Maczkowski, A.; Bolliger, M.; Francuz, J.; Reich, J.; Hostettler, M.; Szidat, S.; Hafner, A. (September 2022). Establishing prehistoric tree-ring chronologies for the southern Balkans: first results from lakeshore settlements of the 6th to 1st millennium BC (Unpublished). In: 24th Radiocarbon Conference 10th 14C & Archaeology Conference. ETH, Zurich. 11-16 September 2022.
During several archaeological campaigns on wetland prehistoric sites in North Macedonia, Greece and
Albania almost 2000 subfossil wood samples have been collected. The fieldwork campaigns were
conducted within the framework of the ERC Synergy Project EXPLO. The wood has been sampled from
building and structural remains on lakeside and underwater archaeological sites and is thus
unambiguously linked to the human occupation of these sites. Through dendrochronological
measurement of wood from various tree species, multicentennial floating tree‐ring (TR) chronologies
have been constructed. Radiocarbon dating was used to position the floating chronologies on the
calendar age frame, but also to confirm dendrochronological findings. The new TR chronologies open
the possibility for refining the cultural chronology in the region, during various periods in the 6th
through 1st millennia BC. Possible off‐sets between species on non‐annual radiocarbon will also be
discussed. Additionally, newly discovered Miyake events enable the absolute dating of floating
prehistoric chronologies much sooner than it seemed possible only a decade ago.
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