Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Sacajaweau
"Cool but I'm trying to figure out how they are coming to the conclusion of when it was carved out."

Mike Baillie, dendrochronologist, could do a quick glance at the cross section of the log and be accurate to within one year of the tree being cut. The tree ring chronology is now over 10k years long.

Mike Baillie

Academic profile
BSc, PhD (QUB), MRIA

Research Interests

Archaeologist and palaeoecologist with research interests in dendrochronological and chronological issues. Teaches chronological and environmental issues in palaeoecology plus human evolution. Research record in tree-ring chronology construction for radiocarbon calibration and reconstruction of past environmental change.

6 posted on 09/06/2003 1:26:50 PM PDT by blam
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies ]


To: blam
The age of the tree and WHEN it was carved is two different things. If I take a 300 year old stump and carve it into an old corn pounding mechanism, is the mechanism 300 years old??
9 posted on 09/06/2003 1:36:51 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson