MICA: Multiple interval-based curve alignment

Mann, Martin; Kahle, Hans‐Peter; Beck, Matthias; Bender, Bela J.; Spiecker, Heinrich; Backofen, Rolf

doi:10.1016/j.softx.2018.02.003

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“…Considering the recent advances in studies of ancient plant DNA, the field of aDNA holds a great potential for combined studies on postglacial migration and climatic adoption of tree species as well as provenancing wooden objects (Wagner et al, 2018;Saleh et al, 2021). Different fields of dendro-sciences have developed various novel approaches, for example by studying density fluctuations, earlywood/latewood ratios and variances of vessel size, allowing to extract further information on the inter-to intra-annual regimes and to combine these different parameters (e.g., Wilson et al, 2017;Mann et al, 2018;Akhmetzyanov et al, 2019;Björklund et al, 2019).…”

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Dendroarchaeology in Europe

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Human evolution was strongly related to environmental factors. Woodlands and their products played a key role in the production of tools and weapons, and provided unique resources for constructions and fuel. Therefore wooden finds are essential in gaining insights into climatic and land use changes but also societal development during the Holocene. Dendroarchaeological investigations, based on tree rings, wood anatomy and techno-morphological characteristics are of great importance for a better understanding of past chronological processes as well as human-environment-interactions. Here we present an overview of the sources, methods, and concepts of this interdisciplinary field of dendroarchaeology focusing on Europe, where several tree-ring chronologies span most of the Holocene. We describe research examples from different periods of human history and discuss the current state of field. The long settlement history in Europe provides a myriad of wooden archeological samples not only for dating but also offer exciting new findings at the interface of natural and social sciences and the humanities.

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