Dating historic structures.(Design Notes)

From: The Magazine Antiques | Date: November 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

As children, we were told that one could determine the age of a felled tree by counting the concentric rings on its stump. Later, we learned that this was poppycock. In fact, neither of these statements is entirely accurate. For quite some time, scientists have known that tree rings provide a permanent record of environmental changes during a tree's lifetime. Narrow rings are records of drought, while wide ones reflect steady moisture and light, and therefore periods of healthy growth. Master tree-ring chronologies, as they are known, gathered in a specific region, establish a ...

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