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Carol Griggs

Tel. (Lab): 60-255-8650
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

  • 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.
  • GRIGGS, C. B., KUNIHOLM, P. I., NEWTON, M. W. & DEGAETANO, A. (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].
Carol Griggs (Research Associate)

Carol Griggs (Research Associate)