Dendrochronological dating of historic log cabins on the Belle Meade Plantation, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA

Stachowiak, Lauren A.; Schneider, Elizabeth; Rochner, Maegen L.; Collins, Savannah A.; Grissino-Mayer, Henri D.

doi:10.1007/s00334-015-0535-x

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“…The same region included 20 historic-timber sites, the majority ( n = 19) of which are located in West Virginia and Virginia (Cockrell et al, 2017; Graauw and Hessl, 2020). Here we contribute 21 additional historic-timber datasets previously not publicly available, including personal collections from the authors and those from projects completed by students in the University of Tennessee Knoxville Environmental Change Laboratory (Brock et al, 2017; Grissino-Mayer and van de Gevel, 2007; Grissino-Mayer et al, 2017; Henderson et al, 2009; Lewis et al, 2009; Mann et al, 2009; Rochner et al, 2017, 2019; Schneider et al, 2015; Stachowiak et al, 2016; Van De Gevel et al, 2009).…”

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“…We excluded sites that contained fewer than 10 series as well as any historic-timber sites that were mixed with living trees (21 live-tree sites excluded). We added new collections of 21 previously unpublished historic-timber data (which met the above criteria) from the same region, eight from the private collection of co-author de Graauw, one from the private collection of co-author Rochner and 12 provided with consent and/or co-authorship of relevant members of the University of Tennessee Knoxville Environmental Change Laboratory (Brock et al, 2017; Grissino-Mayer and van de Gevel, 2007; Grissino-Mayer et al, 2017; Henderson et al, 2009; Lewis et al, 2009; Mann et al, 2009; Rochner et al, 2017, 2019; Schneider et al, 2015; Stachowiak et al, 2016; Van De Gevel et al, 2009; Supplemental Table S1, available online, Figure 1). From these data, we developed two datasets (Supplemental Table S1, available online): (1) a full dataset consisting of all live-tree (hereafter LT; n = 99) and historic-timber (hereafter HT; n = 41) sites, covering the period 481–2018 CE and (2) a truncated dataset consisting of LT and HT sites constrained to a common period of temporal coverage for analyses (1580–1880 CE).…”

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Comparing the impact of live-tree versus historic-timber data on palaeoenvironmental inferences in tree-ring science, eastern North America

de Graauw,

Rochner,

van de Gevel

et al. 2023

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Dendroarchaeological data from historic structures and artefacts have the potential to extend tree-ring chronologies spatially and temporally, especially where old-growth forests have been extensively modified or harvested. While these data may contribute to an improved understanding of past climate and ecology, critical differences in the properties of live-tree and historic-timber data might affect results and interpretations of large-scale studies, such as those relying on large datasets from public databases like the International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB). The objective of this work was to compare summary measures of live-tree versus historic-timber datasets likely to affect outcomes and inferences of typical paleoenvironmental applications. We used 99 live-tree (LT) and 41 historic-timber (HT) datasets collected in the Appalachian region of the eastern United States and compared common analytical measures for understanding past climate and ecology, including temporal coverage, species composition, recruitment patterns, segment length, series coherence/mean interseries correlation (as Rbar), expressed population signal (EPS), subsample signal strength (SSS) and response to drought and extreme climate events. We found that tree-ring data from historic timbers record some ecological events similarly to live trees and are sensitive to some climate conditions, with important caveats related to the influence of site and tree selection on analytical measures. In some cases, these caveats can be overcome through improved collection of metadata and additional analyses. In all cases, potential differences in LT and HT data should be considered by those who perform large-scale analyses using public tree ring databases, especially as more scientists contribute historic-timber datasets.

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Comparing the impact of live-tree versus historic-timber data on palaeoenvironmental inferences in tree-ring science, eastern North America

de Graauw,

Rochner,

van de Gevel

et al. 2023

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“…These harvest dates establish an earliest possible date of construction and provide evidence to estimate the true age of a structure [1]. Precision dating of historic structures in the southeastern United States (US) has flourished in the last decade [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. Within this region, the Gulf Coastal Plain remains under-represented aside from three published studies [12][13][14].…”

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Latewood Ring Width Reveals CE 1734 Felling Dates for Walker House Timbers in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA

Patterson

Harley

Holt

et al. 2021

Forests

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Dendroarchaeology is under-represented in the Gulf Coastal Plain region of the United States (US), and at present, only three published studies have precision dated a collection of 18th–19th-century structures. In this study, we examined the tree-ring data from pine, poplar, and oak timbers used in the Walker House in Tupelo, Mississippi. The Walker House was constructed ca. the mid-1800s with timbers that appeared to be recycled from previous structures. In total, we examined 30 samples (16 pines, 8 oaks, and 6 poplars) from the attic and crawlspace. We cross-dated latewood ring growth from the attic pine samples to the period 1541–1734 (r = 0.52, t = 8.43, p < 0.0001) using a 514-year longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) latewood reference chronology from southern Mississippi. The crawlspace oak samples produced a 57-year chronology that we dated against a white oak (Quercus alba L.) reference chronology from northeast Alabama to the period 1765–1822 (r = 0.36, t = 2.83, p < 0.01). We were unable to cross-date the six poplar samples due to a lack of poplar reference chronologies in the region. Our findings have two important implications: (1) the pine material dated to 1734 represents the oldest dendroarchaeology-confirmed dating match for construction materials in the southeastern US, and (2) cross-dating latewood growth for southeastern US pine species produced statistically significant results, whereas total ring width failed to produce significant dating results.

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Tree-ring dating of timbers from Sabine Hill, home of General Nathaniel Taylor, Elizabethton, Tennessee, USA

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Dendrochronological dating of historic log cabins on the Belle Meade Plantation, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA

Cited by 12 publications

References 12 publications

Comparing the impact of live-tree versus historic-timber data on palaeoenvironmental inferences in tree-ring science, eastern North America

Comparing the impact of live-tree versus historic-timber data on palaeoenvironmental inferences in tree-ring science, eastern North America

Latewood Ring Width Reveals CE 1734 Felling Dates for Walker House Timbers in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA

Tree-ring dating of timbers from Sabine Hill, home of General Nathaniel Taylor, Elizabethton, Tennessee, USA

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