La 2298: The Oldest Pueblito Revisited

Meetings of Interest

“…40,41 Samples that yield near cutting dates also retain the last ring grown by the tree. However, these particular samples may or may not contain a locally absent or missing ring near the end of the sample ring sequence (see Box 2), and are denoted by a "ϩ" symbol.…”

“…Interestingly, the distribution of complete and incomplete terminal rings of different species cut in 1694 indicates that the structure was built in the late summer or early fall of that year, probably sometime between the beginning of August and end of September. 41 Lightfoot's 42 research at the Duckfoot Site, a Pueblo I period hamlet in southwestern Colorado presents a different view of tree-ring dates. The site consists of 19 above-ground jacal rooms and four pit structures.…”

“…The bonded-walls, quartered-square ground plan, roofhatch entry, architecture, and construction techniques indicate that it was built in a single construction episode. 41 Three separate collecting trips have been made in an attempt to determine when the structure was built. A total of 24 tree-ring samples have been collected from the masonry structure.…”