Categories: Archives, Labs and Research Stations, Sweden
The Laboratory for Wood Anatomy and Dendrochronology has been active at the Department of Geology, Lund University, since 1973. The focus of the laboratory is on dendrochronological age determination of wood material from archaeological excavations, historical constructions, ship wrecks, art work etc.
All material sent to the laboratory is registered and archived, and the laboratory hosts the by far most extensive and regularly updated collection of reference series for dendrochronological dating in Sweden. Dating with yearly precision is commonly possible back to about 1000 year before the present, sometimes considerably earlier than that, and in some cases it is even possible to determine during which season of the year the tree was felled. Even much older material can be dated with very high precision through combination with radiocarbon dating (https://www.geology.lu.se/research/laboratories-equipment/radiocarbon-dating-laboratory). In many cases the geographical origin (provenance) of wooden artefacts can also be determined.
