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Carol Griggs

Tel. (Lab): 607-255-8650
Email: cbg4@cornell.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. - Geology - Cornell University 2006.
  • M.S. - Quaternary Studies - University of Maine at Orono, 1983.
  • A.B. - Anthropology and Archaeology - Cornell University, 1977

Previous Positions

  • Teaching Assistantships, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 2004-2005.
  • Research Support Specialist, Cornell University, 1998-2003.
  • Fellow of the Institute for Aegean Prehistory, Cornell University, 1990-1992
  • Research Support Specialist, Cornell University, 1986-1992.
  • Research Aide, Cornell University, 1977-1979.

Research Interests

  • Spatial and temporal change in the paleoclimate patterns from Late Glacial through the Holocene, particularly the interconnections between variations in solar activity and thermohaline circulation, and their effects on the terrestrial environment during the Late Glacial chronozone
  • Using modern tree-ring data to test dendroclimatological methods and the accuracy of interpreting paleoclimate proxy data; how to correctly interpret regional tree-ring chronologies as evidence or non-evidence of long-term climate change plus the influence of abrupt events
  • Dating historic buildings and other wooden structures, artifacts, and events over time.

All these have relevance to the effect of climate change on human history, and will help assess the future.

Selected Publications

  • XOPLAKI, E., JONES, P., GARCÍA-HERRERA, R., ZEREFOS, C., BESONEN, M., GERSHUNOV, A., GIANNAKOPOULOS, C., GRIGGS, C. B., RAIBLE, C. & TOURRE, Y. (2009) Mediterranean climate change and impact on society - report on ``Climate Extremes During Recent Millennia and their Impact on Mediterranean Societies'' symposium, University of Athens, Greece, 13-16 September 2008. EOS Transactions, in press: [PDF].
  • KUNIHOLM, P. I., NEWTON, M. W. & GRIGGS, C. B. (2009) Dendrochronological Analysis of the Tatarı Tomb Chamber - appendix to Summerer, L "From Tatarlı to Munich: The Recovery of a "Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia". IN: Delemen, I., Casabonne, O., Karagõz, Ş. & Tekin, O. The Achaemenid Impact on Local Populations and Cultures in Anatolia. 153-156. [PDF].
  • GRIGGS, C. B. & MANNING, S. W. (2009) A Reappraisal of the Dendrochronology and Dating of Tille Höyük (1993). Radiocarbon, in press:
  • WOLL, A., MASS, J., BISCULCA, B., CUSHMAN, M., GRIGGS, C. B., OCON, N. & WAZNY, T. (2008) The unique history of The Armorer's Shop: an application of confocal x-ray fluorescence microscopy. Studies in Conservation, 53: 1-16 [PDF].
  • GRIGGS, C. B. & KROMER, B. (2008) Wood macrofossils and dendrochronology of three mastodon sites in upstate New York IN: Allmon, W. & Nester, P. Mastodon Paleobiology, Taphonomy, and Paleoenvironment in the Late Pleistocene of New York State: Studies on the Hyde Park, Chemung, and Java Sites. [PDF].
  • KUNIHOLM, P. I., NEWTON, M. W. & GRIGGS, C. B. (2007) Dendrochronological Analysis of the Tatarlı Tomb Chamber, Appendix to - Summerer, L., 'From Tatarlı to Munich: The Recovery of a Painted Wooden Tomb Chamber in Phrygia' IN: Delemen, İ. Colloquium Anatolicum: The Achaemenid Impact on Local Populations and Cultures in Anatolia. 129-156.
  • KUNIHOLM, P. I., GRIGGS, C. B. & NEWTON, M. W. (2007) Evidence for Early Timber Trade IN: Belke, K., Kislinger, E., A, K. & A, S. M. Byzantina Mediterranea. Festschrift für Johannes Koder zum 65. Geburtstag. 365-385.
  • GRIGGS, C. B., DEGAETANO, A. T., KUNIHOLM, P. I. & NEWTON, M. W. (2007) A regional reconstruction of May-June precipitation in the north Aegean from oak tree-rings, AD 1089-1989. International Journal of Climatology, 27: 1075-1089 [PDF].
  • GRIGGS, C. B., KUNIHOLM, P. I., NEWTON, M. W. & DEGAETANO, A. T. (2006) Regional reconstruction of precipitation in the north Aegean and northwestern Turkey from an oak tree-ring chronology, AD 1089-1989. Tüba-AR, 9: 141-146 [PDF].
  • KUNIHOLM, P. I., NEWTON, M. W., GRIGGS, C. B. & SULLIVAN, P. J. (2005) Dendrochronological Dating in Anatolia: the Second Millennium B.C.: Significance for Early Metallurgy Deutsches Bergbau-Museum [PDF].
  • GRIGGS, C. B., KUNIHOLM, P. I. & NEWTON, M. W. (2002) Lavagnone di Brescia in the Early Bronze Age: Dendrochronological Report. IN: de Marinis, R. C. Studi sul'Abitato dell'Eta del Bronzo del Lavagnone Desenzano del Garda. 19-34.
  • HUGHES, M. K., KUNIHOLM, P. I., EISCHEID, J., GARFIN-WOLL, G., GRIGGS, C. B. & LATINI, C. (2001) Aegean tree-ring signature years explained. Tree-Ring Research, 57: 67-73 [PDF] [URL].
  • KUNIHOLM, P. I., KROMER, B., TARTER, S. L. & GRIGGS, C. B. (1998) An Early Bronze Age Settlement at Sozopol, near Burgas, Bulgaria. IN: Stefanovich, M., Todorova, H. & Hauptmann, H. James Harvey Gaul: In Memoriam. 399-409. The James Harvey Gaul Foundation, Sofia [PDF].
  • KUNIHOLM, P. I., TARTER, S. L. & GRIGGS, C. B. (1993) Dendrochronological Report. IN: Summers, G. Tille Höyük 4. 179-189. Oxbow [PDF].
  • KUNIHOLM, P. I., TARTER, S. L., NEWTON, M. W. & GRIGGS, C. B. (1992) Dendrochronological Investigations at Porsuk/Ulukışla, Turkey 1987-1989. Syria, 69: 379-389 [PDF].

Selected Posters and Presentations

  • Anderson, W.T., Kirby, M.E., Griggs, C., Patterson, W., Mullins, H. T., and Burnett, A. (2008) Understanding oxygen isotope environmental signals in tree ring sequence from New York State. 2008 AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA
  • Griggs, C. B., Pearson, C. L., Manning, S. W., and Kromer, B. (2008) 2008 13th-18th century climate extremes across northern Greece and Turkey indicate solar influence on regional vs. local climate patterns over time. Oral presentation given at "Climate Extremes During Recent Millennia and Their Impact on Mediterranean Societies" Symposium (Athens, Greece, 13-16 September 2008).
  • Cook, ER, Griggs, CB, and Touchan, R. (2008) Climate, Kuwae, and the Fall of Constantinople in 1453: What do tree rings tell us? Oral presentation given at "Climate Extremes During Recent Millennia and Their Impact on Mediterranean Societies" Symposium (Athens, Greece, 13-16 September 2008).
  • Griggs, C.B., Pearson, C.L., and Manning, S.W. (2008) Discrepancies in growth rates and isotopic signatures over time in hemlocks from northeast North America. Poster, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA, April 2008.
  • Griggs, C.B. and Miller, N. (2008) Tree rings, mosses, and other plant macrofossils from a late-glacial terrestrial assemblage, Coastal Maine, indicate variability in microenvironments and atmospheric radiocarbon content. Poster in Northeast Section Geological Society of America meeting, March 2008.[URL]
  • Thompson, W. B., Griggs, C. B., Miller, N. G. and Weddle, T. K. (2008) Associated terrestrial and marine fossils in the late-glacial Presumpscot formation, southern coastal Maine, and the marine reservoir effect on radiocarbon ages. Poster, Northeast Section Geological Society of America meeting, March 2008. [URL]
Carol Griggs (Research Associate)

Carol Griggs (Research Associate)



Sampling from a historic building in Albany

Sampling from a historic building in Albany



Excavations at Gilbert

Excavations at Gilbert