TRACE : Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology Volume 5: proceedings of the DENDROSYMPOSIUM 2006, April 20th - 22nd 2006, Tervuren, Belgium

Haneca, Kristof; Beeckman, Hans; Helle, Gerd; Verheyden, Anouk; Schleser, Gerhard Hans; Gärtner, Holger

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TRACE : Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology Volume 5: proceedings of the DENDROSYMPOSIUM 2006, April 20th - 22nd 2006, Tervuren, Belgium

Haneca, K. (Editor) ; Verheyden, A. (Editor) ; Beeckman, H. (Editor) ; Gärtner, H. (Editor) ; Helle, G. (Editor)FZJ* ; Schleser, G. H. (Editor)FZJ*

2007
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Zentralbibliothek, Verlag Jülich
ISBN: 978-3-89336-480-0

Jülich : Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Zentralbibliothek, Verlag, Schriften des Forschungszentrums Jülich. Reihe Umwelt / Environment 74, 301 S. (2007)

Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/2574

Abstract: This volume contains extended abstracts from talks and posters presented at the fifth TRACE (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) conference that was held in Tervuren (Belgium) between April 20 to 22 of 2006. The annual TRACE conferences seek to strengthen the network and scientific exchange of scientists and students involved in the study of tree rings. This annual conference is an initiative of the 'Association for Tree-Ring Research' (ATR). One goal of this conference is to give young scientists and students the opportunity to present concepts, ongoing and finished work. The conference was hosted by the Laboratory of Wood Biology & Xylarium of the Royal Museum for Central Africa and the Laboratory of Wood Technology of Ghent University. The organizers were pleased to welcome an international group of 90 scientists and students from Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, The Netherlands, Mexiw, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the USA. The participants all presented excellent oral and poster presentations and discussed their current research. In total, 34 talks were presented, covering the fields of Cultural Heritage (3), Climatology (7),Glaciology (l), Isotopes (5), Geomorphology (4), Ecology (8) and Wood anatomy and Cambial activity (6). Furthermore, 39 posters were displayed to the audience. Two invited speakers gave a talk about the study of tree-ring patterns in wooden cultural heritage. Prof. Dieter Eckstein focussed on dendro-provenancing, where tree-ring studies are used to document and to reconstruct the historical timber trade in Europe. Prof. Partick Hoffsummer gave an overview of his exhaustive work on roofs from historical buildings in Northern France and Belgium, and the evolutional patterns that can be observed in their construction. As an overall conclusion of the conference Prof. Fritz Schweingruber plead for an integration of dendrochronology and wood anatomy to improve their mutual performance. The editors of the TRACE proceedings 2006 are delighted to present 34 extended abstracts of tree-ring studies that were communicated during the conference. We would like to thank the reviewers for their valuable comments on the first versions of these manuscripts. Furthermore, the organisers would like to thank the participants for the lively discussions and enthusiastic exchange of ideas. Also, the contribution of our sponsors, Fund for Scientific Research of Flanders, the Belgian Science Policy, Olympus Belgium and RinnTech, was highly appreciated. We hope to meet you again very soon!

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