Tree-ring dating and archaeology / M.G.L. Baillie.

Title: 
Tree-ring dating and archaeology / M.G.L. Baillie.

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Author/Artist: 
Baillie, M. G. L.
Publisher: 
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1982.
Description: 
274 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
Archaeological dating.
Dendrochronology.
Archaeological dating Ireland.
Dendrochronology Ireland.
Antiquities, Prehistoric Ireland.
Plant remains (Archaeology) Ireland.
Ireland Antiquities.
Bib ID: 
128906
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Location: 
Stacks
Call Number: 
CC78.3.B34 1982z
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Notes: 
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Queen's University, 1973).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-270) and index.
Contents: 
Dendrochronology: an outline history --
Oak growth and ring measurement --
The practicalities of dendrochronology --
Modern oaks: the anchor in time --
Extension of the Belfast modern chronology --
Confirmation of the Belfast Chronology --
Extension to the Medieval period --
Medieval dating examples --
Early Medieval chronology --
Prehistoric dendrochronology --
Gaps in tree-ring Chronologies --
Applications: radiocarbon calibration; geomorphological dating; relative dating; nautical applications of dendrochronology; art-historical dating; dendroclimatology --
Future developments --
Appendix I: Crannogs --
Appendix II: Horizontal mills --
Appendix III: What the archaeologist needs to know.
ISBN: 
0226036308
9780226036304