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Radiocarbon and Dendrochronological Dating of Logboats from Poland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Anna Pazdur ,
Marek Krąpiec ,
Adam Michczyński  and
Waldemar Ossowski
Anna Pazdur
Affiliation:
Radiocarbon Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
Marek Krąpiec
Affiliation:
Dendrochronological Laboratory, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Adam Michczyński
Affiliation:
Radiocarbon Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
Waldemar Ossowski
Affiliation:
Polish Maritime Museum, Szeroka 67/68, 80-835 Gdánsk, Poland
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Abstract

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The earliest dating of samples taken from logboats found in the area of Poland was done at the Gliwice Radiocarbon Laboratory in the late 1970s and early 1980s. After a 10-year break, the study of their chronology was renewed. The 14C dates (56) include all previously published and new, unpublished results obtained during last several years. Here, we discuss and provide probabilistic interpretation of the calendar age of the dated boats. The calibration of 14C dates was done with the OxCal program for dates less than 300 BP, and with the GdCALIB program for all remaining dates. In distribution of calibrated dates we find a lack of samples between the ages of around 800 BC and 300 AD. This result is surprising and differs from results observed for Central Europe. The remaining age ranges, with high frequency of dates, are in good coincidence with similar periods obtained for Central Europe.

Tree-ring dating of oak logboats was carried out on 60 growth sequences, dated against standard chronologies defined for the area of Poland. The results of 14C dating and tree-ring analyses give consistent chronologies.

Type
II. Getting More from the Data
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 43 , Issue 2A: Proceedings of the 17th International Radiocarbon Conference (Part 1 of 3) , 2001 , pp. 403 - 415
Copyright
Copyright © The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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