Correspondence in Tree-Ring and Thermoluminescence Dating: A Protohistoric Navajo Pilot Study

2002 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas D. Dykeman ◽  
Ronald H. Towner ◽  
James K. Feathers
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Tree Ring ◽  
Thermoluminescence Dating ◽  
Dual Strategy ◽  
Added Benefit ◽  
Pottery Sherds ◽  
Cross Dating

Dating of early Navajo residence and special use sites, ca. A.D. 1500-1775, has been hampered by a lack of datable materials and poor precision in radiocarbon results. Methods described in this paper use materials ubiquitous at early Navajo sites in northwestern New Mexico and employ a dual strategy involving tree-ring dating of nonarchitectural wood and thermoluminescence assay of ceramics and burned rock. Comparison of samples obtained from a number of sites near the Morris Site 1 pueblito indicates remarkable correspondence between tree-ring and thermoluminescence results. These techniques are argued to have considerable reliability for relatively recent cultural manifestations such as these early Navajo sites. Thermoluminescence in particular may be useful in protohistoric contexts where tree-ring dating is unavailable. The thermoluminescence technique has the added benefit of directly dating pottery sherds, which can be useful for developing ceramic cross-dating sequences.

Las Madres in the Light of Anasazi Migrations

1964 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bertha P. Dutton
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Tree Ring ◽  
Ceramic Materials ◽  
Burial Practices ◽  
Mesa Verde ◽  
Lithic Artifacts ◽  
Regional Types

AbstractThe site of Las Madres near Galisteo, New Mexico, has yielded a provocative array of culture traits, each deviating from recognized Anasazi norms. Regional types of black-on-white sherds were encountered, accompanied by variants. Few Glaze I Red sherds appeared on the surface, but excavations revealed them in considerable quantity from top to bottom; there are fewer Glaze I Yellow and Polychrome representations. Tree-ring dates and ceramic materials indicate occupation from the late 1200's to about 1370. A transitional situation is suggested by bird bones, pottery variations, absence of formalized building plan, eclectic burial practices, and lithic artifacts. There is no evidence of direct migration of Mesa Verde people into the Galisteo region.

Thermoluminescence Dating of Ancient Pottery Sherds from Ban Pong Manao Archaeological Site, Lopburi Province, Thailand

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-50
Author(s):  
Theeraporn Chuenpee ◽  
Kamonporn Upakankaew ◽  
Yuratikan Jantaravik ◽  
Wanwisa Dharnmanon
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Ancient Pottery ◽  
Thermoluminescence Dating ◽  
Pottery Sherds

scholarly journals A Test of “Annual Resolution” in Stalagmites Using Tree Rings

2002 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio L. Betancourt ◽  
Henri D. Grissino-Mayer ◽  
Matthew W. Salzer ◽  
Thomas W. Swetnam
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Tree Ring ◽  
Tree Rings ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Ice Cores ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Annual Resolution

AbstractSo-called annual banding has been identified in a number of speleothems in which the number of bands approximates the time interval between successive U-series dates. The apparent annual resolution of speleothem records, however, remains largely untested. Here we statistically compare variations in band thickness from a late Holocene stalagmite in Carlsbad Cavern, Southern New Mexico, USA, with three independent tree-ring chronologies form the same region. We found no correspondence. Although there may be various explanations for the discordance, this limited exercise suggests that banded stalagmites should be held to the same rigorous standards in chronology building and climatic inference as annually resolved tree rings, corals, and ice cores.

A new computer program for estimating the statistical significance of cross-dating positions for "floating" tree-ring series

1992 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 1215-1221 ◽  
Author(s):  
David K. Yamaguchi ◽  
George L. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Moving Average ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Fortran Program ◽  
Data Quality Control ◽  
Quality Control Program ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
False Rings ◽  
Cross Dating

CORREL is a FORTRAN program that employs cross correlation to (i) determine potential cross-dating (matching) positions for "floating" (undated) ring series; (ii) detect missing or false rings; and (iii) estimate the statistical significance of potential dating positions. To work properly, CORREL input data must be detrended and modeled using the autoregressive moving average procedure. To guard against spurious dating, the output's best date should be checked for dating consistency. The significance level of the best date is obtained by adjusting its single-dating-trial significance for multiplicity (repeated dating trials). Ideally, COREL should be used with the detrending tree-ring programs ARSTAN or INDEX, and with the data quality-control program COFECHA.

Tree-Ring Dating of Pindi Pueblo, New Mexico

KIVA ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard V. N. Ahlstrom
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Tree Ring

A tree-ring reconstruction of streamflow in the Santa Fe River, New Mexico

2011 ◽  
Vol 397 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 118-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellis Q. Margolis ◽  
David M. Meko ◽  
Ramzi Touchan
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Tree Ring ◽  
Santa Fe ◽  
Santa Fe River ◽  
Tree Ring Reconstruction

Validating putatively cross-dated Callitris tree-ring chronologies using bomb-pulse radiocarbon analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Pearson ◽  
Quan Hua ◽  
Kathryn Allen ◽  
David M. J. S. Bowman
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Tree Rings ◽  
Arid Zone ◽  
Isotopic Signature ◽  
Individual Tree ◽  
Seasonally Dry ◽  
Nuclear Weapons Testing ◽  
Independent Verification ◽  
Variable Precipitation ◽  
Cross Dating

Nuclear weapons testing during the 1950s generated an atmospheric pulse of the carbon isotope, 14C. Worldwide, trees growing during that period and in subsequent decades assimilated 14C-enriched CO2, leaving a distinct isotopic signature that can be used to precisely date tree rings. Thirty single-ring samples were extracted for AMS 14C analysis from cores taken from living trees of five different Callitris species [C. endlicheri (Parl.) F.M. Bailey, C. glaucophylla Joy Thomps. & L.A.S. Johnson, C. intratropica Benth., C. preissii Miq., and C. rhomboidea R.Br. ex Rich. & A. Rich] at 13 sites. The ages of individual tree rings were determined by both 14C bomb-pulse dating and cross-dating (based on 20–30 cores from the same site) in order to (1) provide independent verification of tree-ring dates, (2) detect false or missing rings from sites with otherwise good chronologies, and (3) test whether growth rings were annual for cores from sites where cross-dating was not possible. Our approach confirmed dates on chronologies from monsoon tropical sites, provided checked chronologies in subtropical and temperate sites, and improved dating control on arid-zone ring counts. It was found that Callitris are more likely to form regular annual rings when growing in seasonally dry environments than in more arid sites with highly variable precipitation patterns.

Useful Strategies for the Development of Tropical Tree-Ring Chronologies

IAWA Journal ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Stahle
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Ring Width ◽  
Tropical Species ◽  
Growth Rings ◽  
Seasonally Dry ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Annual Growth Rings ◽  
Individual Trees ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
Cross Dating

This paper outlines efficient strategies for the development of long, climatically sensitive tree-ring chronologies in the tropics. Effective strategies include sampling useful temperate or subtropical species that extend naturally into the tropics; sampling species in botanical families that have already provided examples useful for dendrochronology (e. g., Pinaceae, Taxodiaceae, Verbenaceae); targeting deciduous species in seasonally dry forests; and sampling species described in the literature or found in xylaria that have promising anatomical features such as ring porosity and marginal parenchyma. Dendrochronology can also be used to test the annual nature of growth banding in tropical species. The cross-dating oflong ring-width time series between individual trees and between multiple sites in a region is strong evidence that the growth rings are indeed synchronized with the annual calendar. This can be confirmed if the ring-width data are also strongly correlated with long annual or seasonalized records of climate variability. Blind cross-dating tests to identify the cutting dates of known-age timbers can provide a final proof that a species produces reliable annual growth rings.

The Chaco Wood Project: The Chronometric Reappraisal of Pueblo Bonito

1996 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas C. Windes ◽  
Dabney Ford
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Tree Ring ◽  
San Juan ◽  
San Juan Basin ◽  
Cultural Behavior ◽  
Complex Picture ◽  
Wood Procurement ◽  
Construction Periods

The inventory and analysis of 4,294 pieces of wood remaining in Pueblo Bonito are described. This site, long a keystone for interpreting the Chacoan Phenomenon in the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico, reveals a fascinating history in the procurement, use, and reuse of wood through time. The long use of the site portrays a complex picture of wood procurement for construction from the A.D. 800s through the early A.D. 1100s, and its reuse in both prehistoric and historic times. Major construction periods are tree-ring dated to the mid-A.D. 800s, between A.D. 1047 and 1049, and between A.D. 1077 and 1082. Many of the construction events appear causally related to decade-long wet periods, when food surplus could accumulate. The use of wood at Pueblo Bonito mirrors a larger system of cultural behavior important for our interpretation of the development and demise of the Chacoan system.

scholarly journals Cross-dating tree-ring series of living European beech by isochronic weather records

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-58
Author(s):  
Denisa Sedmáková ◽  
Róbert Sedmák ◽  
Michal Bosel’a ◽  
Marek Ježík ◽  
Roman Sitko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Fagus Sylvatica ◽  
Ring Width ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
European Beech ◽  
Combined Method ◽  
Good Ability ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Width Measurements ◽  
Cross Dating

Abstract The main objective of the study is to facilitate cross-dating of sensitive tree-ring series from living European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) trees in the absence of a regional chronology. The main idea lies in the preliminary dating of marker rings or ring patterns visually identified on the wood (before the ring-width measurements), which is independently validated through a moving correlation between a tentative reference chronology and instrumental climate records (after the ring-width measurements). Following the detection of low moving correlations, potentially misdated segments or series are re-examined and a new tentative reference chronology is constructed. The process is repeated as long as a higher correlation with climate is obtainable. The applicability of this method was investigated on three difficult-to-date sets of tree-ring series of beech trees which were growing at temperature- or precipitation-sensitive locations in under-canopy or canopy positions. A good ability of the combined method for the cross-dating was practiced on datasets almost impossible to cross-date by commonly used approaches. Highlighting the actual correlation of ring widths with climate in tree-ring series makes the cross-dating process more independent from human decisions, so the com-bined cross-dating has the potential to improve the reliability of various dendrochronological studies.

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