The analysis of tree-ring patterns, or dendrochronology, is a
very exact science and an important dating technique. The basis of
the method is misleadingly simple: that overlap of successive older
ring patterns can generate a master chronology and samples of
unknown age can then be checked against this.
This book, published originally in 1982, traces the development
of a specific project from its inception to the successful
completion of some of the longest chronologies in Europe. In doing
so it looks at some of the problems associated with the subject and
at the levels of precision possible. After outlining the techniques
associated with the measurement and processing of tree-ring
patterns, the author traces an attempt to construct such an
independent chronology in a new area.
The book breaks naturally into sections conditioned by the
availability of timbers and these can be listed as modern, late
medieval, medieval, early medieval and prehistoric. As far as
possible the results are presented in the order in which things
happened, thus preserving the sense of a developing subject.
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