Early Bronze Age sequences are still under construction. Practical Matters For the dendrochronological method to succeed, long ring-sequences are needed. We have had junipers with as many as 918 annual rings. Crossdating material like this is relatively easy. Trying to date samples with fewer than 100 rings, on the other hand, is generally a waste of our time.
Quantities are important.
A set of 100 samples is vastly preferable to a set of 10, and single samples are to be avoided except in desperation. One cannot tell from internal evidence whether a single sample has been re-used from an earlier construction, cut particularly for the purpose to which it was finally put, or is some later repair. Species are important. Oak, pine, juniper, fir, boxwood, yew, spruce, and occasionally chestnut have been crossdated. Olive is hopeless, as are willow, poplar, and fruit trees.