A01=M.G.L. Baillie
Art Historical Chronologies
Author_M.G.L. Baillie
Belfast Chronology
bog
Bog Oaks
Bristlecone Pine
Category=NK
chronology
dates
dendrochronological precision for archaeology
dendroclimatology
dust
Dust Veil Event
Egyptian Chronology
environmental archaeology
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
Felling Date
Foxtail Pine
Frost Ring
German Chronologies
High Precision Radiocarbon Dating
Ice Core Date
irish
Irish Chronology
Master Chronology
oak
Oak Chronologies
palaeoclimatology
palaeoenvironmental reconstruction
pattern
radiocarbon calibration
Radiocarbon Evidence
ring
Ring Patterns
Santorini Eruption
Seventeenth Century Bc
Site Chronologies
Sixth Century Ad
tree
Tree Ring Chronologies
Tree Ring Dated
Tree Ring Record
veil
Volcanic Dust Veils
volcanic eruption dating
Product details
- ISBN 9781138171862
- Weight: 490g
- Dimensions: 189 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 24 Apr 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 historical accounts, such as the traditional Egyptian chronology. Equally fundamental are the insights provided by the related disciplines of dendroecology and dendroclimatology. The Bronze Age eruption of Santorini and the AD 540 `event' are explored as fascinating case studies.
Drawing on a further decade of research by himself and others, Mike Baille not only brings the pre-1980 story up to date, but demonstrates the wide and exciting applications of this comparatively new science.
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.
