Oaks, tree-rings and wooden cultural heritage: a review of the main characteristics and applications of oak dendrochronology in Europe

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Haneca, Kristof ^a   Katarina Cufar ^b   Beeckman, Hans ^c  

^a Flanders Heritage   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Art history; Cultural heritage; Dendrochronology; European oak; Quercus robur petraea; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTURAL HERITAGE; DATING METHOD; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS PETRAEA; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 53549124961     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.07.005     Document Type: Review

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