Various techniques are used to CROSSDATE wood samples to assure accurate dating. The SKELETON PLOT is one method of crossdating tree rings. To summarize: Understanding these concepts will help you succeed at this website's skeleton plotting and crossdating exercises. In his Trattato della Pittura (Treatise on Painting), Leonardo da Vinci was the first person to mention that trees form rings annually and that their thickness is determined by the conditions under which they grew. S., Alexander Catlin Twining (1801–1884) suggested in 1833 that patterns among tree rings could be used to synchronize the dendrochronologies of various trees and thereby to reconstruct past climates across entire regions. During the latter half of the nineteenth century, the scientific study of tree rings and the application of dendrochronology began. This page does not attempt to cover the details of wood formation that make tree rings possible, but rather provides an overview of common wood characteristics and anomalies that you will need to identify when you are crossdating.
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