#dendrochronology — Public Fediverse posts

My little window into the history of a wood pasture in southern Scotland.

Working on ageing tree cores from Dairy Wood near Moffat for @bordersforesttrust to help unravel the history of the wood and inform its future conservation management.

This is part of an ash core under the microscope, revealing its lovely clear ring-porous tree-ring structure.

#dendrochronology #rewilding #landscapearchaeology #woodlandhistory #scotland

"More than 500 years underground, gone through cleaning, conservation, soaked in wax and freeze-dried - and yet these isotope signatures are still in the timbers... vessels and timber structures that previously didn't date with traditional ring dendrochronology can now potentially be dated with oxygen isotope or stable isotope dendrochronology."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-67302907
H/T @iuculano
#dendrochronology #NewportShip #15thCentury #MedievalShip #MaritimeHistory #medieval @medievodons @histodons

On my way to the BES #Trees4CBP symposium in Canterbury to present ‘Revealing cultural histories of Scottish woodlands: for restoration and engaging communities’ and to listen to the great range of speakers.
Good to see a few other speakers from Scotland in the programme.
#thicktrunktuesday
#dendrochronology
#Mull
#Scotland
#landscapehistory
#landscapearchaeology
#ReforestingScotland