M G L Baillie

A Slice Through Time

Dendrochronology and Precision Dating

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dendrochronologists can now provide a wood sample for any calender date over the last seven millennia from two continents. The author discusses the latest developments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 203mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9781138171862
• ISBN-10: 1138171867
• Artikelnr.: 69948056

Autorenporträt

Professor Mike Baille works at the Palaeoecology Centre, Queen's University, Belfast, one of Europe's leading research institutes for dendrochronological studies. He has written many articles on the subject and his 1982 book Tree-ring Dating and Archaeology described the early development of this revolutionary new science.

Inhaltsangabe

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 Kingdom
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.