Dendrochronology is the method of scientific dating based on the analysis of tree-ring growth patterns. It uses tree rings dated to their exact year of formation for comparison studies which yield results allowing only a very narrow margin of error. The technique was developed during the first half of the 20th century by Andrew Douglass, the founder of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona. The technique of dendrochronology can date the tree rings in many types of wood to the exact calendar year each ring was formed. It is the method by which more than one expert has estimated the age of the tree from which the Messiah Stradivarius was made.
Posts
