Time, trees, and prehistory : tree-ring dating and the development of North American archaeology, 1914-1950 / Stephen Edward Nash.

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Nash, Stephen E. (Stephen Edward), 1964-

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TextPublication details: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, �1999.Description: 1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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0585133360
9780585133362

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Time, trees, and prehistory.DDC classification:

930.1/028/5 21

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CC78.3 .N37 1999eb

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Archaeological tree-ring dating: origins and principles -- Lord of the rings: A.E. Douglass and the development of archaeological tree dating, 1914-1929 -- Tree-ring dating at the University of Arizona, 1929-1945 -- Yang and Yin: Harold Gladwin, Emil Haury, and tree-ring dating at the Gila Pueblo Archaeological Foundation -- Volcanoes, ruins, and cultural ecology: tree-ring dating at the Museum of Northern Arizona -- Santa Fe style: dendrochronology in the Rio Grande Valley -- News leaks, gender politics, spies and historic deforestation: tree-ring dating in the American midwest -- A compass, a raft, and a .22: James Louis Giddings's dendrochronology in Alaska -- Did dendrochronology change North American archaeology?

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Review: "Dendrochronology, the science of assigning precise calendar dates to annual growth rings in trees, emerged to provide accurate, reliable dates at a time when North American archaeologists had no absolute dating techniques to frame their analyses. Time, Trees, and Prehistory examines the growth, development, and application of North American tree-ring dating when it was the only reliable chronometric yardstick."--BOOK JACKET. "Time, Trees, and Prehistory examines archaeological practices of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s and demonstrates that tree-ring dating set the stage that enabled revolutionary developments in archaeological interpretation in succeeding decades."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-280) and index.

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"Dendrochronology, the science of assigning precise calendar dates to annual growth rings in trees, emerged to provide accurate, reliable dates at a time when North American archaeologists had no absolute dating techniques to frame their analyses. Time, Trees, and Prehistory examines the growth, development, and application of North American tree-ring dating when it was the only reliable chronometric yardstick."--BOOK JACKET. "Time, Trees, and Prehistory examines archaeological practices of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s and demonstrates that tree-ring dating set the stage that enabled revolutionary developments in archaeological interpretation in succeeding decades."--Jacket.

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