Larry V Benson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4999396 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Larry V Benson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Larry V |
| FAMILY NAME | Benson |
| SIGNATURE | BENSON L V |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 83 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Prehistoric Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Prehistoric Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Development and application of methods used to source prehistoric Southwestern maize
Factors Controlling Pre-Columbian and Early Historic Maize Productivity in the American Southwest, Part 2
Factors Controlling Pre-Columbian and Early Historic Maize Productivity in the American Southwest, Part 1
Reply to Comments of Nolan and Cook
The following reply to the comments by Nolan and Cook makes the following points. The Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) is not a measure of summer rainfall. Cahokia's "Big Bang" dates to the end of the Edelhardt phase and continued through the Lohmann phase. The "American Bottom" refers only to the Mississippi River floodplain in the vicinity of East St. Louis, and the exact nature of human response to climate change cannot be predicted from P…
Who provided maize to Chaco Canyon after the mid-12th-century drought
Climate Change and Cultural Response in the Prehistoric American Southwest
Comparison of regional tree-ring cutting-date distributions from the southern Colorado Plateau and the Rio Grande region with tree-ring-based reconstructions of the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) and with the timing of archaeological stage transitions indicates that Southwestern Native American cultures were periodically impacted by major climatic oscillations between A.D. 860 and 1600. Sitespecific information indicates that aggregation, a…
A Holocene pollen record of persistent droughts from Pyramid Lake, Nevada, USA
Pollen and algae microfossils preserved in sediments from Pyramid Lake, Nevada, provide evidence for periods of persistent drought during the Holocene age. We analyzed one hundred nineteen 1-cm-thick samples for pollen and algae from a set of cores that span the past 7630 years. The early middle Holocene, 7600 to 6300 cal yr B.P., was found to be the driest period, although it included one short but intense wet phase. We suggest that Lake Tahoe w…
Correlation of Late-Pleistocene Lake-Level Oscillations in Mono Lake, California, with North Atlantic Climate Events
Oxygen-18 ( 18 O) values of sediment from the Wilson Creek Formation, Mono Basin, California, indicate three scales of temporal variation (Dansgaard–Oeschger, Heinrich, and Milankovitch) in the hydrologic balance of Mono Lake between 35,400 and 12,900 14 C yr B.P. During this interval, Mono Lake experienced four lowstands each lasting from 1000 to 2000 yr. The youngest lowstand, which occurred between 15,500 and 14,000 14 C yr B.P., was nearly sy…
Continuous Lake-Sediment Records of Glaciation in the Sierra Nevada between 52,600 and 12,500 14 C yr B.P
The chemistry of the carbonate-free clay-size fraction of Owens Lake sediments supports the use of total organic carbon and magnetic susceptibility as indicators of stadial–interstadial oscillations. Owens Lake records of total organic carbon, magnetic susceptibility, and chemical composition of the carbonate-free, clay-size fraction indicate that Tioga glaciation began ∼24,500 and ended by ∼13,600 14 C yr B.P. Many of the components of glacial r…
Radiocarbon Ages and Environments of Deposition of the Wono and Trego Hot Springs Tephra Layers in the Pyramid Lake Subbasin, Nevada
Uncalibrated radiocarbon data from core PLC92B taken from Wizards Cove in the Pyramid Lake subbasin indicate that the Trego Hot Springs and Wono tephra layers were deposited 23,200 ± 300 and 27,300 ± 300 14 C yr B.P. (uncorrected for reservoir effect). Sedimentological data from sites in the Pyramid Lake and Smoke Creek–Black Rock Desert subbasins indicate that the Trego Hot Springs tephra layer was deposited during a relatively dry period when P…
Uranium-Series Dating of Carbonate (Tufa) Deposits Associated with Quaternary Fluctuations of Pyramid Lake, Nevada
Uranium-series dating of dense tufa deposited in a small cave, at former lake margins, and in large tufa mounds clarifies the timing of lake-level variation during the past 400,000 yr in the Pyramid Lake basin. A moderate-sized lake occasionally overflowed the Emerson Pass sill at elevation of ∼1207 m between ca. 400,000 and 170,000 and from ca. 60,000 to 20,000 yr B.P., as shown by 230 Th/ 234 U ages of the cave samples, 230 Th-excess ages of tu…
Factors Controlling Pre-Columbian and Early Historic Maize Productivity in the American Southwest, Part 1
Factors Controlling Pre-Columbian and Early Historic Maize Productivity in the American Southwest, Part 2
Who provided maize to Chaco Canyon after the mid-12th-century drought
Climate Change and Cultural Response in the Prehistoric American Southwest
Comparison of regional tree-ring cutting-date distributions from the southern Colorado Plateau and the Rio Grande region with tree-ring-based reconstructions of the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) and with the timing of archaeological stage transitions indicates that Southwestern Native American cultures were periodically impacted by major climatic oscillations between A.D. 860 and 1600. Sitespecific information indicates that aggregation, a…
Prehistoric Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Prehistoric Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Uranium-Series Dating of Carbonate (Tufa) Deposits Associated with Quaternary Fluctuations of Pyramid Lake, Nevada
Uranium-series dating of dense tufa deposited in a small cave, at former lake margins, and in large tufa mounds clarifies the timing of lake-level variation during the past 400,000 yr in the Pyramid Lake basin. A moderate-sized lake occasionally overflowed the Emerson Pass sill at elevation of ∼1207 m between ca. 400,000 and 170,000 and from ca. 60,000 to 20,000 yr B.P., as shown by 230 Th/ 234 U ages of the cave samples, 230 Th-excess ages of tu…
Radiocarbon Ages and Environments of Deposition of the Wono and Trego Hot Springs Tephra Layers in the Pyramid Lake Subbasin, Nevada
Uncalibrated radiocarbon data from core PLC92B taken from Wizards Cove in the Pyramid Lake subbasin indicate that the Trego Hot Springs and Wono tephra layers were deposited 23,200 ± 300 and 27,300 ± 300 14 C yr B.P. (uncorrected for reservoir effect). Sedimentological data from sites in the Pyramid Lake and Smoke Creek–Black Rock Desert subbasins indicate that the Trego Hot Springs tephra layer was deposited during a relatively dry period when P…
Correlation of Late-Pleistocene Lake-Level Oscillations in Mono Lake, California, with North Atlantic Climate Events
Oxygen-18 ( 18 O) values of sediment from the Wilson Creek Formation, Mono Basin, California, indicate three scales of temporal variation (Dansgaard–Oeschger, Heinrich, and Milankovitch) in the hydrologic balance of Mono Lake between 35,400 and 12,900 14 C yr B.P. During this interval, Mono Lake experienced four lowstands each lasting from 1000 to 2000 yr. The youngest lowstand, which occurred between 15,500 and 14,000 14 C yr B.P., was nearly sy…
Continuous Lake-Sediment Records of Glaciation in the Sierra Nevada between 52,600 and 12,500 14 C yr B.P
The chemistry of the carbonate-free clay-size fraction of Owens Lake sediments supports the use of total organic carbon and magnetic susceptibility as indicators of stadial–interstadial oscillations. Owens Lake records of total organic carbon, magnetic susceptibility, and chemical composition of the carbonate-free, clay-size fraction indicate that Tioga glaciation began ∼24,500 and ended by ∼13,600 14 C yr B.P. Many of the components of glacial r…
A Holocene pollen record of persistent droughts from Pyramid Lake, Nevada, USA
Pollen and algae microfossils preserved in sediments from Pyramid Lake, Nevada, provide evidence for periods of persistent drought during the Holocene age. We analyzed one hundred nineteen 1-cm-thick samples for pollen and algae from a set of cores that span the past 7630 years. The early middle Holocene, 7600 to 6300 cal yr B.P., was found to be the driest period, although it included one short but intense wet phase. We suggest that Lake Tahoe w…
Who provided maize to Chaco Canyon after the mid-12th-century drought
Climate Change and Cultural Response in the Prehistoric American Southwest
Comparison of regional tree-ring cutting-date distributions from the southern Colorado Plateau and the Rio Grande region with tree-ring-based reconstructions of the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) and with the timing of archaeological stage transitions indicates that Southwestern Native American cultures were periodically impacted by major climatic oscillations between A.D. 860 and 1600. Sitespecific information indicates that aggregation, a…
Factors Controlling Pre-Columbian and Early Historic Maize Productivity in the American Southwest, Part 2
Factors Controlling Pre-Columbian and Early Historic Maize Productivity in the American Southwest, Part 1
Reply to Comments of Nolan and Cook
The following reply to the comments by Nolan and Cook makes the following points. The Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) is not a measure of summer rainfall. Cahokia's "Big Bang" dates to the end of the Edelhardt phase and continued through the Lohmann phase. The "American Bottom" refers only to the Mississippi River floodplain in the vicinity of East St. Louis, and the exact nature of human response to climate change cannot be predicted from P…
Development and application of methods used to source prehistoric Southwestern maize
Prehistoric Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Prehistoric Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 works) · Archaeology (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 works) · Geology (6 works) · Geology (5 works) · Geomorphology (5 works) · Physical geography (5 works) · Agriculture (4 works) · Canyon (4 works)