Dendrochronology
2 reportsDendrochronology is an archaeological method used to locate, date, document, sample, or interpret material evidence. The method is judged through chronological method, laboratory preparation, and interpretive uncertainty, especially where design choices change uncertainty or causal interpretation.
The strongest reporting on Dendrochronology separates spatial or chronological resolution, while also considering validation with excavation evidence and sources of error. One line of support comes from integration with excavation records, and a separate test comes from calibration standards; together they clarify validation with excavation evidence, but the evidence cannot remove the concern that disturbance, contamination, and incomplete context can narrow what the method establishes.
The strongest reporting on Dendrochronology separates spatial or chronological resolution, while also considering validation with excavation evidence and sources of error. One line of support comes from integration with excavation records, and a separate test comes from calibration standards; together they clarify validation with excavation evidence, but the evidence cannot remove the concern that disturbance, contamination, and incomplete context can narrow what the method establishes.
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