The table below associates various PowerPoint presentations with a brief description of their content. All these presentations were assembled on Macintosh computers so there may be some display issues when viewing them on other platforms.

Just a word of caution, some of these presentations are quite large so it's a good idea to download them while connected to a fast network connection.

Dendrochronology:

Introduction	The first of a six part series on the basics of Dendrochronology
Anatomy_1	What are trees and tree-rings, part 1
Anatomy_2	part 2
IntraAnnual Features	What are false rings, missing rings, etc..
Tools and Sampling_1	Field and lab techniques, part 1
Tools and Sampling_2	part 2
Crossdating	Identifying when a ring was formed
COFECHA	Dating control, measurement accuracy
Standardization	Removing biological growth trends

Dendroarchaeology:

Dendroarchaeology_1	What is dendroarchaeolgy, part 1
Dendroarchaeology_2	part 2
Dendroarchaeology_3	part 3
Dendroarchaeology_4	part 4

Public Seminars:

The following presentations were presented by P. Krusic at a symposium held on May 19th and 20th, 2005 Deerfield, MA

Dendoarchaeology in the Northeast: A Research Tool Comes of Age.

"Developing The Bean Town Master"
Part1. Early Dendrochronologists
Part2. Building Chronologies
Part3. First Archaeological Applications
Part4. The Mt.Wachusetts Chronology
"Recent DendroArchaeological Developments in the Hudson River Valley"
Fort Orange
New Paltz

Dr. Neil Pederson successfully defended his thesis, in July, 2005. You may download a pdf version of Neil's defence presentation to see how he describes old growth, and read about how productive old growth forests can be.

"Climatic Sensitivity and Growth of Southern Temperate Trees in the Eastern United States: Implications for the Carbon Cycle "