# Guiterman 2016: Eleventh-century shift in timber procurement areas for the great houses of Chaco Canyon

> Christopher H. Guiterman, Thomas W. Swetnam, Jeffrey S. Dean, 2016. 8 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The tree-ring provenance result and the…

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# Eleventh-century shift in timber procurement areas for the great houses of Chaco Canyon

Christopher H. Guiterman, Thomas W. Swetnam, Jeffrey S. Dean, 2016. _Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113(5): 1186-1190_.

Sources 170 timbers from seven great houses by matching their ring-width series against regional chronologies: the Chuska and Zuni mountains supplied 70 percent; nearly all timbers before 1020 came from the Zunis, and by 1060 the Chuskas dominated, at the onset of the eleventh-century florescence.

**Great houses of Chaco Canyon** Articledoi: **[10.1073/pnas.1514272112](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1514272112)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The tree-ring provenance result and the timing of the shift.

## Cited by on this site 8 records

[Most timber came from closer sources, and long-distance hauling was exceptional.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/answers/ANS0D9KV6ST73W2/most-timber-came-from-closer-sources-and-long-distance)

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[Ring-width series of 170 Chaco timbers and regional reference chronologies (Guiterman et al. 2016)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D9KVAF032C4/ring-width-series-of-170-chaco-timbers-and-regional)

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[Ring-width matching of 170 timbers puts 70 percent in the Chuska and Zuni ranges, with a shift from the Zunis…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KV6A62N7N/ring-width-matching-of-170-timbers-puts-70-percent-in-the)

Evidence

EVD

[Timber came first from the Zunis and then, from about 1060, from the Chuskas, where Chuskan tools and pottery…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KTY8C3JZY/timber-came-first-from-the-zunis-and-then-from-about-1060)

Evidence

EVD

[The main timber source shifts from the Zuni to the Chuska Mountains](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/events/EVT0D9KTM8200FV/the-main-timber-source-shifts-from-the-zuni-to-the-chuska)

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[Christopher H. Guiterman](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/people/FIG0D9KTHAA1EXK/christopher-h-guiterman)

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[The great houses of Chaco Canyon](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon)

The mystery article

MYS

[Where did the great-house timbers come from?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/questions/QST0D9KTTBC2PDT/where-did-the-great-house-timbers-come-from)

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## Cite it

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Guiterman, C. H., Swetnam, T. W., & Dean, J. S. (2016). Eleventh-century shift in timber procurement areas for the great houses of Chaco Canyon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113(5): 1186-1190. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1514272112
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1514272112)

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