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Abstract
Dating of wood is a major task in historical research, archaeology and paleoclimatology. Currently, the most important dating techniques are dendrochronology and radiocarbon dating. Our approach is based on molecular decay over time under specific preservation conditions. In the models presented here, construction wood, cold soft waterlogged wood and wood from living trees are combined. Under these conditions, molecular decay as a usable clock for dating purposes takes place with comparable speed. Preservation conditions apart from those presented here are not covered by the model and cannot currently be dated with this method. For example, samples preserved in a clay matrix seem not to fit into the model. Other restrictions are discussed in the paper. One model presented covers 7,500 years with a root mean square error (RMSE) of 682 years for a single measurement. Another model reduced to the time period of the last 800 years results in a RMSE of 92 years. As multiple measurements can be performed on a single object, the total error for the whole object will be even lower.
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1 University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Institute of Physics and Materials Science, Vienna, Austria (GRID:grid.5173.0) (ISNI:0000 0001 2298 5320)
2 University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Institute of Statistics, Vienna, Austria (GRID:grid.5173.0) (ISNI:0000 0001 2298 5320)
3 University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Institute of Wood Technology and Renewable Materials, Tulln, Austria (GRID:grid.5173.0) (ISNI:0000 0001 2298 5320)
4 LUKE Natural Resources Institute Finland, Rovaniemi, Finland (GRID:grid.22642.30) (ISNI:0000 0004 4668 6757)
5 Dendroøkologen A. J. Kirchhefer, Tromsø, Norway (GRID:grid.22642.30)
6 Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland (GRID:grid.419754.a) (ISNI:0000 0001 2259 5533)
7 AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, Kraków, Poland (GRID:grid.9922.0) (ISNI:0000 0000 9174 1488)