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Oldest dated roof thus far in Britain http://www.dendrochronology.net/gloucestershire.asp#KEMPLEY1
Story from http://www.dendrochronology.net/gloucestershire.asp#KEMPLEY1 KEMPLEY, Church of St Mary (SO 670 321) Felling date range: 1120-1150 (a) Nave roof Rafters 1105; 1108 (H/S); 1108 (H/S); 1111 (H/S); 1114 (H/S); Sole pieces (6/8) 1104; 1105 (H/S); 1107 (H/S); 1108; 1112; 1114 (3); … Continue reading
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Tagged dendrites, dendrochronology, oldest building, tree-ring, treering
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An archaeological story from the Gaurdian about the Black Death
Black Death study lets rats off the hook From http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/17/black-death-rats-off-hook Plague of 1348-49 spread so fast in London the carriers had to be humans not black rats, says archaeologist Bubonic plague victims of 14th century London, uncovered in the 1980s … Continue reading
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Tagged 1348, 1349, 1350, 14th, black death, death, London, plauge, playground, ratus, ratus ratus, royal mint
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Android
I am presently testing the pros and cons of using an android tablet for Archaeology. I have just updated to the new Honeycomb 3.1. Its so much smoother. I really think it is better than the ipad! Will update soon … Continue reading
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Tagged android, Asus, Eee pad, tablet, transformer
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Recalibrating the work of Cecil Hewett
Prior to the creation of an English tree-ring chronology in the late 1980s, typology was the main method by which to date a timber structure. Cecil Alec Hewett (1926-1998) pioneered buildings typologies for medieval carpentry joints and timber-framed buildings in south-eastern England (Gibson and Andrews 1998, online). In Hewett’s seminal work English Historic Carpentry the inner sleeve reads “he [Hewett] has shown that the methods of assembling timber buildings, particularly the joints used, follow a strict historical sequence, as datable as ceramics” (Hewett 1980a, inner sleeve). In the case of Hewett, typology is defined as being “historically diagnostic because they are historically unique, that is, they are ‘peculiar to a given time and place’” (Sackett 1977, 371) and therefore, progress from the archaic to the mechanically advanced in a datable sequence of ‘style and function’ (Ibid.). Continue reading
