essay
Assessment of chronometric methods and dates
roosevelt community development study: new perspectives on tonto basin prehistory • (15) • Published In 1995 • Pages: 39-60
By: Elson, Mark D..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Elson describes the various methods used to further develop a chronology for the lower Tonto basin, especially for the Preclassic period. Emphasis is placed on dating specific features and deposits. Discussed are several ceramic dating methods, radiocarbon dating, tree-ring dating, and archaeomagnetic dating.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Ceramic technology
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hohokam
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-550 BP (AD 100-1450)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tonto basin, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mark D. Elson
- Submitted to Arizona Projects Office, Bureau of Reclamation, Contract No. 1-CS-32-01220
- For bibliographical references see document 31:Elson et al
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hohokam culture