The College of Wooster Tree Ring Lab (WTRL) participated in Archaeology Day. It was a beautiful day exchanging views and data between archaeologists, historians, Wooster Earth Scientists and the public.
Li and Leo explain the extraction of local information from tree-ring in Wayne County that is relevance to the Settlement of Wayne County Ohio.
Local collectors, historians and Archaeologists from surrounding counties share their expertise.
Trees as witnesses was common theme and many of the participants grew up around the old growth on The College of Wooster campus as well as Cornerstone Elementary School campus, Browns Lake Bog, Barnes Preserve and Johnson Wood, all in Wayne County.Li worked with the younger participants assembling Tree Ring Lab necklaces (see lower right) and handing out stickers. Before the kids can get a necklace they needed to identify the species of the wood making up the necklace pendant. The log building in the background – the Naftzger cabin, has been dated using tree rings by the WTRL. Here is the report.
Nik shows the group a core from the oldest living tree in Ohio (so far discovered). It is chestnut oak from Stebbins Gulch, which is part of Holden Arboretum. He successfully identified his necklace as a