A Slice Through Time: Dendrochronology and Precision Dating

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ISBN: 9780713476545 | 0713476540
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Copyright: 6/2/1997

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Drawing on a further decade of research by himself and others, Mike Baille not only brings the pre-1980 story of dendrochronology up-to-date, but demonstrates the wide and exciting applications of this comparatively new science.

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List of illustrations	p. 6
Preface	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
The tree-ring dating method	p. 16
Oak dendrochronology comes of age	p. 32
Art-historical dendrochronology and the limitations of oak dendrochronology	p. 45
Archaeological dating and some ultimate chronological truths	p. 57
Volcanoes and tree-rings	p. 73
Volcanoes and chronology: the AD 540 story	p. 91
Volcanoes and chronology: the Bronze Age eruption of Santorini (Thera)	p. 108
Socio-economic information from tree-rings	p. 122
Environmental reconstruction from tree-rings	p. 135
Problems with dating the Shang and the New Kingdom	p. 149
Conclusion	p. 159
Bibliography	p. 161
Index	p. 172
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A Slice Through Time: Dendrochronology and Precision Dating

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