Precision of Ring Dating in Tree-Ring Chronologies (Pamphlet)

Description

Author: Douglass, A. E.  (Andrew Ellicott) (1867-1962)

Publisher: University of Arizona, Laboratory of Tree Ring Research

Pub Date: 1946

Binding: Paperback

Condition: 2 copies.  Copy 1 (DU): Fair.  Stapled binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  Two ink (?) marks on lower front cover, smeared (see photo).  Previous owner’s name in ink on upper edge inside front cover, and stamped inside front cover.  Foxing to front and rear covers.  Edge and corner wear.  Copy 2 (LC21): Fair.  Stapled binding tight.  No tears.  Previous owner’s name on upper front cover corner.  Lower front cover corner has an approx. 4″ fold (dropped).

Notes: Pamphlet.   University of Arizona Bulletin Vol. XVII, No. 3.  July 1, 1946.  Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research Bulletin No. 3.  Tree-ring dating was (and is) one of the most important tools ever discovered for dating archaeological sites.  And Douglass wasn’t even an archaeologist–he was an astronomer.  How else would we know about the climate in Chaco in the 13th century?  Douglass recognized the effects of climate on trees (altitude, availability of water, location), and this pamphlet is his attempt to teach the basics of dendrochronology.  Copy 2 from the library of the late archaeologist John Otis Brew, his signature on cover.