From blockhouse to hog house: The historical dendroarchaeology of The Swaggerty Blockhouse, Cocke County, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Tree-Ring Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-67

  Mann, David F ^a   Grissino Mayer, Henri D ^a   Faulkner, Charles H ^a   Rehder, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blockhouse; Ceramic dates; Construction date; Dendrochronology; Nail dates; Quercus

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 60549101526     PISSN: 15361098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3959/2007-4.1     Document Type: Article

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