Assessing the importance of past human behavior in dendroarchaeological research: Examples from range creek canyon, Utah, U.S.A.

Ronald H. Towner; Matthew W. Salzer; James A. Parks; K. Renee Barlow

doi:10.3959/2008-4.1

Assessing the importance of past human behavior in dendroarchaeological research: Examples from range creek canyon, Utah, U.S.A.

Ronald H. Towner, Matthew W. Salzer, James A. Parks, K. Renee Barlow

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Dendroarchaeological samples can contain three kinds of information: chronological, behavioral, and environmental. The decisions of past people regarding species selection, beam size, procurement and modification techniques, deadwood use, and stockpiling are the most critical factors influencing an archaeological date distribution. Using dendrochronological samples from prehistoric and historic period sites in the same area of eastern Utah, this paper examines past human behavior as the critical factor in dendroarchaeological date distributions.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	117-127
Number of pages	11
Journal	Tree-Ring Research
Volume	65
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3959/2008-4.1
State	Published - 2009

Keywords

Beam selection
Dendroarchaeology
Fremont culture
Past human behavior
Range creek canyon
Species selection
Utah

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Forestry
Geology
Atmospheric Science
Palaeontology

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