Orphan date November 2006 Coord 51.0975 0.9429 display title region GB scale 2000 Plestor House is a house in the centre of Selborne , Hampshire , England . The house is named for its location adjacent to the village s plestor . Architecturally, the house has grown over the centuries. The oldest section, that facing the village green known as The Plestor from the Old English language Saxon words pleg stow , meaning play space , dates from the third quarter of the 17th century. The roof incorporates fire blackened timbers which have been dated by dendrochronology to the early 14th century, and it is thought that they come from the house which previously stood on the site. A recent excavation of the cellar unearthed Tudor period Tudor bricks, which were also fire damaged and may therefore point to the fate of the house s predecessor. The second section of the house dates from 1783, according to a stone set into the upper storey. The mortar lines between the local malmstones of this section are studded with pieces of iron, a local characteristic known as galletting . The most recent addition came at the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries. It effectively filled in the square formed by the L shape of the two older wings. Attached to the house is an ancient building which was the first site of the village school. The school was originally endowed in 1728, under the will of the grandfather of Gilbert White , the early naturalist. The north east corner of the house appears in one of the plates in the first edition of Gilbert White s famous book, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne 1789 . The house is now listed Grade II as being of architectural significance. External links http www.hants.org hampshiretreasures vol06 page288.html Extract on Selborne from Hampshire Treasures http www.astoft.co.uk selbornewakes.htm Shows photographs of galletting Category Grade II listed buildings in Hampshire ... more details
Year nav topic4 1923 archaeology science The year 1923 in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations Expedition under Neil Merton Judd to collect dendrochronology dendrochronological specimens in order to date habitation of Chaco Canyon Excavations February 16 Howard Carter opens the inner chamber of Tutankhamun s tomb Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian , China is excavated a second time by Otto Zdansky under the supervision of Johan Gunnar Andersson New excavations at Viroconium Cornoviorum Viroconium Wroxeter in England begin continue to 1927 . Finds July 13 An American Museum of Natural History expedition to Mongolia under Roy Chapman Andrews is the first in the world to discover fossil dinosaur egg biology egg s. Initially thought to belong to the ceratopsian Protoceratops , they were determined in 1995 actually to belong to the theropod Oviraptor . Material unearthed by Otto Zdansky s excavations at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian , China would eventually yield two human molars , but these finds were not announced until 1926 in archaeology 1926 . Copper Bull from Leonard Woolley s excavations at Ur . Bronze Age hoard found in Huelva harbour. Publications O. G. S. Crawford Air Survey and Archaeology . The Geographical Journal May . Cyril Fox The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region . Ralph Linton The Material Culture of the Marquesas Islands . Births Empty section date July 2010 Deaths April 5 George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon , British people British Egypt ological excavation sponsor born 1866 in archaeology 1866 . Category 1923 in science Archaeology Category 1923 Archaeology Category Years in archaeology no Arkeologi ret 1923 ... more details
Year nav topic4 1928 archaeology science The year 1928 in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations American astronomer and University of Arizona professor A. E. Douglass participates in a National Geographic Society research project under Neil Merton Judd exploring Chaco Canyon . Using his newly invented technique of dendrochronology , Douglass dates Chetro Ketl and dozens of Chacoan sites through 1929 . Tell Arpachiyah in Iraq explored by Reginald Campbell Thompson . Excavations September John Garstang conducts first excavations at Et Tell . V. Gordon Childe begins excavations at Skara Brae . Stuart Piggott begins excavations at Butser Hill . The first excavations begin at Yinxu , China led by Li Chi of the Chinese Institute of History and Philosophy. China Chinese archeologist Pei Wenzhong joins the continuing excavations at Peking Man site in Zhoukoudian , China . Excavations at Beit Shemesh continue to 1931 . Gertrude Caton Thompson begins excavations at Great Zimbabwe . Dorothy Garrod excavates cave sites in Judea and south Kurdistan . Finds Continuing excavations at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian , China led by Davidson Black uncover more fossils of a new species he has dubbed Peking Man Sinanthropus pekinensis . Ruins of Ugarit . First inscriptions of Byblos syllabary excavated by Maurice Dunand. Publications V. Gordon Childe The Most Ancient East the oriental prelude to European prehistory . O. G. S. Crawford and Alexander Keiller Wessex from the Air Oxford . Miscellaneous Davidson Black founds the Cenozoic Research Laboratory for the research and appraisal of fossils unearthed at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian , China Births Empty section date January 2011 Deaths Empty section date January 2011 References Reflist DEFAULTSORT 1928 In Archaeology Category 1928 in science Archaeology Category 1928 Archaeology Category Years in archaeology no Arkeologi ret 1928 ... more details
Image H re stave church 25may2006.jpg thumb right H re stave church H re stave church H re Stavkyrkje is a stave church located at Ryfoss in Vang municipality, Valdres , Norway . It was built in 1180 and rebuilt around 1820. It is the second church on this location, the previous church was a post church a church with earth bound posts standing directly on the ground . It is dated through a runic inscription to 1180, and through dendrochronology to 1179. There are a number of graves under the church, including those of children. A runic inscription upon the pulpit reads , um at sumar l tu eir br r Erlingr ok Au un h ggva till kirkju essar, er Erlingr ja rl fe ll Ni ar si Which translates The brothers Erling and Audun had the timber for this church felled, the summer that Erling Skakke Erling Jarl fell in Nidaros . This refers to the Kalvskinnet Battle of Kalvskinnet in 1179. There are also several other runic inscriptions, and items with runic inscriptions in the church. It is possible that Duke Skule B rdsson was married in this church in the 13th century. External links http www.stavkirke.org stavkirker hoere.html H re stave church in Stavkirke.org &mdash in Norwegian coord 61 9 12 N 8 48 14 E source nnwiki region NO type landmark display title DEFAULTSORT Hore stave church Category 1180s architecture Category 1820s architecture Category Stave churches in Norway Category Valdres Norway church stub de Stabkirche H re es Iglesia de madera de H re nl Staafkerk van H re no H re stavkirke nn H re stavkyrkje ... more details
coord 54.506 6.835 display title region GB scale 5000 Image Castle Caulfield 1868.jpeg thumb Castle Caulfield, 1868 Castle Caulfield is situated in Castlecaulfield , County Tyrone , Northern Ireland . It is a large house built by Viscount Charlemont History Sir Toby Caulfeild ref cite web title Sir Toby Caulfeild work thePeerage.com url http www.thepeerage.com p21429.htm i214287 accessdate 2008 01 01 ref between 1611 and 1619 on the site of an earlier O Donnelly castle. A joist from one of the walls was dated using dendrochronology to about 1282 and may belong to this earlier fort. There are substantial remains. The oldest part of the existing building is the gatehouse, which has Tudor style doorways, murder hole s and gun loops. Image CaseleCaulfeildCoatOfArms.JPG thumb Caulfeild Coat of Arms The Caulfeild arms appear over the entrance. The building is three storeys high with attics, many large mullioned windows and tall chimneystacks. The castle was burned in the Irish Rebellion of 1641 but was repaired and reoccupied by the Caulfeilds until the 1660s. Oliver Plunkett is known to have held a service at the castle in 1670, but the castle was in ruins when John Wesley preached there in 1767. Image CastleCaulfeild2008.JPG thumb Castle Caulfield, Present Day Castle Caulfield, today a ruin, is a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Lisnamonaghan , in Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council area, at grid ref H7550 6260. ref cite web title Castle Caulfield work Environment and Heritage Service NI State Care Historic Monuments url http www.ehsni.gov.uk state care monuments 2007.pdf accessdate 2007 12 04 ref See also Castles in Northern Ireland References reflist http www.irelandseye.com aarticles travel attractions castles Tyrone castlecaulfield.shtm Castle history Historic Irish houses Category Castles in County Tyrone Category Ruins in Northern Ireland NorthernIreland castle stub ... more details
File The Strood causeway flooded at spring tide geograph.org.uk 83107.jpg thumb right The Strood at high tide The Strood is a causeway crossing the marshes and the Strood Channel between the coast of Essex in the south east of England and Mersea Island . About half a mile 800 metres in length it carries the B1025 Mersea to Colchester road and is the only access to the island. It is regularly inundated at high tide local people carry a tide table to avoid being trapped on the wrong side ref http www.west mersea.co.uk articles 48 local interest 73 mersea island waiting for the tide at the strood ref . It is an ancient structure, having been constructed during the reign of Sebbi of Essex St S bbi , a King of the East Saxons who ruled from 664 to 694. Speculation that the Strood was built by the Romans was disproved by the dating of some oak piles which were found in 1978 when a water main was being laid. This was the first early Saxon site in England to be dated using Dendrochronology . It is estimated that between 3,000 and 5,000 oak piles were used in the original construction a major undertaking for this period, probably associated with the Minster church minster at West Mersea ref http cat.essex.ac.uk reports EAS report 0023.pdf ref . References references External links http www.mersea island.com The Mersea Community Website http www.west mersea.co.uk The Mersea Community and Business Portal http www.stroodcam.co.uk Stroodcam Live video webcam of The Strood crossing http www.bbc.co.uk dna h2g2 A948800 About Saint S bbi s kingship http www.beenthere donethat.org.uk roadfeatures2.html Some photographs of The Strood oscoor gbx TM012152 Essex geo stub coord 51.79924 N 0.91656 E region GB source enwiki osgb36 TM012152 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref Category Geography of Essex Category Colchester ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 File Ujigami jinja08s3s4500.jpg thumb Honden National Treasure of Japan File Ujigami jinja09s3s4592.jpg thumb Haiden National Treasure of Japan Nihongo Ujigami Shrine ujigami jinja is a Shinto shrine in the city of Uji, Kyoto Uji in Kyoto Prefecture , Japan . In 1994, it was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto . The honden and Haiden Shinto haiden have been designated by the Agency for Cultural Affairs as National Treasures of Japan National Treasures in the List of National Treasures of Japan shrines category shrines . ref name bunkacho Cite web last The Agency for Cultural Affairs title publisher Database of National Cultural Properties accessdate 2009 12 15 date 2008 11 01 url http www.bunka.go.jp bsys index.asp language Japanese ref Ujigami Shrine was found via dendrochronology to be the oldest original Shinto shrine in Japan, having been built around 1060 , and is supposed to have a close relation with By d in in 1052. Coord 34 53 31 N 135 48 41 E region JP type landmark display title See also Ujigami References Reflist Commons Category Ujigami Jinja World Heritage Kyoto Shinto shrine Category Shinto shrines in Kyoto Prefecture Category World Heritage Sites in Japan Category National Treasures of Japan Category 11th century architecture Japan struct stub Shinto stub cs Svatyn Ud igami de Ujigami jinja es Santuario Ujigami ko ja ro Ujigami sanctuar fi Ujigami jinja zh ... more details
coord 52.5430 2.5123 display title region GB scale 2000 Aston Eyre Hall is an unfortified stone manor house at Aston Eyre near Bridgnorth in the England English county of Shropshire , United Kingdom . History Aston Eyre Hall was built in the mid 14th century, probably for Alan de Charlton , who acquired the estate by marriage to Margery FitzAer and died in 1349. It consists of a hall range, with a service wing to the south west and a parlour cross wing to the north, and a detached gatehouse to the east, across what would have been an unusually large entrance court. The gatehouse has been incorporated into a farmhouse, but tree ring dendrochronology dating of the surviving timber floors have suggested a felling date of 1341 52. A large timber framed barn enclosing the courtyard on the north has been similarly dated to 1613. The hall dais was originally lit from a large window bay, which has been demolished although traces remain. There must have been a central hearth in the hall. Both the parlour wing and the south range had heated upper chambers. The narrow extension of the south range has several slit windows for storerooms, and excavations have revealed the footings of an equally narrow west range, no doubt also used for storage. References J. Newman & Sir N. Pevsner, The buildings of England Shropshire , 2nd edn., 2006, pp. 122 123 M. Wood, The English medieval house , 1965, pp. 77 8, 104, 110, 132, 133 plan , 334 Category Country houses in Shropshire ... more details
Image Budesti Josani.sud.jpg thumb 300px Bude ti Josani, the southern side. Photo A Babo , July 2006 Image Budesti Josani.vest.jpg thumb 300px Bude ti Josani, the reconstructed entrance after renovation 2002. Photo A Babo , July 2006 The church of Saint Nicholas in Bude ti Josani Lower Bude ti in the village of Bude ti, Maramure Bude ti in the region of Maramure County Maramure , Cos u valley in Romania is representative of the characteristic Wooden Churches of Maramure wooden churches of Maramure with double eaves . It is one of eight wooden churches of Maramure that UNESCO has listed as a World Heritage Site . http www.cimec.ro Monumente unesco UNESCOen indexMaram.htm Construction The wooden church at Bude ti Josani was dated by an inscription on the portal from 1643. Unfortunately the inscription was lost during the enlargement of the entrance in 1923. The inscription was verified Dendrochronology dendrochronologically and the log structure was firmly dated from the winter 1642 43, i.e. the moment the timbers were felled. This church appears to have been built by the same master carpenter who built the wooden churches at Sl tioara church Sl tioara before 1639 and S rbi Susani church S rbi Susani 1639 . References Alexandru Babo Tracing a Sacred Building Tradition, Norrk ping 2004. http www.lub.lu.se luft diss tec 797 tec 797 transit.html External links http www.romanianmonasteries.org images maramures budestijosani budestijosani.html Romanian Monasteries http www.karpatenwilli.com maramures dia12.htm Bilder aus Budesti coord 47.724 N 23.950 E display title source dewiki Category Eastern Orthodox churches in Romania Category World Heritage Sites in Romania Category Romanian culture Category Wooden Churches of Maramure Budesti Josani Category Religious buildings completed in 1643 Category 17th century Eastern Orthodox church buildings Romania church stub de Holzkirche von Bude ti Josani fr glise Saint Nicolas Bude ti ro Biserica de lemn din Bude ti Josani ... more details
Coord 35 29 12 N 23 47 13 E scale 2000 display title The Olive tree of Vouves Greek Language Greek is an olive tree in the village of Ano Vouves in Kolymvari Municipality of Kolymbari in Chania Prefecture in Crete in Greece . It is known to be the oldest olive tree in the world ref Third Wish , http www.sfakia crete.com sfakia crete olive.html The Olive Tree and Olive Oil Sfakia, Crete, Greece ref and still produces olive fruit olives today. The use of Dendrochronology tree ring analysis has proven the tree to be at least 2000 years old. ref O. Rackham, J. Moody, The Making of the Cretan Landscape , 1996, cited in F. R. Riley 2002 . Olive Oil Production on Bronze Age Crete Nutritional properties, Processing methods, and Storage life of Minoan olive oil. Oxford Journal of Archaeology 21 1 63 75 ref On the other end of the scale, scientists from the University of Crete have estimated it to be 4,000 years old. ref name http cretewest.com Templates cretelore.html CreteWest.com ref The trunk has a perimeter of 12.5 m and a diameter of 4.6 m. It belongs to the variety tsounati . It is considered by some a natural monument . See also List of famous trees List of long living organisms List of oldest trees References Reflist External links http www.mnn.com earth matters wilderness resources photos the worlds 10 oldest living trees olive tree of vouves MNN.com The world s 10 oldest living trees Robert Fulghum Fulghum R. , Third Wish one chapter is about this tree information table in front of this tree http www.flickr.com photos nicnac 1923641205 photo of the world s oldest olive tree, Ano Vouves Category Olives Category Individual trees Category Landmarks in Greece Category Chania regional unit cs Olivovn k ve Vouves ... more details
Orphan date November 2010 unreferenced date November 2010 Ca on de Fernandez State Park is a natural protected area in the northern Mexican state of Durango . It covers 17,000 hectares straddling the Nazas River in the municipality of Lerdo , right in the middle of the Chihuahuan Desert . It was protected by the government of Durango in 2004 and it was named a Ramsar site Ramsar wetland in 2008, the only Ramsar site in Durango and the second in the Chihuahuan Desert after Cuatrocienegas , Coahuila . The state park has a riparian area with a mixed forest of Montezuma bald cypress Taxodium mucronatum , Populus sect. Aegiros Cottonwood Populus spp , Willow Salix spp and Mesquite Prosopis glandulosa . Dendrochronology Dendrochronologists have dated the bald cypress population and found trees of over 1400 years of age. In fact, the indigenous name for this tree is Ahuehuetl meaning old man in the water . Avian diversity is high with over 220 bird species recorded in the State Park, including nesting rarities for the Chihuahuan Desert such as the Grey hawk Asturina nitida and the Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas . Reptiles and mammals are also quite diverse including Bobcat s, Mountain lion s and Jaguarundi s. The area is managed by Prodefensa del Nazas , AC, a NGO based in nearby Gomez Palacio through a contract with the state government. The park faces several menaces such as the intended construction of a potabilising plant for the metro area of Lerdo, Gomez Palacio, Torreon and Matamoros, Coahuila Matamoros , the depletion of the aquifer by overextraction for agriculture mainly forage for dairy cows and escessive use of fertilisers and pesticides. coord 25.336 103.746 dim 20000 region MX display title DEFAULTSORT Canon De Fernandez State Park Category Protected areas of Mexico Category Durango ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Thomas W. Swetnam born 1955 is a Professor of Dendrochronology and the Director of the http www.ltrr.arizona.edu Laboratory of Tree Ring Research at the University of Arizona , studying disturbances of forest ecosystems across broad temporal and spatial scales. Education, Academic and Service Activities Swetnam received his bachelor s degree in general biology and chemistry from the University of New Mexico and subsequently received his master s and PhD from the University of Arizona in watershed management and dendrochronology . He has received the A.E. Douglass award from the University of Arizona, the W.S. Cooper award from the Ecological Society of America with Julio Betancourt , and the Henry Cowles award from the American Association of Geographers with James Speer . He has served on the following advisory and editorial boards Board of Trustees, Valles Caldera National Preserve appointed by President William J. Clinton, 2000 2004 Arizona Forest Health Advisory Council appointed by Governor Janet Napolitano, 2003 2006 Arizona Climate Change Advisory Group appointed by Governor Janet Napolitano, 2005 2006 Associate Editor, International Journal of Wildland Fire, 1993 present Editor, Tree Ring Research formerly Tree Ring Bulletin 2000 2001 Associate Editor, Ecoscience, 1994 1998 Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 1998 Editorial Board, Ecological Applications, 1998 1999 Associate Editor, Dendrochronlogia, 2005 present Bibliography He has authored and co authored approximately 90 scientific papers in journals and symposium proceedings, including the following most frequently cited or significant papers Swetnam, T. W., and J. L. Betancourt, 1990. Fire Southern Oscillation relations in the Southwestern United States. Science 249 1017 1020. Swetnam, T. W., 1993. Fire history and climate change in giant sequoia groves. Science. 262 885 889. Swetnam, T. W., and A. M. Lynch, 1993. Multi century, regional scale patterns of western ... more details
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of a perennial herb similarly as it is done in trees using dendrochronology . ref name PB2006 cite ... is referring to dendrochronology because of the similarity of the structures investigated. The term .... ref name AB1998 lifetime growth patterns. ref name ECO2006 See also Dendrochronology ... more details
orphan date March 2010 Infobox UK property property name Nether Poppleton Tithe Barn image name Nether Poppleton Tithe Barn.jpg image size 200px caption Nether Poppleton Tithebarn type Grade II listed Tithe barn NT EH RHS Friends of the Poppleton Tithe Barn managed Friends of the Poppleton Tithe Barn area main Barn other public access By arrangement museum No exhibition No country England region Yorkshire and the Humber gridsquare SE5655 address Manor Farm, Nether Poppleton, York postcode YO postcode area YO26 refreshments By arrangement parking Limited shop No website http www.poppleton.net tithebarn index.htm Website co ord coord 53 59 16 N 1 08 26 W display inline,title region GB type landmark Nether Poppleton Tithebarn is a tithe barn at Manor Farm in the village of Nether Poppleton in the unitary authority of City of York in the North of England . Research by dendrochronology dendrologists has shown that the tithe Barn building barn , which was built on the site of an old nunnery, is at least 450 years old. The building is often referred to as Rupert s Barn because Prince Rupert of the Rhine is said to have stationed part of his army in the barn before the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644 during the English Civil War . There is also an historical connection with the English Restoration Restoration of King Charles II of England Charles II because in 1660, Lord Fairfax and two hundred Yorkshire gentlemen gathered at the barn before marching into York for the proclamation of the restored Monarch King . The area surrounding the barn forms part of a Scheduled Ancient Monument Scheduled Monument and after nearby Saint Everilda s parish church the tithe barn is the oldest, largest and most important building in both Poppletons. The Friends of the Poppleton Tithe Barn registered charity number 1060767 was founded in 1997 to preserve and maintain the Tithe Barn for the benefit of the local community and future generations. It was restored in 1999 and completed in the year ... more details
File Leaf morphology.svg thumb right Leaf shape is the most common tool used to identify trees Dendrology lang grc , dendron , tree and lang grc , logy logia , science of or study of or xylology lang grc , ksulon , wood is the science and study of Woody plant wooded plants tree s, shrub s, and liana s . There is no sharp boundary between plant taxonomy and dendrology. However, woody plants not only belong to many different plant Family biology families , but these families may be made up of both woody and non woody members. Some families include only a few woody species. This severely limits the usefulness of a strictly dendrological approach. Dendrology tends to focus on economically useful woody plants, their identification and horticultural or silvicultural properties. Relationship with botany Dendrology is often confused with botany . However, botany is the study of all types of general plants, while dendrology studies only wooded plants. Dendrology may be considered a subcategory of botany that specializes in wooded plants. Noted dendrologists Mike Baillie , Queen s University of Belfast Francis A. Bartlett , founder of Bartlett Arboretum and Gardens and the http www.bartlett.com bartlett tree research laboratories.cfm?a Bartlett Tree Research Laboratory William Douglas Cook , founder of Eastwoodhill Arboretum and Pukeiti, Taranaki Pukeiti New Zealand Michael Dirr Alan Mitchell Maciej Giertych Humphry Marshall See also wiktionarypar dendrology xylology Dendrochronology Silvology World Forestry Congress External links http www.public.iastate.edu bot356 Iowa State Dendrology http www.cnr.vt.edu dendro Forest Biology and Dendrology Educational Sites at Virginia Tech http www.tree identification.com dendrology.html Dendrology information and other tree identification resources Category Dendrology Category Greek loanwords tree stub be bg bs Dendrologija ca Dendrologia cs Dendrologie da Dendrologi de Dendrologie et Dendrolo ... more details
Year nav topic4 2004 archaeology science The year 2004 in archaeology included many events, some of which are listed below. Explorations Start of the three year Bombay Before the British project. ref cite news url http www.expressindia.com latest news Before the British 308067 title Before the British first Kenneth last Lobo work The Indian Express date 11 May 2008 accessdate 2011 07 08 ref ref cite news url http www.deccanherald.com content 22328 bombay british.html?FORM ZZNR7 title Bombay before British first Devika last Sequeira work Deccan Herald accessdate 2011 07 08 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20110628232223 http www.deccanherald.com content 22328 bombay british.html?FORM ZZNR7 archivedate 28 June 2011 DASHBot deadurl no ref Publications cite book last Bond first James title Monastic Landscapes location Stroud publisher Tempus isbn 0752414402 cite book first Robin last Dunbar authorlink Robin Dunbar title The Human Story a new history of mankind s evolution location London publisher Faber isbn 0571191339 cite journal author Friedrich, M., et al. title The 12,460 year Hohenheim oak and pine tree ring chronology from central Europe a unique annual record for radiocarbon calibration and paleoenvironment reconstructions journal Radiocarbon volume 46 pages 1111 1122 Finds Salcombe B Underwater archaeology underwater archaeological site identified from Bronze age finds discovered on the Salcombe Cannon Wreck site. Swash Channel Wreck early 17th century discovered off Poole Harbour . ref cite web title Swash Channel Wreck url http splash.wessexarch.co.uk 2008 07 02 swash channel wreck work Splash publisher Wessex Archaeology year 2008 accessdate 2011 04 06 ref Awards Empty section date July 2010 Miscellaneous New calibration curve for dendrochronology , INTCAL04 , internationally ratified for dates back to 26,000 Before Present BP . Albert Goodyear of the University of South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology announces that radiocarbon dating ... more details
infobox UK place country England latitude 52.218 longitude 2.893 scale 5000 region GB HEF population 1000 official name Pembridge unitary england Herefordshire region West Midlands lieutenancy england Herefordshire constituency westminster North Herefordshire UK Parliament constituency North Herefordshire post town HEREFORD postcode area HR postcode district HR6 dial code 01544 static image name Geograph 1105381 by Philip Pankhurst.jpg Pembridge is a village located just south of the River Arrow, Wales River Arrow on the A44 road A44 between Leominster and Kington, Herefordshire Kington in Herefordshire , England . Describing itself as The Jewel in the Crown of the Black and White Village Trail , Pembridge has a history stretching back at least eight hundred years and is notable for its many Timber framing timber framed buildings. As a result, it has been possible to date the construction of many of them using dendrochronology tree ring counting techniques with remarkable accuracy. In some cases this has allowed dating to the precise season in which they were erected, not just the year. Pembridge gained a royal charter allowing it to hold a market and two fairs in 1239. During the Middle Ages , the Cowslip Fair held every May and the Woodcock Fair held in November were important places for agricultural labourers across the county to seek work from landowners. In 1856, the Leominster and Kington Railway developed a railway station to connect to Kington, Herefordshire Kington to Leominster railway station Leominster . Taken over by the Great Western Railway , it closed to passengers in 1955, and freight in 1961. Today, Pembridge has a population of around 1,000 with three pubs restaurants, gallerie, a wonderful village shop which was built as the original church rectory, and a church. Opened in 1773, the shop closed in Dec 2010 but it s about to reopen and will include a tearoom. Organisations, people and places sharing the name of the village Despite its small size, ... more details
Image King Clone.jpg thumb right 275px King Clone, the 11,700 years old Larrea tridentata Creosote Bush ring in the Mojave Desert . California . King Clone is thought to be the oldest Larrea tridentata Creosote bush ring in the Mojave Desert . The ring is estimated to be 11,700 years old. It is considered one of the List of long living organisms oldest living organisms on Earth . This single clonal colony plant of Larrea tridentata reaches up to convert 67 ft m in diameter, with an average diameter of convert 45 ft m . ref Creosote Bush Long Lived Clones in the Mojave Desert, Frank C. Vasek, American Journal of Botany, Vol. 67, No. 2 Feb., 1980 , pp. 246 255 ref ref http www.hcn.org servlets hcn.Article?article id 11165 creosote ref ref name creosote http www.lucernevalley.net creosote index.htm . accessed 9 9 2010 ref Geography The King Clone ring is on restricted access public land in the central Mojave Desert, approximately 0.6 miles north of California Route 247 on Bessemer Mine Road near the towns of Lucerne Valley, California Lucerne Valley and Landers, California Landers . It is within the http www.lucernevalley.net creosote index.htm Creosote Rings Preserve of the Lucerne Valley and Johnson Valley. ref name creosote Dating methodology King Clone was identified and the 11,700 years old age documented by Frank Vasek , a professor at the University of California, Riverside . After Vasek hypothesized that the creosote ring was in fact one organism, Leonel Sternberg then a graduate student working in Vasek s lab , was able to show that plants in a ring had some identical characteristics, but those shared characteristics differed from other plant clusters. Vasek then used two methods to determine the age of the ring. One method counted Dendrochronology rings and measured the distance of annual growth, and the other used radiocarbon dating on chunks of wood found in the center of the ring, and measuring their distance from each other and the living bushes. Both dat ... more details
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