The Chronology of the Martinez Homestead

• A total of 87 tree-ring samples was collected from the site, 58 of which yielded dates; 17 of the dates are cutting or near cutting dates. The earliest near cutting date is 1907+LB and the latest date is 1928vv.

• The earliest construction at the site was the jacal wall in Room 3 in the fall of 1908; indeed all of Room 3 was probably built at that time. There is some evidence that portions of the corral were built at the same time.

• There is some evidence that the corral was used during the late 1910s and early 1920s, but possibly not later.

• Rooms 1, 2, and 4 were apparently constructed as unit in 1921-1922. The beams for Room 2 were cut in the spring of 1921, but the south door lintel in Room 1 and south door jamb in Room 3 indicate that construction was not completed until the following year.

• Repairs to the west wall of Room 1 were performed in the spring of 1928; the lambing pens were also in use until sometime after the spring of 1928.

• Determining when the site was abandoned is difficult, but it may have been abandoned by the early 1930s and onset of the Great Depression.

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