Monthly Archives: May 2019

man coring a small tree

Hinds Road Outcrop

By Cool Places

This cool sandstone glade area is home to a nice stand of Boynton’s Oak (Quercus boyntonii), which is an endemic (to Alabama) oak. Most of the Boynton’s oaks at the site are only about 4-5 feet tall at most and tree-ring dating indicates they are between 75-120 years old. https://www.auburn.edu/cosam/arboretum/apca/projects/boyntons_oak.htm

DRL in “Stones and Bones”

By Climate and Society

Work by the DRL was described in a recent issue of “Stones and Bones” the newsletter of the Alabama Archaeological Society. The article “A Living Witness to the Battle?” by Eric Frey- Park Ranger at Horseshoe Bend National Military Park describes tree-ring dating of and American beech (Fagus grandifolia) tree at the battlefield that predates

Read More