Apr 17, 2023 · Archaeologists have long wondered: Where did this wood originate—and how did Ancestral Puebloans move such massive timbers?

Apr 13, 2023 · Archaeologists have long wondered: Where did this wood originate—and how did Ancestral Puebloans move such massive timbers? Given the epic scale of Chacoan …

The Chaco Wood Project was begun in 1985 to examine the complexities of dating the occupation of Pueblo Bonito brought about by the reuse of construction wood by the Chacoans …

Apr 17, 2023 · The Ancestral Pueblo people required wood, sandstone blocks, and mud mortar to construct their buildings. To get these materials, the people of Chaco Canyon had to be adept …

Dec 23, 2015 · Tree rings can pinpoint the source of wood as well as how old it is. This method has now been used to identify the sources of timber used by the Native Americans who …

Dec 7, 2015 · The wood in the monumental "great houses" built in Chaco Canyon by ancient Puebloans came from two different mountain ranges, according to new research from the …

Dec 17, 2015 · Guiterman et al.’s (1) analysis of a spatially broad sample of construction timbers from 7 of 11 great houses in Chaco Canyon documents the chronology and spatial extent of …

This site, long a keystone for interpreting the Chacoan Phenomenon in the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico, reveals a fascinating history in the procurement, use, and reuse of …

We accessed tree-ring data for five of the six sites from the International Tree-Ring Databank; the sixth site, Chaco Canyon ponderosa pine (Chaco East), consists of wood collected by National …

Dec 8, 2015 · The Chaco Canyon houses wood source mystery has finally been solved, say scientists from the University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, who concluded …