“…Analysis of plant remains can add a great amount of information to the archaeological record, facilitating interpretations relating to environmental reconstruction, identification of specific cultural activities, use of plants in medicine, food preferences, seasonal movement patterns and the nature and form of the interaction between Precontact peoples and the landscapes within which they lived (Stuart, 2018). Most palaeoethnobotanical research conducted on the Great Plains, however, has centred on groups that derive much of their food from plant cultivation (Cutler & Agogino, 1960;Drass, 1993Drass, , 2008Schneider, 2002). Relatively little research has been centred on predominately nomadic groups, though the need for such work has long been known (Keyser, 1986).…”