Answer one of the following questions in your own words. Length: No more than on
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Answer one of the following questions in your own words. Length: No more than one page. Explain, in your own words, how examination of growth characteristics of wood makes possible the technique of dendrochronology. Visit the National Park Service website for Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Mesa Verde National Park or Canyon de Chelly National Monument. Follow the link for "History and Culture" and list the 3 most interesting things you learned about the Anasazi from the website. Provide the url of the website you visited: In 1539, Herando de Soto journeyed through the Mississippi Valley in what is now eastern Arkansas. The next European to travel through this country was Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle in 1682. Compare and contrast what these 2 European expeditions noted about the native inhabitants and the landscape of this region. Briefly explain what caused the differences.Explanation / Answer
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Dendrochronology is the dating and study of annual rings in tree.
Tree rings are caused by different growth rates of the tree. They grow more slowly in the winter so they are annual tree rings. They also grow less because of climate conditions and other factors. It is useful as a way of establishing past climates that were beneficial to growing.
It doesn't however tell you what the temperature was as was done by Michael Mann in his bogus hockey stick AGW propaganda campaign. It is more useful for saying how much moisture there was that year but it is also affected by several other factors including insects, clouds, humidity, length of summer, fire....