Tree-Ring Dating of Inuit Sites in Labrador

摘要：Kaplan， BowdoinOPP-0010982A社会科学和自然科学研究团队计划将树木年轮分析技术应用于加拿大拉布拉多沿海考古遗址因纽特草皮房屋中发现的木材样本的年代测定。从草皮房屋的结构成分中得出的日期将帮助考古学家更准确地确定遗址何时被占用，以及某些房屋形式何时被使用。我们迫切需要精确地确定拉布拉多因纽特人的草皮房屋和草堆的年代，以便发展出更有力的理论，来解释在过去700年拉布拉多因纽特人的历史中，导致主要和反复的生存和定居变化的因素。树木年轮测年为拉布拉多的考古学家提供了一个独特的机会，可以更精确地绘制文化历史，并发展和检验文化、历史和环境相结合的理论。

Abstract:Kaplan, BowdoinOPP-0010982A team of social science and natural science researchers plans to apply the techniques of tree-ring analysis to the dating of wood samples recovered from Inuit sod houses in archaeological sites in coastal Labrador, Canada. The dates derived from structural components of sod houses will help archaeologists more accurately determine when sites were occupied and certain house forms were in use. There is a pressing need to date precisely Labrador Inuit sod houses and middens in order to develop more robust theories concerning the factors that resulted in major and repeated subsistence and settlement changes in the last 700 years of Labrador Inuit history. Tree-ring dating offers archaeologists in Labrador a unique opportunity to map the culture history with more precision and to develop and test theories about the conjunction of culture, history, and environment.