Dating Buildings and Landscapes with Tree-Ring Analysis: An Introduction with Case Studies

ISBN-13: 9781138503960 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 280 str.

Darrin L. Rubino; Christopher Baas

Opis

This book presents guidance, theory, case studies and methodologies for analysing tree-rings to accurately date and help preserve historic buildings and landscapes.

Spis treści

1. Can you date my building: an introduction to tree-ring analysis for dating buildings and landscapes;  2. Understanding cultural landscapes and historic buildings: frameworks for interpreting and communicating tree-ring analysis;  3. Botany for the dendrochronologist;  4. Tree-ring basics for the historian, archaeologist, and preservationist;  5. Tree-ring analysis methods for the field, woodshop, and lab;  6. Archival and scholarly sources for interpreting tree-ring analysis;  7. Reporting the results of tree-ring analysis;  8. Enhancing interpretation: case studies for open air and house museums;  9. Case studies: dating and interpreting diverse cultural landscapes;  10. Chronicling landscape evolution using tree-ring analysis;  11. New Harmony, Indiana: tree-ring analysis of a communal and utopian landscape;  12. Innovation to obsolescence: tree-ring analysis of a regional barn type;  13. Unique applications of tree-ring data;  14. Active inquiry: dating a 19th-century log house using historical documents and tree-ring science