Dendroarchaeology at Lake Ohrid: 5th and 2nd millennia BCE tree-ring chronologies from the waterlogged site of Ploča Mičov Grad, North Macedonia

Bolliger, Matthias; Maczkowski, Andrej; Francuz, John; Reich, Johannes; Hostettler, Marco; Ballmer, Ariane; Naumov, Goce; Taneski, Bojan; Todoroska, Valentina; Szidat, Sönke; Hafner, Albert (2023). Dendroarchaeology at Lake Ohrid: 5th and 2nd millennia BCE tree-ring chronologies from the waterlogged site of Ploča Mičov Grad, North Macedonia. Dendrochronologia, 79, p. 126095. Elsevier 10.1016/j.dendro.2023.126095

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On the prehistoric site of Ploča Mičov Grad (Ohrid, North Macedonia) on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid a total of 799 wooden elements were recorded from a systematically excavated area of nearly 100 square meters. Most of them are pile remains of round wood with diameters up to almost 40 cm. A comprehensive dendrochronological analysis allowed the construction of numerous well-replicated chronologies for different species. High agreements between the chronologies prove that oak, pine, juniper, ash and hop-hornbeam can be cross-dated. The chronologies were dated by means of radiocarbon dating and modelling using wiggle matching. An intensive settlement phase is attested for the middle of the 5th millennium BCE. Further phases follow towards the end of the 5th millennium BCE and in the 2nd millennium around 1800, 1400 and 1300 BCE. Furthermore, the exact, relative felling dates allow first insights into the minimum duration of the settlement phases, which lie between 17 and 87 years. The multi-centennial chronologies presented in this study represent a first robust dating basis for future research in the numerous not yet dated prehistoric lake shore settlements in the southwestern Balkans with excellently preserved wooden remains.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of Archaeological Sciences
10 Strategic Research Centers > Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR)
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (DCBP)
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of Archaeological Sciences > Pre- and Early History
External Organisations > Archaeological Service of the Canton of Berne

Graduate School:

Graduate School of Climate Sciences

UniBE Contributor:

Bolliger, Matthias, Maczkowski, Andrej, Francuz, John Garvice, Reich, Johannes Jakob, Hostettler, Marco, Ballmer, Ariane Thu, Szidat, Sönke, Hafner, Albert

Subjects:

500 Science > 540 Chemistry
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
900 History > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499)
900 History > 940 History of Europe

ISSN:

1125-7865

Publisher:

Elsevier

Funders:

[18] European Research Council

Projects:

Projects 810586 not found.

Language:

English

Submitter:

Andrej Maczkowski

Date Deposited:

23 May 2023 16:05

Last Modified:

04 Jun 2023 02:27

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.dendro.2023.126095

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/182836

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/182836

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