Slice Through Time : Dendrochronology and Precision Dating, A
Archaeological dating Dendrochronology sähkökirjat
Taylor and Francis
2012
EISBN 9781136226830
Front Cover; A Slice Through Time; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1. The tree-ring dating method; 2. Oak dendrochronology comes of age; 3. Art-historical dendrochronology and the limitations of oak dendrochronology; 4. Archaeological dating and some ultimate chronological truths; 5. Volcanoes and tree-rings; 6. Volcanoes and chronology: the AD 540 story; 7. Volcanoes and chronology: the Bronze Age eruption of Santorini (Thera); 8. Socio-economic information from tree-rings; 9. Environmental reconstruction from tree-rings
10. Problems with dating the Shang and the New KingdomConclusion; Bibliography; Index
The dramatic development of European oak chronologies over the last ten years parallels and supplements the bristlecone-pine chronology in the United States. Dendrochronologists can now provide a wood sample - a time capsule of biological material - for any calender date over the last seven millennia from two continents. For archaeologists, resigned to the imprecision of radiocarbon dating, the implications are profound. For the first time it is possible to establish precise dates for prehistoric events. Similarly, we have an independent and scientifically objective way of testing historic.
10. Problems with dating the Shang and the New KingdomConclusion; Bibliography; Index
The dramatic development of European oak chronologies over the last ten years parallels and supplements the bristlecone-pine chronology in the United States. Dendrochronologists can now provide a wood sample - a time capsule of biological material - for any calender date over the last seven millennia from two continents. For archaeologists, resigned to the imprecision of radiocarbon dating, the implications are profound. For the first time it is possible to establish precise dates for prehistoric events. Similarly, we have an independent and scientifically objective way of testing historic.
