Tree-ring Dating and Archaeology by Mgl Baillie
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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The Ancient Burial-mounds of England
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Hunters, Fishers and Farmers of Eastern Europe, 6000-3000 B.C.
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Archaeology and Place-Names and History
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People of Ancient Assyria
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The Prehistoric Peoples of Scotland
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Field Archaeology in Britain
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Roman Britain to Saxon England
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Industrial Archaeology
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Prehistoric and Early Wales
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Archaeology and Society
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The Souterrains of Southern Pictland
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Current Scientific Techniques in Archaeology
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Field Archaeology
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Recent Archaeological Excavations in Britain
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New Light on the Most Ancient East
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Material Culture and Text
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Archaeology by Experiment
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The Archaeology of Medieval Germany
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Piecing Together the Past
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Foraging and Farming
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The Walking Larder
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Antiquities of the Irish Countryside
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Land-use and Prehistory in South-East Spain
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Archaeological Theory in Europe
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Archaeology in the Holy Land
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Ancient Egyptian Jewellery
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Surveying for Archaeologists and Other Fieldworkers
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The Foundations of Roman Italy
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West Africa Before the Europeans
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The Prehistory Of Scotland
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Archaeology After Structuralism
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Neolithic Britain
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Analytical Archaeology
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The Bronze Age in Europe
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Ancient Ireland
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The Ferriby Boats
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The Prehistoric Settlement of Britain
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Celtic Craftsmanship in Bronze
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781138817074 |
| ISBN 10 | 1138817074 |
| Title | Tree-ring Dating and Archaeology |
| Author | Mgl Baillie |
| Series | Routledge Library Editions: Archaeology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year published | 2016-10-18 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |