The University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research: Print Tree-Ring Exercises
Obtain instructional exercises that help novices and experts hone their cross dating skills.
Try a range of difficulties and applications.
These exercises will benefit students, educators, and experiences dendrochronologists alike. They are intended as crossdating practice, and will help familiarize you with the concepts (see basics page) and techniques (see online skeleton plotting exercise) you have already read about. The only way you can truly become proficient at crossdating is to actually crossdate real wood.
Learn basic information about the study of tree rings.
The “Try Crossdating Yourself!” online tutorial, teaches you the basic technique of crossdating using the “skeleton plot” method.
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Obtain instructional exercises that help novices and experts hone their cross dating skills.
Try a range of difficulties and applications.
These exercises will benefit students, educators, and experiences dendrochronologists alike. They are intended as crossdating practice, and will help familiarize you with the concepts (see basics page) and techniques (see online skeleton plotting exercise) you have already read about. The only way you can truly become proficient at crossdating is to actually crossdate real wood.
Learn basic information about the study of tree rings.
The “Try Crossdating Yourself!” online tutorial, teaches you the basic technique of crossdating using the “skeleton plot” method.
