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dendrochronology|ˌdɛndrəʊkrəˈnɒlədʒɪ|
[f. dendro- + chronology.]
The science of arranging events in the order of time by the comparative study of the annual growth rings in (ancient) timber. Hence ˌdendrochronoˈlogical a., ˌdendrochronoˈlogically adv., ˌdendrochroˈnologist.
1928A. E. Douglass Climatic Cycles & Tree Growth II. 5 We are measuring the lapse of time by means of a slow-geared clock within the trees. For this study the name ‘dendro-chronology’ has been suggested, or ‘tree-time’. This expression covers all the dating and historic problems..as well as the study of cyclic variations and the distribution of climatic conditions. 1937Geogr. Jrnl. LXXXIX. 407 A dendrochronologist is a man who investigates the climate of the past by measuring the rings of trees. 1937Proc. Prehist. Soc. III. 321 The modern ways of pollen-analysis, geochronology and dendrochronology must be applied to settle geologically, once for all, the cultural correlations with Scotland. 1959Antiquity XXXIII. 238 Undateable except by a rough and ready guesswork calculation from dendrochronological dates. 1969Nature 15 Nov. 682/1 Radiocarbon measurements carried out on dendrochronologically dated wood samples. |