Oxygen Isotope Dendrochronology of the Newport Medieval Ship
Since the discovery of the Newport Medieval Ship in 2002, many studies have tried to establish a chronology for its construction and subsequent abandonment. Whilst conventional ring-width dendrochronology has been able to identify the provenance and provide a terminus post quem for the ship, until n...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2024
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The international journal of nautical archaeology
Year: 2024, Volume: 53, Issue: 1, Pages: 245–253 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Roble B Newport Medieval Ship B حلقة الشجرة B 树木年轮 B جنس شجرة البلوط B 纽波特中世纪沉船 B سفينة العصور الوسطى نيوبورت B علم التأريخ الشجري بالنظائر المُستقرة B 紐波特中世紀沉船 B 穩定同位素樹木年輪法 B Quercus B 橡樹 B stable isotope dendrochronology B anillos de crecimiento de árbol B البلوط B Oak B dendrocronología de isótopos estables B Barco Medieval de Newport B 稳定同位素树木年轮法 B 栎属 B 樹木年輪 B 橡树 B tree ring |
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| Summary: | Since the discovery of the Newport Medieval Ship in 2002, many studies have tried to establish a chronology for its construction and subsequent abandonment. Whilst conventional ring-width dendrochronology has been able to identify the provenance and provide a terminus post quem for the ship, until now a felling date for timbers associated with the original construction of the vessel has proved elusive. This study reports results from the application of stable isotope dendrochronology to date timbers from the ship. Using a combination of dendrochronologically-dated timbers and stable oxygen isotopic data from dated and undated samples, we can provide an independent verification of the ring-width dendrochronology and to return the first felling dates for an assemblage of the ship’s framing timbers. Our results indicate that the ship was likely constructed shortly after the winter of AD 1457/8 with an operational lifetime of less than a decade. The study highlights the potential for the use of stable isotope dendrochronology for the precise, absolute dating of archaeological ship remains where ring-width dendrochronology alone has not proved effective. |
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| ISSN: | 1095-9270 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal of nautical archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/10572414.2023.2266473 |