Hoef en Haag: Dendrochronological Data for Oak Timber Dating

A dendrochronological measurement series from an oak timber post, likely from a house plan, submitted by an archaeological volunteer. The series, labeled 26HH0011, contains 73 tree rings, with the outermost measured ring corresponding to the sapwood boundary. The last measured ring grew in 37 AD, and the calculated felling interval is between 50 and 60 AD.

Use Cases

• Dating archaeological structures based on the calculated felling interval of 50-60 AD.
• Calibrating regional tree-ring chronologies based on the 73-year measurement series.
• Studying wood use and timber sourcing in Roman-period settlements based on the oak sample.

Strengths

• Provides a precise felling date range (50-60 AD) for the timber.
• Measurement series has a defined length of 73 tree rings.
• Analysis accounts for a missing sapwood zone estimated at 18 ± 5 years.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

DataverseNL Harvested Dataverse, author Petra Doeve.

Collection Method

Dendrochronological analysis of a volunteer-submitted oak timber sample.

Time Range

Timber felling dated to approximately 50-60 AD.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-22 06:10:14; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely the Netherlands, based on project context (Hoef en Haag).