There Is No Real Way of Knowing
- 2014
- 15m
A text in an Icelandic newspaper reported the discovery of a 5300 year old tree in Iceland. Trees store information e.g. the climatic conditions during their lifetime. Scientists can date ar... Read allA text in an Icelandic newspaper reported the discovery of a 5300 year old tree in Iceland. Trees store information e.g. the climatic conditions during their lifetime. Scientists can date archaeological excavations by using historical wood. Trees are a part of our historiography.... Read allA text in an Icelandic newspaper reported the discovery of a 5300 year old tree in Iceland. Trees store information e.g. the climatic conditions during their lifetime. Scientists can date archaeological excavations by using historical wood. Trees are a part of our historiography. The tree in Iceland should be around 500 years older than the previously oldest known tre... Read all