[MassHistPres] radiocarbon and dendrochronology testing?

[Steinitz, Michael (SEC)]

On this topic, the 5 early buildings below representing 7 different construction phases in Ipswich have already been dated successfully using dendrochronology.  I'm working from a list that is several years old, and perhaps there has been more recent work done in town.

Tuttle House, 103 High St Ipswich, Building Phase I - 1671, Phase II - 1672

Whipple House, 53 S Main Ipswich, Building Phase 1 - 1677, Phase II - 1690

Hart House, 51 Linebrook Rd Ipswich, Building Phase 1 - 1680

Paine House, 53 Jeffrey's Neck Rd Ipswich, Building Phase 1 - 1694

Howard House, 41 Turkey Shore Rd Ipswich, Building Phase II - 1708

Abstracts of the reports for Hart, Tuttle and Whipple (and a number of other early Massachusetts buildings) can be seen at http://www.oxford-dendrolab.com/massachusetts.asp
Best,

Michael



Michael Steinitz

Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer

Director, Preservation Planning Division

Massachusetts Historical Commission

220 Morrissey Boulevard

Boston, Massachusetts 02125

617-727-8470

617-727-5128 (fax)

michael.steinitz at state.ma.us

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Subject: [MassHistPres] radiocarbon and dendrochronology testing?

Can anyone provide recommendations for reliable but affordable testing of frame members in several of our historic houses? Many were built in the First Period, 1634-1720, but historic records are incomplete.  Is radiocarbon dating reliable, or is dendrochronology preferred?

Gordon Harris, chairman, historicipswich.org<http://historicipswich.org>
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