1600 AD Huaynaputina Eruption (Peru), Abrupt Cooling, and Epidemics in China and Korea by Jie Fei, David D. Zhang, Harry F. Lee

“…Over the course of this research the Chinese and Korean historical literatures as well as dendrochronology records were examined. The historical evidence points to the conclusion that the eruption was followed by an abrupt cooling period and epidemic outbreaks in 1601 AD within both China and the Korean Peninsula. …”
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La charpente de la nef de la cathédrale de Bourges by Frédéric Epaud

“…This axial bracing was doubled by a second situated in the plane of the rafters, with a date, proven by dendrochronology for the first time, in the middle of the thirteenth century. …”
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La villa gallo-romaine de Grigy à Metz (ier s. apr. J.-C.-ve s. apr. J.-C.) : caractérisation fonctionnelle des structures et identification des activités artisanales by Gaël Brkojewitsch, Sandrine Marquié, Geneviève Daoulas, Guilherme Remor de Oliveira, Gaëtan Jouanin, Nicolas Garnier, Michaël Brunet, Simon Sedlbauer, Willy Tegel, Nadia Cantin, Valérie Thirion-Merle

“…The last part of the paper focuses on the successive chronological phases, taking into account the results of the pottery’s study, on the basis of absolute datings (radiometry, dendrochronology). The occupation is thus divided into four stages, suggesting that the villa was founded in the last quarter of the 1st c. …”
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Les bois de construction du boulevard Dr Henri-Henrot à Reims/Durocortorum by Willy Tegel

“…The method used here, known as dendrochronology, allows for the precise dating of wooden remains by examining the tree-rings. …”
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Étude de trois grands tonneaux mis au jour à Reims/Durocortorum (Marne) : le savoir-faire des tonneliers antiques by Pierre Mille, Philippe Rollet

“…Their manufacture, their use as wine containers and their reuse have been dated using dendrochronology and the study of pottery contained in the fillings, to between the second half of the 1st c. …”
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Quais et ouvrages portuaires romains de Rouen/Rotomagus (Seine-Maritime) by Marie-Clotilde Lequoy

“…The latter provided a precise dendrochronological dating with a felling date of 15 BC. …”
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La datation des aqueducs lyonnais : un état des lieux by Aldo Borlenghi, Catherine Coquidé

“…In recent decades, preventive archaeology operations as well as data from archaeometry (radiocarbon dating, archaeomagnetism and dendrochronology) have enabled progress to be made in understanding the chronology of these works. …”
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Une double conduite en bois découverte avenue du Point-du-Jour à Lyon by Sylvain Motte

“…Radiocarbon and dendrochronological analyses as well as coins date this aqueduct precisely to the beginning of the 1st century AD.This accurate date and the location of the structure suggest a connection with the Yzeron aqueduct. …”
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Les parcs agroforestiers d’Azilal (Maroc) : une construction paysagère pluri-séculaire et toujours vivante by Aude Nuscia Taïbi, Mustapha El Hannani, Yahia El Khalki, Aziz Ballouche

“…The very open landscapes are dominated by pre-forest formations of trees outside the forest (dominant holm oaks) selected in the fields. Dendrochronological analyses on holm oaks in the municipality of Agoudi N'Lkhir show that a large number of them are 200 to 300 years old and their regular treatment by long rotation (secular) grape varieties raises the structure of the tree park to at least 500 to 600 years. …”
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The agroforestry parks of Azilal (Morocco): a centuries-old and still living landscape construction by Aude Nuscia Taïbi, Mustapha El Hannani, Yahia El Khalki, Aziz Ballouche

“…The very open landscapes are dominated by pre-forest formations of trees outside the forest (dominant holm oaks) selected in the fields. Dendrochronological analyses on holm oaks in the municipality of Agoudi N'Lkhir show that a large number of them are 200 to 300 years old and their regular treatment by long rotation (secular) grape varieties raises the structure of the tree park to at least 500 to 600 years. …”
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Le quai no 9 du port romain de Saint-Lupien à Rezé/Ratiatum (Loire-Atlantique) by Jimmy Mouchard, Matthieu Yacger

“…Variations have been observed which imply the coexistence of several carpentry and masonry workshops, and which also suggest the existence of several construction campaigns. Moreover, the dendrochronological analysis confirms a homogeneity within the dating for each set and a spread of construction work along the riverbank, which would appear to develop from west to east. …”
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Nouveaux éléments concernant l’amphithéâtre antique de Saintes (Charente-Maritime) : l’arène aux iiie et ive s. apr. J.-C. by Bastien Gissinger

“…The water was collected in a peripheral wooden gutter that survived at least in the southwest quarter of the arena. Dendrochronological dating indicates that the oaks used for its construction were cut down during autumn/winter 274/275. …”
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Les quais nos 1, 12 et 13 du port romain de Saint-Lupien à Rezé/Ratiatum (Loire-Atlantique) by Xavier Favreau, Nicolas Ménez

“…Variations have been observed which imply the coexistence of several carpentry and masonry workshops, and which also suggest the existence of several construction campaigns. Moreover, the dendrochronological analysis confirms a homogeneity within the dating for each set and a spread of construction work along the riverbank, which would appear to develop from west to east. …”
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Le site antique de la clinique des Dames Blanches à Tours (Indre-et-Loire) : aménagements d’un embarcadère romain sur la Loire et évolution du trait de rive by Nicolas Fouillet, Philippe Gardère

“…Stratigraphic and dendrochronological analyses show that four different phases of the landing stage followed one another in the same place between the mid-1st and the 2nd c. …”
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Reflections by a member of the Editorial Board by Kevin T. Smith

“…Later, Katarina Čufar and I both served on the Executive Council of the Tree Ring Society, an international association for dendrochronological research. We co-taught a tree biology section at the Dendro Fieldweek as part of the World Dendro conference 2010 in Finland. …”
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L’aqueduc du Gier : nouvelles données sur le pont-siphon de Beaunant à Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon (Métropole de Lyon) by David Baldassari, François Blondel, Stéphane Gaillot

“…The frame consisted of square and rectangular section posts 0.13 to 0.15 m wide and planks 0.36 m wide and 25 mm thick, sometimes fixed roughly to the posts with iron nails. Dendrochronological analyses revealed that the trees from which the planks were taken were felled in 110 AD, indicating that the construction of the Gier aqueduct took place early in the 2nd century AD at the end of the reign of Emperor Trajan. …”
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