The historical dendroarchaeology of two log structures at the marble springs historic site, Knox County, Tennessee, U.S.A

Tree-Ring Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-36

  Slayton, Jessica D ^a   Stevens, Maggie R ^a   Grissino Mayer, Henri D ^a   Faulkner, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Governor john sevier; Historical dendroarchaeology; Marble springs; Tennessee; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

EID: 60549116177     PISSN: 15361098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3959/2007-5.1     Document Type: Article

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