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Stave churches in Norway older than thought

What's the real age of Norwegian Stave churches? The usual method for dating wood is to measure the variation in the width of the tree rings and compare them to already dated samples. Hopperstad Stave Church in Sogn og Fjordane county is dendro-dated to 1131-1132. Previously, the date was estimated at 1125-1250 [Credit: Jan Michael Stornes]Recently, researchers have used a different measurement method called photodendrometry. With...

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