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ART0D9KW43A2DDR·Artifact · sample

Chaco tree-ring specimens

Samplenot statedCollected from the 1920s on; reappraised for Pueblo Bonito in the Chaco Wood Project
Not kept here. This copy isn't ours to show. See it where it's published.

Beam sections and cores from the great houses. Their cutting dates give the building sequence, and their strontium and dendro-provenance give the timber sources (Chuska, Zuni and Mount Taylor ranges).

Chaco Research Archive and Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. not stated

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DatasetChaco Research Archive and Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research · chacoarchive.org · not statedPrimary source: Tree-Ring Databases (CRA Tree-Ring Database and 2015 LTRR great house specimen database)2 steps from the original

Where it was made

AlbuquerqueSt. GeorgeSanta FeFlagstaffFarmingtonGallupDurango1Pueblo Bonito200 kmAlbuquerquePuebloSt. GeorgeSanta Fe1200 km
Pueblo Bonito · Great house

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Chaco tree-ring specimens [Artifact ART0D9KW43A2DDR]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D9KW43A2DDR
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