An introduction to dendroarchaeology in the southeastern United States

Tree-Ring Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-10

  Grissino Mayer, Henri D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction history; Dendroarchaeology; Southeastern U.S.; Tree ring dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 60549096875     PISSN: 15361098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3959/2008-19.1     Document Type: Review

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