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Archaeodendrometry
Expertise in measurement
of heritage wood

 

tree-ring dating

study of tool marks

dendromorphology

 

WORKS OF ART
AND FURNITURE

The application of archaeodendrometry to furniture and works of art requires the mastery of specific techniques allowing to acquire the data essential to the analysis without resorting to intrusive and degrading sampling practices, nor harm the matter which composes them. There remains, however, a sine qua non condition for its application, access to the growth rings of the wood…

Furniture, sculptures, woodwork, painted panels, frames, stalls, etc.

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ARCHAEOLOGY

Waterlogged woods still contain essential climate-environmental information… Their studies are not only limited to the xylological identification and to obtaining datings thanks to dendrochronology, they make it possible to restore the practices of implementation of the trees, as long as we focus on the dimensional examination of the woods, the traces of cutting and shaping still preserved.

Boats, remains of construction, domestic objects, etc.

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ARCHITECTURAL WOOD

Dating the installation of wood in a building requires a representative and homogeneous sampling, likely to provide relevant dendrometric data to scientifically validate their dating. If the wood retains the trace of the bark, it is then possible to specify the season and the year of cutting of the trees, relate with great precision their installation in the building and restore the progress of the construction site.

Frames, half-timbers, ceilings, floors, panelling, stairs, etc.

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

The soundboards of the violin family are mostly executed in singular spruce wood (Picea abies), qualified as resonance wood. Their dendrochronological examinations make it possible in particular to specify the dating, to help define the forest origins supplying violin making and to inform the practices of the workshops from the 17th to the 20th century.

Great organs, violins, cellos, double basses, harpsichords, etc.

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WHAT ABOUT 
ARCHAEODENDROMETRY ?

Archaeodendrometry is a discipline that includes wood identification, dendromorphology (examination of the shapes and modes of cutting wood parts), traceology (characterization of tool marks left on wood and restitution of gestures) and finally dendrochronology (dating method by inter-annual study of growth rings).

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