TY - BOOK T1 - A Directory of Tree-Ring Dated Native American Sites in the American Southwest Y1 - 1993 A1 - Robinson, William J. A1 - Ronald H. Towner KW - apache KW - Archaeology KW - dating KW - dendrochronology KW - directory KW - Geography KW - native american KW - navajo KW - Pueblo KW - quandrangle KW - site KW - southwest KW - tree ring KW - ute PB - Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research CY - Tucson ER - TY - MGZN T1 - Tree Ring Chronology Y1 - 1978 A1 - Moore, Peter KW - chronology KW - dates KW - dating KW - dendrochronology KW - tree ring JF - Nature VL - 272 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Tree-Ring Dates from New Mexico M-N,S,Z Southwestern New Mexico Area Y1 - 1970 A1 - Bannister, Bryant A1 - Hannah, John W. A1 - Robinson, William J. KW - date KW - dating KW - dendrochronology KW - new mexico KW - southwest KW - tree ring PB - University of Arizona CY - Tucson ER - TY - THES T1 - The Archaeological Interpretation of Tree-Ring Specimins for Dating Southwestern Ceramic Styles Y1 - 1963 A1 - Breternitz, David Alan KW - anthropology KW - Archaeology KW - ceramic KW - dating KW - dendrochronology KW - indiginous KW - lasting phenomenon of traded ceramics KW - pottery KW - site KW - southwest KW - spanish entrada KW - specimen KW - style KW - trade KW - tree ring AB -

The interpretation of approximately 5715 dated tree-ring specimens from about 342 archaeological sites in the American Southwest is the basis for “dating” the pottery types found in association. The time involved spans the period from the introduction of fired ceramics to the Spanish Entrada, approximately A.D. 1550.

The provenience and site situation information for both the dated tree-ring specimens and the associated pottery is tabulated for each site and site-area which has tree-ring dates, except when these data are accessible in the literature.

Criteria for establishing the validity of the association and provenience of the tree-ring specimens and the pottery are formulated. The interpretation and evaluation of the validity of these dates and associations is the basis for “dating” the various pottery types. The occurrence of pottery in “Indigenous” and “Trade” situation is presented separately; the pottery types in these categories are dated separately, in so far as possible, and then evaluated in terms of total distribution and context. Approximately 325 pottery types, varieties, and ceramic categories are dated on the basis of archaeological associations with tree-ring specimens. The data presented do not change the gross time placements of previous workers, but they do (1) refine some pottery dates, (2) reject others, and (3) give differing validity to additional ceramic dates.

The concept of “pottery type” is used as the analytical unit for dating Southwestern ceramics. The concept of “Ceramic Style” represents synthesis at a higher level of abstraction and does not lend itself to dating based on tree-ring material.

A progressive increase in the amount and range of traded pottery is noted through time. The increase in the distribution of various pottery types after about A.D. 1250 is also accompanied by an increase in attempts to make local copies of certain pottery types obtained by trade.

Decorated pottery types which occur as trade products tend to persist in later archaeological contexts and this situation is discussed as the “Lasting Phenomenon of Traded Ceramics.”

Southwestern pottery is distributed in prehistoric times on the basis of hand-to-hand or person-to-person contact and although the amount of trade and the spatial dispersal increase in time, particularly after 1250, this trade never reaches the same degree of institutionalization that is seen in Mesoamerica.  An associated feature is an emphasis on the trading of small, decorated vessels, as opposed to large, utility or undecorated, ceramic containers.

PB - University of Arizona CY - Tucson VL - Doctor of Philosophy ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Dendrochronology Y1 - 1963 A1 - Bannister, Bryant KW - bannister KW - dating KW - dendrochronology KW - tree ring KW - tree rings ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Precision of Ring Dating in Tree-Ring Chronologies JF - Tree Ring Bulletin Y1 - 1946 A1 - Douglass, A.E. KW - Archaeology KW - chronology KW - dating KW - dendrochronology KW - Douglass KW - historic KW - precision dating KW - tree ring PB - University of Arizona CY - Tucson VL - XVII IS - No. 3 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Researches in Dendrochronology JF - Bulletin of the University of Utah Y1 - 1946 A1 - Douglass, A.E. KW - dating KW - dendrochronology KW - Douglass KW - historic KW - tree ring KW - university of utah PB - University of Utah CY - Salt Lake City VL - 37 IS - No. 2 N1 - This title is available through the Tree Ring Laboratory; please contact the lab for more information. ER - TY - Generic T1 - Tree Rings and Climatic Cycles, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, Astronomical Studies Y1 - 1944 A1 - Peterson, Roy M. A1 - Douglass, A.E. KW - astronomy KW - climate KW - dating KW - dendrochronology KW - Douglass KW - environment KW - fraternity KW - historic KW - tree ring KW - tree ring laboratory JF - Phi Kappa Phi Journal PB - University of Arizona CY - Tucson VL - XXIV IS - No. 3 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Crossdating at Mesa Verde National Park JF - Journal of Forestry Y1 - 1942 A1 - Douglass, A.E. KW - Archaeology KW - crossdating KW - dating KW - Douglass KW - Forestry KW - historic KW - mesa verde KW - southwest KW - tree ring VL - 40 IS - No. 4 N1 - Copies of this are available through the Tree Ring Laboratory; please contact the lab for more information. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Crossdating in Dendrochronology JF - Journal of Forestry Y1 - 1941 A1 - Douglass, A.E. KW - crossdating KW - dating KW - dendrochronology KW - Douglass KW - historic KW - tree ring VL - 39 N1 - Copies of this are available through the Tree Ring Laboratory; please contact the lab for more information. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Tree Rings Nature's Calendar for the Archaeologist JF - Field Museum News Y1 - 1940 KW - Archaeology KW - chronology KW - dating KW - dendrochronology KW - Douglass KW - historic KW - southwest KW - tree ring ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Tree Rings and Chronology JF - University of Arizona Bulletin Y1 - 1937 A1 - Douglass, A.E. KW - chronology KW - dates KW - dating KW - Douglass KW - historic KW - tree ring PB - University of Arizona CY - Tucson VL - VII IS - No. 4 ER - TY - Generic T1 - Dating Pueblo Bonito and Other Ruins of the Southwest Y1 - 1935 A1 - Douglass, A.E. KW - Archaeology KW - dates KW - dating KW - Douglass KW - pueblo bonito KW - ruins KW - southwest JF - National Geographic Society PB - National Geographic Society N1 -

Copies of this article are available in the Tree Ring Laboratory. Please contact the curator for more information. pcreasman@ltrr.arizona.edu

ER - TY - MGZN T1 - Secret of the Southwest Solved by Talkative Tree Rings Y1 - 1929 A1 - Douglass, A.E. KW - Archaeology KW - dates KW - dating KW - Douglass KW - Hopi KW - national geographic KW - southwest KW - tree rings KW - zuni JF - National Geographic Magazine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Some Topographic and Climatic Characters in the Annual Ring of the Yellow Pines and Sequoias of the Southwest JF - Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Y1 - 1922 A1 - Douglass, A.E. KW - annual KW - characteristics KW - characters KW - climate KW - climatic KW - dates KW - dating KW - Douglass KW - environment KW - ring KW - sequoias KW - southwest KW - topographic KW - tree ring KW - tree rings KW - yellow pine VL - LXI IS - No. 2 ER - TY - MGZN T1 - Dating Our Prehistoric Ruins Y1 - 1921 A1 - Douglass, A.E. KW - Archaeology KW - dates KW - dating KW - Douglass KW - historic KW - Prehistoric KW - ruins KW - southwest KW - tree ring JF - Natural History VL - XXI IS - No.1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - Tree Ring Dates and Dating of Southwestern Prehistoric Ruins Y1 - 0 A1 - Douglass, A.E. KW - addresses KW - Archaeology KW - date KW - dates KW - dating KW - Douglass KW - historic KW - prehistoric ruins KW - sites KW - tree ring ER -