Dating Coastal Archaeological Wood From Pingusugruk (15th–17th CE), Northern Alaska:
Abstract Along the coasts of northern Alaska, in a treeless tundra environment, the primary wood resource for coastal populations is driftwood, a seasonal and exogenous resource carried by the major rivers of western North America. The potential of Alaskan coastal archaeological wood for tree-ring r...
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crbrillap:10.1163/27723194-bja10006 2024-09-09T20:12:23+00:00 Dating Coastal Archaeological Wood From Pingusugruk (15th–17th CE), Northern Alaska: Preliminary Results and Methodological Perspectives in Dendrochronology Taïeb, Juliette Alix, Claire Juday, Glenn P. Jensen, Anne M. Daux, Valérie Petit, Christophe 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/27723194-bja10006 https://brill.com/view/journals/ijwc/2/1-3/article-p89_5.xml https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/ijwc/2/1-3/article-p89_5.xml unknown Brill https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ International Journal of Wood Culture volume 2, issue 1-3, page 89-116 ISSN 2772-3186 2772-3194 journal-article 2022 crbrillap https://doi.org/10.1163/27723194-bja10006 2024-06-17T04:08:13Z Abstract Along the coasts of northern Alaska, in a treeless tundra environment, the primary wood resource for coastal populations is driftwood, a seasonal and exogenous resource carried by the major rivers of western North America. The potential of Alaskan coastal archaeological wood for tree-ring research was first assessed in the 1940s by archaeologist and tree-ring research pioneer J. L. Giddings. Despite his success, the difficulties of dendrochronological studies on driftwood and the development of radiocarbon dating during the 1950s resulted in the near-abandonment of dendrochronology to precisely date archaeological sites and build long sequences using archaeological wood in Alaska. In this study, we explored the possibilities and limitations of standard ring-width dendrochronological methods for dating Alaskan coastal archaeological wood. We focus on the site of Pingusugruk, a late Thule site (15th–17th CE ) located at Point Franklin, northern Alaska. The preliminary results have been obtained from the standard dendrochronological analyses of 40 timber cross-sections from two semi-subterranean houses at Pingusugruk. We cross-correlated individual ring-width series and built floating chronologies between houses before cross-dating them with existing regional 1000-year-long master chronologies from the Kobuk and Mackenzie rivers (available on the International Tree-Ring Databank, ITRDB ). Additional work on various dendro-archaeological collections using an interdisciplinary approach (geochemical analyses of oxygen isotopes and radiocarbon dating) will help develop and expand regional tree-ring chronologies and climatic tree-ring sequences in Alaska. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra Alaska Brill Giddings ENVELOPE(50.733,50.733,-67.400,-67.400) International Journal of Wood Culture 1 28 |
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Abstract Along the coasts of northern Alaska, in a treeless tundra environment, the primary wood resource for coastal populations is driftwood, a seasonal and exogenous resource carried by the major rivers of western North America. The potential of Alaskan coastal archaeological wood for tree-ring research was first assessed in the 1940s by archaeologist and tree-ring research pioneer J. L. Giddings. Despite his success, the difficulties of dendrochronological studies on driftwood and the development of radiocarbon dating during the 1950s resulted in the near-abandonment of dendrochronology to precisely date archaeological sites and build long sequences using archaeological wood in Alaska. In this study, we explored the possibilities and limitations of standard ring-width dendrochronological methods for dating Alaskan coastal archaeological wood. We focus on the site of Pingusugruk, a late Thule site (15th–17th CE ) located at Point Franklin, northern Alaska. The preliminary results have been obtained from the standard dendrochronological analyses of 40 timber cross-sections from two semi-subterranean houses at Pingusugruk. We cross-correlated individual ring-width series and built floating chronologies between houses before cross-dating them with existing regional 1000-year-long master chronologies from the Kobuk and Mackenzie rivers (available on the International Tree-Ring Databank, ITRDB ). Additional work on various dendro-archaeological collections using an interdisciplinary approach (geochemical analyses of oxygen isotopes and radiocarbon dating) will help develop and expand regional tree-ring chronologies and climatic tree-ring sequences in Alaska. |
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Taïeb, Juliette Alix, Claire Juday, Glenn P. Jensen, Anne M. Daux, Valérie Petit, Christophe Dating Coastal Archaeological Wood From Pingusugruk (15th–17th CE), Northern Alaska: |
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Dating Coastal Archaeological Wood From Pingusugruk (15th–17th CE), Northern Alaska: |
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Dating Coastal Archaeological Wood From Pingusugruk (15th–17th CE), Northern Alaska: |
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Dating Coastal Archaeological Wood From Pingusugruk (15th–17th CE), Northern Alaska: |
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Dating Coastal Archaeological Wood From Pingusugruk (15th–17th CE), Northern Alaska: |
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dating coastal archaeological wood from pingusugruk (15th–17th ce), northern alaska: |
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