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![Burn Corn A small amount of the burnt corn we found. (Photo credit: Dan Weinberger)](https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/IMG_1248-426x640.jpg)
A unit excavated into the southern room block has produced a substantial quantity of burnt corn—not a cob or two, but entire lumps of fused, carbonized corn. The kernels are still visible due to carbonization from intense heat.
![Close up of burnt corn A close-up of the burnt corn. (Photo credit: Dan Weinberger)](https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/IMG_1249-640x426.jpg)
![Jake and the corn Jake (Hendrix College) with the newly excavated burnt corn. (Photo credit: Dan Weinberger)](https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/IMG_1250-426x640.jpg)
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