0
Strontium isotopes reveal distant sources of architectural timber in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Nathan B. English, Julio L. Betancourt, Jeffrey S. Dean et al., 2001. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98(21): 11891-11896.
Compares 87Sr/86Sr in spruce and fir construction beams with living trees in the surrounding ranges and finds the beams came from the Chuska and San Mateo (Mount Taylor) mountains, 75 to 100 km away, but not from the equally close San Pedro Mountains, with logs from both sources in the same room and year by AD 974.
What it's used for here
The first isotopic sourcing of Chaco timber.
Cited by on this site 10 records
The great houses of Chaco Canyon
MYSThe mystery article
QST
Cite it
English, N. B., Betancourt, J. L., Dean, J. S., & Quade, J. (2001). Strontium isotopes reveal distant sources of architectural timber in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98(21): 11891-11896. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.211305498
@article{english2001strontium,
author = {English, Nathan B. and Betancourt, Julio L. and Dean, Jeffrey S. and Quade, Jay},
title = {Strontium isotopes reveal distant sources of architectural timber in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98(21): 11891-11896},
year = {2001},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.211305498},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.211305498}
}TY - JOUR TI - Strontium isotopes reveal distant sources of architectural timber in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico AU - English, Nathan B. AU - Betancourt, Julio L. AU - Dean, Jeffrey S. AU - Quade, Jay PY - 2001 JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98(21): 11891-11896 DO - 10.1073/pnas.211305498 UR - https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.211305498 ER -
English, Nathan B. et al.. “Strontium isotopes reveal distant sources of architectural timber in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98(21): 11891-11896 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.211305498.