Wetland Dendrochronology: An Overview of Prehistoric Chronologies from the Southwestern Balkans
摘要
In the past few decades, a number of prehistoric wetland archaeological sites have been detected in the south-central part of the BalkanBalkan/s Peninsula[aut]Peninsula. However, only a few of them have been excavated. In this study, we discuss the characteristics of the wooden remains and selected tree-ring width chronologies from the archaeological sites of SovjanSovjan, Ploča Mičov GradPloča Mičov Grad and DispilioDispilio. They represent the first prehistoric centennial and multi-centennial tree-ring chronologies[aut]Tree-ring chronology from the region, covering various periods of the Neolithic[aut]Periods and phasesNeolithic, Chalcolithic[aut]Periods and phasesChalcolithic and the Bronze Age[aut]Periods and phasesBronze Age. The dominant wood species utilised on the sites are members of the genus Quercus, but significant numbers of Juniperus and Pinus were also recovered, in addition to some[aut]Forest typesdeciduous forest other[aut]Ecosystems, habitat types, and woodland communitiesdeciduous forest deciduous species[aut]Deciduous tree. Through radiocarbon[aut]Radiocarbon dating and wiggle-matching,[aut]Wiggle-matching we were able to anchor these floating tree-ring chronologies[aut]Tree-ring chronology on the calendar scale with high temporal resolution.