dendrochronology

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The tree-ring aging confirmed the historical record, said Mr. Dyer, who said he hopes dendrochronology will continue to offer insights into the identities of other shipwrecks.

From New York Times

My research in tree physiology and dendrochronology – dating and interpreting past events based on trees' growth rings — shows that in general, trees in the eastern U.S. have fared quite well in a changing climate.

From Salon

In the hopes of pinning down the age of the Americas’ only confirmed Viking settlement, Dee and his colleagues turned to the unlikely marriage of dendrochronology — the study of tree rings — and astrophysics.

From Seattle Times

The Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory, a firm based in Baltimore, performed dendrochronology to date samples of the home’s timbers, determining that they were felled in the winter of 1739.

From Washington Post

On this date in 1867, Andrew E. Douglass, astronomer and educator, who developed dendrochronology, the science of tree-ring dating, was born.

From Washington Times