Anasazi, Drought, Volcanoes, and Forest Fires: a century of dendrochronology in the Southwest

The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research (LTRR) is organizing a short dendrochronology symposium on April 14, from 8:00 AM to 12 noon in the University of Arizona Student Union Kiva Room as part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division (SWARM) eightieth annual meeting.

8:15	Introduction	Thomas Swetnam
8:20	Andrew Ellicott Douglass and the Instruments of Dendrochronology	Shaw Kinsley
8:50	Ancient Trees of the American West as Climate Archives	Malcolm Hughes
9:20	From Schulman to Stakeholders: an overview of dendrohydrology in the Southwest	David Meko & Katherine Hirschboeck
9:50	Dendrochemical Analysis of Trees Affected by Cinder Cone Eruptions: a new technique for re-analyzing the Sunset Crater eruption	Paul Sheppard, Michael Ort, Kirk Anderson, Jeff Speakman & Mark Elson
10:20	Break
10:30	Anasazi History: overview of dendroarchaeology in the Southwest	Jeffrey Dean
11:00	The Navajo Dendroarchaeology of La Ventana Mesa, New Mexico	Ronald Towner
11:30	Wildfires, Insect Outbreaks, and Drought: a tree-ring synthesis of ecological, climatic, and cultural history of Southwestern forests	Thomas Swetnam

The full meeting (whose theme is Progress and Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century) runs from April 13 to 16, with many other talks, poster presentations and other activities. All participants in the meeting are welcome to attend the dendrochronology symposium, but the meeting itself requires registration; the fees are are: Regular $50.00, Undergraduate or Graduate Student $25.00, K-12 Teacher $20.00, and K-12 Student $10.00; One day pass (for non-presenters only) $10.00. If you are waiting to pay at the meeting, there will not only be an additional $10.00 late payment fee, but also only cash or check payments will be accepted. Follow the links on the web site http://www.aaas-swarm.org/ for on-line registration (before April 11) and more details.