Cornell University
Intercollege Program
 

ARCHAEOLOGY  CORE  FACULTY
     
 
Peter Kuniholm
Professor,
Archaeology and Dendrochronology

Curator of Classical Antiquities

pik3@cornell.edu
607.255.8650
B48 Goldwin Smith Hall
Education
  • Brown University, 1954-1958, A.B. 1958 English
  • Vanderbilt University, 1959-1960, A.M. 1963 English
  • Harvard University Summer School, 1962, 1969, 1970
  • University of Pennsylvania, 1970-1973, Ph.D. 1977 Classical Archaeology
Teaching Experience
  • Cornell University – 41 years
  • American Research Institute in Turkey - 3 years
 
Research Interests
Dendrochronology, Greek Dark Ages, Iron Age in Anatolia, Archaeometry, Numismatics
 
Research Experience
Aegean Dendrochronology Project, University of Pennsylvania Excavations at Gordion
 
Selected Publications
2002 “Archaeological Dendrochronology,” Dendrochronologia 20:1-2, 63-68.
2001 "Anatolian tree-rings and a new chronology for the east Mediterranean Bronze- Iron Ages," Science 294 (6 December 2001), with S. W. Manning, B. Kromer, and M. W. Newton, 2494-2495.
2001 "Regional 14CO2 Offsets in the troposphere: magnitude, mechanisms, and consequences," Science 294 (6 December 2001), with B. Kromer, S.W. Manning, M.W. Newton, M. Spurk, and I. Levin, 2529-2535.
2001 "Aegean Tree-Ring Signatures Explained," with Malcolm K. Hughes, Jon Eischeid, Gregg Garfin, Carol B. Griggs, and Christine Latini, Tree-Ring Research 57:1 (2001) 67-73.
2001 "Dendrochronology," in Brothwell, D., and Pollard, A.M., eds., Handbook of Archaeological Sciences. London: Wiley, 35-46.
1999 "Wiggles Worth Watching--Making Radiocarbon Work: The Case of Çatal Höyük," MELETEMATA: Studies Presented to Malcolm H. Wiener, 3 vols. Liège: Université de Liège. With Maryanne W. Newton, 527-536.
1998 "An Early Bronze Age Settlement at Sozopol, near Burgas, Bulgaria," James Harvey Gaul:In Memoriam, M. Stefanovich, H. Todorova, H. Hauptmann, eds. Sofia: The James Harvey Gaul Foundation, with B. Kromer, 399-409.
1997 "Interim Dendrochronological Progress Report 1995/6," in Ian Hodder, ed., On the Surface: Çatalhöyük 1993-95, British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara and the McDonald Institute, Cambridge, Chapter 17, 345-347.
1997 "The Prehistoric Aegean: Dendrochronological Progress as of 1995," Absolute Chronology: Archaeological Europe 2500-500 B.C. = Acta Archaeologica 67 (1996) = (appeared 1997) 327-335.
1996 "Anatolian tree rings and the absolute chronology of the eastern Mediterranean, 2220-718 BC," Nature 381 (27 June 1996) 780-783, with B. Kromer, S.W.Manning, M. Newton, C.E.Latini, and M.J.Bruce. Comment by Prof. Renfrew on pp. 733-734.
1996 "Long Tree-Ring Chronologies for the Eastern Mediterranean," Archaeometry '94: The Proceedings of the 29th International Symposium on Archaeometry, eds. Ş. Demirci, A.M.Özer, and G.D.Summers. (Ankara: TÜBİTAK) 401-409.
1990 "The archaeological record: evidence and non-evidence for climatic change," in S. K. Runcorn and J. -C. Pecker, eds., The Earth's Climate and Variability of the Sun Over Recent Millennia, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A (1990) 645-655.