The historical dendroarchaeology of the Hoskins House, Tannenbaum historic park, Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.A

Tree-Ring Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-45

  Henderson, Joseph P ^b   Grissino Mayer, Henri D ^a   Van De Gevel, Saskia L ^a   Hart, Justin L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Historical dendroarchaeology; Hoskins House; North Carolina; Southeastern U.S.; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS ALBA;

EID: 60549103061     PISSN: 15361098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3959/2007-11.1     Document Type: Article

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