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Multicentennial oak chronologies from Northern Belarus
In this study, we present new medieval oak tree-ring chronologies developed on the base of subfossil wood
collected from the Luchosa and Chernitsa riverine sediments, as well as samples from archaeological excavations
and buildings in Vitsebsk and Polotsk (Northern Belarus). Two absolutely dated tree-ring chronologies for
586–1351AD and 1410–1647AD were built. Dates have been confirmed via comparison with subfossil,
archaeology, and historical oaks chronologies from the neighboring regions. It was shown that medieval Baltic
tree-ring chronologies include wood from the Zapadnaya Dvina basin. Newly built chronologies can be used for
dating and provenancing of oak wood originating from European archaeological sites, historical buildings, and
natural archives.