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These links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this Department of Commerce/NOAA Web site.","country":"USA","dataCenterUrl":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data","email":"paleo@noaa.gov","fax":"303-497-6513","longName":"National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce ","phone":"303-497-6280","postalCode":"80305-3328","shortName":"DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI","state":"CO","type":"CONTACT INFORMATION"},"contributionDate":"2019-05-24","dataPublisher":"NOAA","dataType":"TREE RING","dataTypeInformation":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data/datasets/tree-ring","difMetadataLink":"http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/published/paleo/dif/xml/noaa-tree-26891.xml","doi":null,"earliestYearBP":319,"earliestYearCE":1631,"entryId":"noaa-tree-26891","funding":[],"investigators":"Cockrell, S.W.; de Graauw, K.K.; Ziegler, A.M.; Hessl, A.E.","mostRecentYearBP":83,"mostRecentYearCE":1867,"onlineResourceLink":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/26891","originalSource":null,"publication":[{"abstract":"Dendroarchaeology can provide critical understanding of a structure built during key historic periods, such as the American Civil War (1861-1865), when historical documentation is likely to be sparse or incomplete. Cook's Mill is located in Greenville, West Virginia and extensive information derived from deeds, court records, wills, and oral history places the present mill's original construction in 1857. The American Civil War began shortly after its construction and military conflict in the area led to the burning of several key structures, one of which was an unknown mill in Greenville (formerly Centerville). Written history suggests the mill is original and survived the American Civil War, however we used dendroarchaeology to confirm its precise date of construction. We collected 46 samples from the mill and 6 cross sections from a nearby exhumed bridge for dendrochronological dating. The mill was constructed with white oak (Quercus alba) and tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) logs and the bridge samples were white oak. We visually and statistically crossdated 32 white oak samples from the mill and bridge by comparing them to a local chronology developed for this study and two regional oak chronologies from the International Tree-Ring Data Bank. Based on terminal ring attributes and cutting date years we were able to provide a suggested construction date of the spring or early summer of 1868. This date suggests Cook's Mill was the mill burned during military conflict in the area and that the current structure was subsequently rebuilt following the conclusion of the war.","author":{"name":"Shawn W. Cockrell, Kristen K. de Graauw, Alfred M. Ziegler, Amy E. Hessl"},"citation":"Shawn W. Cockrell, Kristen K. de Graauw, Alfred M. Ziegler, Amy E. Hessl. 2017. Precision dating of Cook’s Mill, a Civil War era structure in West Virginia. Dendrochronologia, 43, 20-26. doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2017.01.009","edition":null,"identifier":{"id":"10.1016/j.dendro.2017.01.009","type":"doi","url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2017.01.009"},"issue":null,"journal":"Dendrochronologia","pages":"20-26","pubRank":"1","pubYear":2017,"reportNumber":null,"title":"Precision dating of Cook’s Mill, a Civil War era structure in West Virginia","type":"publication","volume":"43"}],"reconstruction":"N","scienceKeywords":["QUAL","white oak","Quercus alba L."],"site":[{"NOAASiteId":"57879","geo":{"geoType":"Feature","geometry":{"coordinates":["37.5452","-80.6866"],"type":"POINT"},"properties":{"easternmostLongitude":"-80.6866","maxElevationMeters":"488","minElevationMeters":"488","northernmostLatitude":"37.5452","southernmostLatitude":"37.5452","westernmostLongitude":"-80.6866"}},"locationName":"Continent>North America>United States Of America>West Virginia","mappable":"Y","paleoData":[{"NOAADataTableId":"39236","coreLengthMeters":null,"dataFile":[{"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>tree-ring>width>ring width"],"fileUrl":"https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/correlation-stats/wv012.txt","linkText":"wv012.txt","urlDescription":"Correlation Stats","variables":[]},{"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>tree-ring>width>ring width"],"fileUrl":"https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/northamerica/usa/wv012.rwl","linkText":"wv012.rwl","urlDescription":"Raw Measurements","variables":[]}],"dataTableName":"WV012","dataTableNotes":null,"earliestYear":1631,"earliestYearBP":319,"earliestYearCE":1631,"mostRecentYear":1867,"mostRecentYearBP":83,"mostRecentYearCE":1867,"species":[{"commonName":["white oak"],"scientificName":"Quercus alba L.","speciesCode":"QUAL"}],"timeUnit":"AD"}],"siteName":"Cooks Mill"}],"studyCode":"WV012","studyName":"Cockrell - Cooks Mill - QUSP - ITRDB WV012","studyNotes":"Chronology derived from log building (Cook's Mill) and adjacent submerged bridge.","version":"1.0","xmlId":"66594"}