Oxygen Isotope Dendrochronology of the Newport Medieval Ship

Nayling, Nigel; Loader, Neil; Bale, Roderick J.; Davies, Darren; McCarroll, Danny; Daux, Valérie

doi:10.1080/10572414.2023.2266473

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Oxygen Isotope Dendrochronology of the Newport Medieval Ship

Nigel Nayling

, Neil Loader

, Roderick J. Bale

, Darren Davies, Danny McCarroll, Valérie Daux

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, Volume: 53, Issue: 1, Pages: 245 - 253

Swansea University Authors: Neil Loader , Darren Davies, Danny McCarroll

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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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Oxygen Isotope Dendrochronology of the Newport Medieval Ship

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