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dendrochronology

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dendrochronology: see dating dating, the determination of the age of an object, of a natural phenomenon, or of a series of events. There are two basic types of dating methods, relative and absolute.
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dendrochronology

Method of scientific dating based on the analysis of tree rings. Because the width of annular rings varies with climatic conditions, laboratory analysis of timber core samples allows scientists to reconstruct the conditions that existed when a tree’s rings developed. By taking thousands of samples from different sites and different strata within a particular region, researchers can build a comprehensive historical sequence that becomes a part of the scientific record. Such master chronologies are used by archaeologists, climatologists, and others.

dendrochronology [¦den·drō·krə′näl·ə·jē]
(geology)
The science of measuring time intervals and dating events and environmental changes by reading and dating growth layers of trees as demarcated by the annual rings.
dendrochronology
The dating of old timbers by the study of their annual ring patterns of growth.
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Provide us with historic evidence through dendrochronology.
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Around 10 of the island's most venerable buildings will be subjected to the process of dendrochronology to establish the felling dates of their Tudor and Elizabethan timbers.
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