Tree-Ring Dating of Inuit Sites in Labrador

摘要：卡普兰，BowdoinOPP-0010982A社会科学和自然科学研究小组计划将树轮分析技术应用于加拿大拉布拉多沿海考古遗址因纽特人草皮屋中发现的木材样品的年代测定。根据草皮屋的结构组件得出的日期将有助于考古学家更准确地确定遗址被占用的时间和某些房屋形式在使用中。迫切需要准确地确定拉布拉多因纽特人草皮房屋和助产士的年代，以便就拉布拉多因纽特人过去700年历史上导致重大和反复的生存和定居点变化的因素提出更有力的理论。树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地图，并开发和测试关于文化、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.