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Koeppen
From the text ... 'Charcoal is largely unaffected by fungi or other woods destroying organisms. Consequently, it will persist in soil for great periods of time and often turns up in archaeological diggings and paleobotanical studies. The…
Type: Document
Year: 1972
Ferguson
[From first paragraph] Dendrochronology may be defined as the study of the chronological sequence of annual growth rings in trees. The concepts and techniques of the science, as presented here, reflect the work and practice of the Laboratory of Tree…
Type: Document
Year: 1970
Galinat, Ruppe
Another large and significant collection of prehistoric maize cobs (Zea Mays L.) with Tripsacoid characteristics that are indicative of introgression from either Tripsacum spp. or its maize derivative, teosinte (Zea mexicana Reeves and Mangelsdorf…
Type: Document
Year: 1961
Mangelsdorf, MacNeish, Galinat
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Type: Document
Year: 1956
Mangelsdorf, Lister
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Type: Document
Year: 1956
Galinat, Mangelsdorf, Pierson
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Type: Document
Year: 1956
Stewart
From the text...'The unrestricted burning of vegetation appears to be a universal culture trait among historic primitive peoples and therefore was probably employed by our remote ancestors. Archeology indicates that extensive areas of the Old and…
Type: Document
Year: 1956
Mangelsdorf, Smith
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Type: Document
Year: 1949
Reiser, Huckaby
This guide was developed to help identify Culturally Peeled Trees. Culturally Peeled Trees are a specific type of Culturally Modified Tree. The term is used to describe the mostly pre-reservation practice by aboriginal or native people of 'peeling…
Type: Document