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Great time coring southern Alabama log buildings!

Mahsa Mirzakhani

Had a great time meeting up with colleagues (@MRochner86; @dendrotrog; @L_tulipifera et al.) to sample some southern Alabama log buildings the other day. We will use these collections to increase the length of regional long leaf pine chronologies and hopefully provide some information about the construction history of these early Alabama structures. We cored log structures at the Wehle Tract (an Alabama Forever Wild property), the Loachapoka Pioneer Park, a private residence in Montgomery and Popes Tavern and the Karsner-Carroll […]

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The search for Fort Armstrong: Dendroarchaeology of the Williamson “Snow Hill” Plantation, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA

Discussed this project in an earlier post. Matt Gage from the UA Office of Archaeological Research and I carried out some tree-ring dating on three historical log buildings in northeastern Alabama to determine if any of the structures could have been associated with historic Fort Armstrong. Fort Armstrong was constructed near Cedar Bluff, Alabama by militia members under the ultimate command of Andrew Jackson to support actions against the “Red Stick” faction of Creeks during the First Creek War in 1813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2017.02.001

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Ft Armstrong?

One of the cool projects that I have worked on since moving back to Alabama focuses on using tree rings to date the construction of  a group of historical log buildings. I was asked by the AL Office of Archaeological Research to attempt to determine the construction history of three log buildings that were once a part of Snow Hill Plantation and are  currently located at Noccalula Falls State Park and Little River Canyon Center. There was some speculation that […]

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Lakeport Plantation

If you are into old plantation houses Lakeport Plantation in eastern Arkansas is one of the finest restored examples in that state. A few years ago Dave Stahle and I used tree-rings to date the construction of the main house. It was built almost entirely of bald cypress, and nearly every log was cut in 1858. Check out their website . For more pics see: Lakeport Plantation

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