@article{f7b6bb1477294f2c89d850b8c179b8c6,
title = "Tree-rings, forest history and cultural heritage: Current state and future prospects of dendroarchaeology in the Iberian Peninsula",
abstract = "We review the current state of dendroarchaeology in the Iberian Peninsula and discuss its potential, outlining the particular relevance and complexity of this territory and its material heritage for dendroarchaeological studies. Whereas dendrochronology is used throughout the rest of Europe to answer questions about cultural heritage, the application of dendroarchaeology in the Iberian Peninsula has been remarkably underrepresented in comparison to dendroecology and dendroclimatology. Existing tree-ring chronologies in this territory have a widespread geographical coverage, but are often too short to allow dendroarchaeological studies, resulting in inadequate assessments of material heritage made of wood in and originating from the Iberian Peninsula. However, different studies have demonstrated that dendroarchaeology has a great potential in the area. This review illustrates the rich variety of Iberian material heritage from different periods and cultures covering over 8000 years that could profit from dendrochronological research. Future research possibilities in relation to the available Iberian heritage in Spain, Portugal and worldwide are proposed.",
keywords = "Ancient wood, Archaeology, Art history, Dendrochronology, Portugal, Shipbuilding, Spain, Timber trade",
author = "M. Dom{\'i}nguez-Delm{\'a}s and R. Alejano-Monge and {Van Daalen}, S. and E. Rodr{\'i}guez-Trobajo and I. Garc{\'i}a-Gonz{\'a}lez and J. Susperregi and T. Wazny and E. Jansma",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Prof. Dr. Juan Campos (University of Huelva) for his comments and suggestions on an earlier version of the manuscript, and Prof. Dr. Peter Kuniholm (University of Arizona) for reading the text and helping us improve the language. We also thank Prof. Dr. Filipe Castro (Texas A&M University and INA), the Museo Naval in Madrid, and the Archivo Hist{\'o}rico Minero de Fundaci{\'o}n Rio Tinto in Huelva for kindly providing images to illustrate the article. M. Dom{\'i}nguez-Delm{\'a}s is grateful to Hugh Brown for making the Iberian shipwreck data available to her. Part of this research was carried out within the Iberian Heritage Project, which was funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO, section Humanities, funding program “Internationalization in the Humanities”, project number 236-61-001), and the participating partners. We are deeply grateful to all researchers and institutes that supported the grant application and participated in the project (see in DCCD repository {\textquoteleft}NWO Iberian Heritage Project{\textquoteright}). We thank two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015.",
year = "2015",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.011",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "57",
pages = "180--196",
journal = "Journal of Archaeological Science",
issn = "0305-4403",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
}