Sampling Wood in Chuska Mountains (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Sampling Wood in Chuska Mountains

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Chris Baisan of the University of Arizona's Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research samples a dead tree in New Mexico's Chuska Mountains. The tree dates from the time that ancient Puebloans were building massive structures in Chaco Canyon, about 50 miles away.

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Christopher H. Guiterman

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