scholarly journals 14C Wiggle Matching of the ‘Floating’ Tree-Ring Chronology from the Altai Mountains, Southern Siberia: the Ulandryk-4 Case Study

Radiocarbon ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (2A) ◽  
pp. 425-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Y Slusarenko ◽  
J A Christen ◽  
L A Orlova ◽  
Y V Kuzmin ◽  
G S Burr
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Altai Mountains ◽  
Tree Ring Chronology ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Southern Siberia ◽  
Pazyryk Culture ◽  
Type Complex ◽  
Mountain System ◽  
Burial Mounds

The Bayesian approach to calibration of radiocarbon dates was used to wiggle-match the “floating” tree-ring chronology from a Pazyryk culture (Scythian-type complex from Sayan-Altai Mountain system, southern Siberia) burial ground in order to estimate the calendar age of its construction. Seventeen bidecadal tree-ring samples were 14C dated with high precision (±20–30 yr). The results of wiggle-matching show that the Pazyryk-type burial mounds in the southern Altai Mountains were created in the first part of 3rd century BC.

Determination of the Age of Swiss Lake Dwellings as an Example of Dendrochronologically-Calibrated Radiocarbon Dating

1966 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 1173-1177 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. W. Ferguson ◽  
B. huber ◽  
H. E. Suess
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Standard Error ◽  
Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
Tree Ring Chronology ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Pine Wood ◽  
Bristlecone Pine ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Swiss Lake

Comparison of the radiocarbon content of a series of samples of dendrochronologically dated bristlecone pine wood with that from trees for which a so-called floating tree-ring chronology has been established makes it possible to determine an empirical age for this floating tree-ring series based upon the age of the wood used for comparison. For the case of the Swiss Lake Dwellers, the difference between conventional radiocarbon dates and the age values determined in this manner amounts to about 800 years. The age of the floating chronology was determined within a standard error of less than 40 years. The measurements indicate that the dwellings were constructed during the 38th century B. C.

A 1397-year tree-ring chronology of Thujaoccidentalis from cliff faces of the Niagara Escarpment, southern Ontario, Canada

1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 1049-1057 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.E. Kelly ◽  
E.R. Cook ◽  
D.W. Larson
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Tree Growth ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Ecological Data ◽  
Tree Ring Chronology ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Southern Ontario ◽  
Niagara Escarpment

Living and dead Thujaoccidentalis L. (eastern white cedar) on cliff faces and in the talus of the Niagara Escarpment, southern Ontario were sampled and measured for dendrochronological analyses. One hundred and forty-two tree-ring series were cross-dated and a 1397-year tree-ring chronology was produced spanning the period 594–1990 A.D., making it the longest in Canada. An additional 784-year floating chronology was constructed from dead debris at the base of the cliff. Radiocarbon dates indicate that the floating chronology begins approximately in 580 B.C. Correlations between the tree-ring indices and 51 climate variables indicate that growth in T. occidentalis is negatively correlated with the previous growing season's temperature. The strongest correlation was between radial tree growth and maximum temperature in the previous July and August. Extremely hot summer conditions will negatively impact tree growth in the following year. These temperature correlations are very similar to those observed for T. occidentalis growing in western Quebec. This consistent climate response and the extreme longevity of T. occidentalis means that it is now an important species to exploit for dendroclimatological reconstructions of regional climate. The close proximity of these sites to the industrial heartland of eastern North America suggests that this, and future Thuja chronologies under development from the Niagara Escarpment, will provide an important ecological data base for exploring the human component of climate change.

scholarly journals The Comparison of 14C Wiggle-Matching Results for the ‘Floating’ Tree-Ring Chronology of the Ulandryk-4 Burial Ground (Altai Mountains, Siberia)

Radiocarbon ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 943-948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav V Kuzmin ◽  
Igor Y Slusarenko ◽  
Irka Hajdas ◽  
Georges Bonani ◽  
J Andres Christen
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Burial Ground ◽  
Altai Mountains ◽  
Tree Ring Chronology ◽  
Cultural Complex ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Good Agreement

Two independent 14C data sets of 10 tree-ring samples from the longest master chronology of the Pazyryk cultural complex were obtained and wiggle-matched to the absolute timescale. The results show very good agreement, within 10–15 calendar yr. The Ulandryk-4 burial ground (mound 1) was dated to about 320–310 cal BC, and this is consistent with wiggle-matching of the Pazyryk burial ground date series.

Dendrochronologic Calibration of the Radiocarbon Time Scale

1974 ◽  
Vol 39 (2Part1) ◽  
pp. 350-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. E. Damon ◽  
C. W. Ferguson ◽  
A. Long ◽  
E. I. Wallick
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Time Scale ◽  
Tree Ring Chronology ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Calibration Table ◽  
Conversion Table ◽  
Radiocarbon Data ◽  
Total Agreement ◽  
Calendar Dates

AbstractExtensive radiocarbon analyses have been made of dendrochronologically dated wood. The resultant radiocarbon data are not in total agreement with the conventional solar calendar as exemplified by the tree-ring chronology. The discrepancy reaches a maximum between 4060 B.C. to 7350 B.C. when radiocarbon dates are too young by 800 to 870 yr. Using a compatible set of 549 dated samples as a working base, a calibration table has been derived for conversion of conventional radiocarbon dates to calendar dates. This conversion table covers the period of time from A.D. 1600 to 5400 B.C. Data are also given to facilitate the calculation of the accuracy of the corrected date by a simple, illustrated method.

scholarly journals Chronology of the Burial Finds from Scythian Monuments in Southern Siberia and Central Asia

Radiocarbon ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 713-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Sementsov ◽  
G. I. Zaitseva ◽  
J. Görsdorf ◽  
A. Nagler ◽  
H. Parzinger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Time Scale ◽  
Final Stage ◽  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Southern Siberia ◽  
Starting Time ◽  
Burial Mounds ◽  
Scythian Period

We present here new radiocarbon dates for the different barrows (burial mounds) of the nomadic tribes of the Scythian period in the Khakassia and Tuva regions (Central Asia). The time scale of these barrows is compared with the elite barrows of the Sayan-Altai. In agreement with archaeological evidence, some barrows in Khakassia are chronologically close in time to the Arzhan barrow. The first 14C dates produced for the barrows from the Tuva region belong to a later Scythian period, compared with the elite Arzhan barrow. We determined the final stage of the barrow construction, but to establish the starting time, more dates are necessary (both by dendrochronology and 14C).

The Elachistidae of southern Siberia and Central Asia, with descriptions of five new species (Lepidoptera)¹

1992 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 177-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauri Kaila
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Baikal Region ◽  
Tianshan Mountains ◽  
Previous Literature ◽  
Altai Mountains ◽  
Southern Siberia

The Elachistidae material collected during the joint Soviet-Finnish entomological expeditions to the Altai mountains, Baikal region and Tianshan mountains of the previous USSR is listed. Previous literature dealing with the Elachistidae in Central Asia is reviewed. A total of 40 species are dealt with, including descriptions of five new species: Stephensia jalmarella sp. n. (Altai), Elachista baikalica sp. n. (Baikal), E. talgarella sp. n. (southern Kazakhstan), E. esmeralda sp. n. (southern Kazakhstan) and E. filicornella sp. n. (southern Kazakhstan). The previously unknown females of E. bimaculata Parenti, 1981 and Biselachista zonulae Sruoga, 1992 are described.

First archaeological investigations of barrows in the Bačka region and the question of the Eneolithic/Early Bronze Age barrows in Vojvodina

2020 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 350-375
Author(s):  
Jovan Koledin ◽  
Urszula Bugaj ◽  
Paweł Jarosz ◽  
Mario Novak ◽  
Marcin M. Przybyła ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Early Bronze Age ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Funeral Ritual ◽  
Science Centre ◽  
National Science ◽  
Steppe Communities ◽  
Burial Mounds ◽  
Two Stages

AbstractIn various prehistoric periods, the territory of Vojvodina became the target of the migration of steppe communities with eastern origins. The oldest of these movements are dated to the late Eneolithic and the beginning of the Early Bronze Age. There are at least two stages among them: I – dated to the end of the fourth millennium BC / beginning of the third millennium BC and II – dated from 3000 to 2600 BC and combined with the communities of the classical phase of the Yamnaya culture. The data documenting these processes have been relatively poor so far – in comparison with the neighboring regions of Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary. A big drawback was the small number of systematically excavated mounds, providing comprehensive data on the funeral ritual of steppe communities. This poor database has been slightly enriched as a result of the design of the National Science Centre (Cracow, Poland) entitled “Danubian route of the Yamnaya culture”. Its effect was to examine the first two barrows located on the territory of Bačka – the western region of Vojvodina. Currently, these burial mounds are the westernmost points on the map of the cemeteries of the Yamnaya culture complex. Radiocarbon dates obtained for new finds, as well as for archival materials, allow specifying two stages of use of cemeteries of Yamnaya culture: I – around 3000–2900 BC and II – around 2800–2600 BC. Among the finds from Banat, there were also few materials coming probably from the older period, corresponding to the classical phase of Baden – Coţofeni I–II. The enigmatic nature of these discoveries, however, does not allow to specify their dating as well as cultural dependencies.

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