Assessing The Importance Of Past Human Behavior In Dendroarchaeological Research: Examples From Range Creek Canyon, Utah, U.S.A.
Affiliation
Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of ArizonaCollege of Eastern Utah
Issue Date
2009-07Keywords
DendrochronologyTree Rings
Dendroarchaeology
Past Human Behavior
Species Selection
Beam Selection
Range Creek Canyon
Utah
Fremont Culture
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Towner, R.H., Salzer, M.W., Parks, J.A., Barlow, K.R., 2009. Assessing the importance of past human behavior in dendroarchaeological research: Examples from Range Creek Canyon, Utah, U.S.A. Tree-Ring Research 65(2):117-128.Abstract
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.ISSN
2162-45851536-1098