | Protohistoric | Dering 1993 |