1. An overview of three decades of dendrochronology applied to ancient Mediterranean shipwrecks in southeastern France
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Guibal, Frédéric, Ferreira Dominguez, Alba, Boetto, Giulia, Shindo, Lisa, Greck, Sandra, Pomey, Patrice, Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Avignon Université (AU)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UMR237-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre Camille Jullian - Histoire et archéologie de la Méditerranée et de l'Afrique du Nord de la protohistoire à la fin de l'Antiquité (CCJ), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Arkaeos, Association Arkaeos, G. Boetto, P. Pomey, P. Poveda, and Boetto, Giulia
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Roman ,[SHS.ARCHEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory ,Dendrochronology ,[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory ,Rhône River ,Mediterranean ,shipbuilding ,Toulon - Abstract
International audience; Three decades of dendrochronology applied to ancient Mediterranean shipwrecks in southeastern France have resulted in a considerable improvement in knowledge about the wood resources used in ancient shipbuilding. However, in terms of dating, the success rate of dendrochronological analyses is still very low. The possible causes of this low rate are discussed through two case studies: the first pertaining to the shipwrecks from the ancient harbour of Toulon (1 st-3 rd centuries AD); the second to a couple of fluvial barges discovered in the Rhône River (mid 1 st-beginning of the 2 nd centuries AD).
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- 2021