Students are expected to be in lab promptly at 1 PM so we can go over the sessions objectives, hand out material, and answer questions as a group during the first 20-30 minutes.
Students are welcome to bring lunch and remain in the classroom after lecture if they choose.
We will try to pace the class so all students are working on the same set of material at roughly the same time. We will have 14 regular lab sessions and a lab practical exam Dec. 5 th . Introduction to woods and crossdating The lab will begin with an overview of wood characteristics, suitability for dendrochronology, and an introduction to the skeleton plotting method of crossdating. Students are encouraged to utilize Dr. Paul Sheppards SkeletonPlot program for practicing this technique. This exercise is designed to provide a practical experience in crossdating and chronology building based on wood specimens from a site in Zuni Mountains of west-central New Mexico.