Pictured is the leafy branch of a four-wing saltbush (Atriplex canescens). Pueblo Indians ground and cooked saltbush seeds as a cereal and may have used saltbush ashes as both a baking powder and a dye.Galleries:Gran Quivira RuinsKeywords:Gran Quivira, Las Humanas, Salinas Pueblo Missions National
Monument, cereal, mission, pueblo diet, saltbush, seetsPhoto Location: Gran Quivira Ruins, 25 miles south of Mountainair, NMPhotographer: Dr. Roy WinkelmanDate of Photo: 02/19/2014Device Make: CanonDevice Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark IIExposure Time: 0.0166667F Number: 20Original Dimensions: 5616×3744Picture Orientation: LandscapeGPS Coordinates: 34°15'34.99"N 106°5'30.78"WPicture Number: 26262
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