Nicholas V Kessler
Biographic Data
| ID | 5599690 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas V Kessler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas V |
| FAMILY NAME | Kessler |
| SIGNATURE | KESSLER N V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arizona |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5506-6865 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Microhistories and Temporal Continuities
The King site in northwestern Georgia is one of the most fully excavated sixteenth-century Indigenous towns in the southeastern United States. It is also one of the most well-excavated Indigenous towns occupied during the earliest European expeditions into the interior of what is today the United States. Home to ancestors of the Muscogee Nation, the King site serves as an important analytical microcosm to explore the direct and indirect impacts o…
Report on new tree-ring-radiocarbon dates from Snaketown, Gila River Indian Community
Tree-Ring-Radiocarbon Dating Paraffin-Conserved Charcoal at the Mississippian Center of Kincaid, Illinois, Usa
Archival charcoal tree-ring segments from the Mississippian center of Kincaid Mounds provide chronometric information for the history of this important site. However, charcoal recovered from Kincaid was originally treated with a paraffin consolidant, a once common practice in American archaeology. This paper presents data on the efficacy of a solvent pretreatment protocol and new wiggle-matched 14 C dates from the largest mound (Mound 10) at Kinc…
Wiggle-Matched Red Cedar from a Pre-Monumental Occupation at Kincaid Mounds, Illinois, USA
Wiggle-matched 14C dates anchored an 82-year floating cedar tree-ring chronology from the basal layer of a Mississippian Period mound to AD 1170 ± 9 (1σ) (outermost ring). Although numerical cross-matching showed preference for a temporal placement consistent with the 14C dates and visual matching, statistical scores were below critical thresholds for annual crossdating. Sapwood-corrected terminus post quem dates for the material, and their strat…
Base cation evidence for enhanced water infiltration in Ancestral Pueblo gravel mulch fields, Northern New Mexico, USA
In the Northern Rio Grande region of New Mexico, USA, Ancestral Pueblo villages experienced rapid demographic and economic growth in the late 14th and 15th centuries A.D. Recent research has proposed that this growth was underwritten by cotton production for exchange. Gravel mulch was an important component of cotton agriculture, but its function and soil legacies are not well understood. Since water management was likely a critical feature of gr…
New tree-ring-radiocarbon dates reveal drought-migration linkage for central Arizona cliff dwelling
Tree-Ring-Radiocarbon Dating at a Late Contact Period Kitkahahki Pawnee Site on the Central Great Plains, Usa
This study obtained calendar dates by radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrometry ( 14 C AMS) dating sequential tree-rings of wooden support posts from the buried remains of traditional Kitkahahki Pawnee earthlodges preserved at an archaeological site on the Central Great Plains, USA. The tree-ring segments from the site were dendrochronologically analyzed prior to this study, but the cross-matched site chronology could not be definitively cross-da…
The Distribution of Age Disparities in Conifer Charcoal From Archaeological Structures and Applications for Tree-Ring-Radiocarbon Dating
Age disparities between charcoal samples and their context are a well-known problem in archaeological chronometry, and even small offsets could affect the accuracy of high-precision wiggle-matched dates. In many cases of taphonomic or anthropogenic loss of the outermost rings, sapwood-based methods for estimating cutting dates are not always applicable, especially with charcoal. In these instances, wiggle-matched terminus post quem (TPQ) dates ar…
Tree-Ring-Radiocarbon Dating at a Late Contact Period Kitkahahki Pawnee Site on the Central Great Plains, Usa
This study obtained calendar dates by radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrometry ( 14 C AMS) dating sequential tree-rings of wooden support posts from the buried remains of traditional Kitkahahki Pawnee earthlodges preserved at an archaeological site on the Central Great Plains, USA. The tree-ring segments from the site were dendrochronologically analyzed prior to this study, but the cross-matched site chronology could not be definitively cross-da…
Tree-Ring-Radiocarbon Dating Paraffin-Conserved Charcoal at the Mississippian Center of Kincaid, Illinois, Usa
Archival charcoal tree-ring segments from the Mississippian center of Kincaid Mounds provide chronometric information for the history of this important site. However, charcoal recovered from Kincaid was originally treated with a paraffin consolidant, a once common practice in American archaeology. This paper presents data on the efficacy of a solvent pretreatment protocol and new wiggle-matched 14 C dates from the largest mound (Mound 10) at Kinc…
The Distribution of Age Disparities in Conifer Charcoal From Archaeological Structures and Applications for Tree-Ring-Radiocarbon Dating
Age disparities between charcoal samples and their context are a well-known problem in archaeological chronometry, and even small offsets could affect the accuracy of high-precision wiggle-matched dates. In many cases of taphonomic or anthropogenic loss of the outermost rings, sapwood-based methods for estimating cutting dates are not always applicable, especially with charcoal. In these instances, wiggle-matched terminus post quem (TPQ) dates ar…
New tree-ring-radiocarbon dates reveal drought-migration linkage for central Arizona cliff dwelling
Tree-Ring-Radiocarbon Dating at a Late Contact Period Kitkahahki Pawnee Site on the Central Great Plains, Usa
This study obtained calendar dates by radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrometry ( 14 C AMS) dating sequential tree-rings of wooden support posts from the buried remains of traditional Kitkahahki Pawnee earthlodges preserved at an archaeological site on the Central Great Plains, USA. The tree-ring segments from the site were dendrochronologically analyzed prior to this study, but the cross-matched site chronology could not be definitively cross-da…
The Distribution of Age Disparities in Conifer Charcoal From Archaeological Structures and Applications for Tree-Ring-Radiocarbon Dating
Age disparities between charcoal samples and their context are a well-known problem in archaeological chronometry, and even small offsets could affect the accuracy of high-precision wiggle-matched dates. In many cases of taphonomic or anthropogenic loss of the outermost rings, sapwood-based methods for estimating cutting dates are not always applicable, especially with charcoal. In these instances, wiggle-matched terminus post quem (TPQ) dates ar…
Wiggle-Matched Red Cedar from a Pre-Monumental Occupation at Kincaid Mounds, Illinois, USA
Wiggle-matched 14C dates anchored an 82-year floating cedar tree-ring chronology from the basal layer of a Mississippian Period mound to AD 1170 ± 9 (1σ) (outermost ring). Although numerical cross-matching showed preference for a temporal placement consistent with the 14C dates and visual matching, statistical scores were below critical thresholds for annual crossdating. Sapwood-corrected terminus post quem dates for the material, and their strat…
Base cation evidence for enhanced water infiltration in Ancestral Pueblo gravel mulch fields, Northern New Mexico, USA
In the Northern Rio Grande region of New Mexico, USA, Ancestral Pueblo villages experienced rapid demographic and economic growth in the late 14th and 15th centuries A.D. Recent research has proposed that this growth was underwritten by cotton production for exchange. Gravel mulch was an important component of cotton agriculture, but its function and soil legacies are not well understood. Since water management was likely a critical feature of gr…
Tree-Ring-Radiocarbon Dating Paraffin-Conserved Charcoal at the Mississippian Center of Kincaid, Illinois, Usa
Archival charcoal tree-ring segments from the Mississippian center of Kincaid Mounds provide chronometric information for the history of this important site. However, charcoal recovered from Kincaid was originally treated with a paraffin consolidant, a once common practice in American archaeology. This paper presents data on the efficacy of a solvent pretreatment protocol and new wiggle-matched 14 C dates from the largest mound (Mound 10) at Kinc…
Report on new tree-ring-radiocarbon dates from Snaketown, Gila River Indian Community
Microhistories and Temporal Continuities
The King site in northwestern Georgia is one of the most fully excavated sixteenth-century Indigenous towns in the southeastern United States. It is also one of the most well-excavated Indigenous towns occupied during the earliest European expeditions into the interior of what is today the United States. Home to ancestors of the Muscogee Nation, the King site serves as an important analytical microcosm to explore the direct and indirect impacts o…
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Dendrochronology (6 works) · Geology (6 works) · Radiocarbon dating (5 works) · Chronology (4 works) · Paleontology (4 works) · Physical geography (4 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (3 works)