On Thursday, January 24, at 7:00 pm, in celebration of the Jewish New Year for Trees, Tu B’Shevat, Neil Pederson, PhD, will lecture at the Greenwich Historical Society in Cos Cob on “The Science of History: Tree Rings and the History They Reveal.” Dr. Pederson will discuss how ancient trees and timbers from human structures are used to broaden our understanding of history. He is a Research Assistant Professor in the Tree Ring Laboratory, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University.
From the rise and
fall of the Mongol Empire to the construction of buildings and boats locally
and globally, trees are the environmental historians that reveal events long
faded from human memory and historical documents — including how the tree ring
cores taken from the Bush-Holley House reveal its construction history. The
Lecture is sponsored by the Greenwich Historical Society, Greenwich Tree
Conservancy, Bruce Museum, and Greenwich Reform Synagogue.
Admission is free
but reservations are suggested. Please call 203-869-6899, ext. 10. Doors open
at 6:30; lecture begins at 7:00 pm. Vanderbilt Education Center, 39 Strickland
Road, Cos Cob, CT.
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