Dispelling Myths and Confirming History: Dendroarchaeology Studies as a Means for Establishing Accurate Building Construction Dates
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Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 4 pm
Bill Flynt, Architectural Conservator, Historic Deerfield Historic Northampton, 46 Bridge Street, Northampton, MA 01060 First come, First served |
During this presentation, Bill will describe how dendroarchaeology studies are done and share how these projects have changed our thinking about the development of early New England architecture. He will also discuss the results from his work on Historic Northampton's Parsons House and Shepherd Barn.
Read the Dendrochronology Study of the Shepherd Barn by Bill Flynt here.
The 2016 dendrochronology study was funded by a grant from Northampton's Community Preservation Committee.
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Bill Flynt holds a small core sample. A finished sample that has been sanded can be evaluated by a computer program against a library of other known samples. The tree growth rings are like a fingerprint in recording climate in a region.
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Bill Flynt has been the Architectural Conservator at Historic Deerfield since 1979 where he has been in charge of various restorations, overseen the care of the institutions historic buildings, and conducted research on a variety of historic construction practices. He was trained in dendroarchaeology at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Tree-Ring Laboratory.