Perhaps you’ve wandered through a forest or strolled into a neighborhood park and found tree trunks — and wondered if counting the rings on a trunk is truly a way to know the tree’s age. “Most of us ...

Charlotte Pearson, associate professor of dendrochronology, and Bryan Black, professor of dendrochronology, are using the TIME Lab’s advanced technology to analyze and date tree rings. For years, ...

A historic Hunter Creek Valley building was excavated and tree-ring dated on Friday, Sept. 20. The building, which experts think housed farm animals, is made of wood that is around two centuries old, ...

Archaeological tree-ring dating: origins and principles -- Lord of the rings: A.E. Douglass and the development of archaeological tree dating, 1914-1929 -- Tree-ring dating at the University of ...

Dendrochronology uses tree growth rings to establish precise calendar dates for wooden objects and structures. Seasonal climate variations create distinct ring patterns that can be matched across ...