Chronology
Etymology
New Latin chronologia, from chron- + -logia -logy. from Ancient Greek χρόνος, chronos, "time"; and -λογία, -logia) is a chronicle or arrangement of events in their order of occurrence in time,
- Date: 1585
Definitions
- 1 : the science that deals with measuring time by regular divisions and that assigns to events their proper dates
- 2 : a chronological table, list, or account
- 3 : an arrangement (as of events) in order of occurrence <reconstruct the chronology of the trip>
Description
A chronology may be either relative—that is, locating related events relative to each other—or absolute—locating these events to specific dates in a chronological era. Even this distinction may be blurred by use of different calendars. In Judeo-Christian cultures, historical dates in an absolute chronology are understood to be referred to the Christian era, in combination with the proleptic Julian calendar (originally) and the Gregorian calendar respectively.
Chronology is the science of locating historical events in time, and is distinct from, but relies upon chronometry or timekeeping, and historiography, which examines the writing of history and the use of historical methods. Radiocarbon dating estimates the age of formerly living things by measuring the proportion of carbon-14 isotope in their carbon content. Dendrochronology estimates the age of trees by correlation of the various growth rings in their wood to known year-by-year reference sequences in the region to reflect year-to-year climatic variation. Dendrochronology is used in turn as a calibration reference for radiocarbon dating curves.
See also
External links
- Chronology 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Christian Chronology
- Regnal Chronologies
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041101170127/www.pastperfect.info/archaeology/dating.html
- Dating the Past
- Pragmatic Bayesians: a decade of integrating radiocarbon dates in chronological models from the University of Sheffield at the Internet Archive.
