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RADIOCARBON CONCENTRATION IN SUB-ANNUAL TREE RINGS FROM POLAND AROUND 660 BCE

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Andrzej Z Rakowski Open the ORCID record for Andrzej Z Rakowski [Opens in a new window] ,
Jacek Pawlyta Open the ORCID record for Jacek Pawlyta [Opens in a new window] ,
Hiroko Miyahara Open the ORCID record for Hiroko Miyahara [Opens in a new window] ,
Marek Krąpiec Open the ORCID record for Marek Krąpiec [Opens in a new window] ,
Mihály Molnár Open the ORCID record for Mihály Molnár [Opens in a new window] ,
Damian Wiktorowski  and
Masayo Minami
Andrzej Z Rakowski*
Affiliation:
Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 22B str., 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Jacek Pawlyta
Affiliation:
AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza Av. 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Hiroko Miyahara
Affiliation:
Humanities and Sciences/Museum Careers, Musashino Art Universally, 1-736 Ogawa-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo, 187-8505, Japan
Marek Krąpiec
Affiliation:
AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza Av. 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Mihály Molnár
Affiliation:
Hertelendi Laboratory of Environmental Studies, Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), H-4026 Debrecen, Hungary Isotoptech Zrt., H-4025 Debrecen, Hungary
Damian Wiktorowski
Affiliation:
AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza Av. 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Masayo Minami
Affiliation:
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
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*Corresponding author. Email: arakowski@polsl.pl
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Abstract

The article presents results of measurements of radiocarbon (14C) concentration in sub-annual dendrochronologically dated tree rings of English oak (Quercus robur L.) from Grabie village near Kraków (southern Poland). Samples of early wood (EW) and late wood (LW) spanning the years 664–658 BCE. α-cellulose was extracted from each sample and their radiocarbon content was measured at the ATOMKI laboratory in Debrecen, Hungary. The EW and LW data confirm a prolonged increase in Δ14C values around 665–663 as was observed by Park et al. (2017), Rakowski et al. (2019), or Sakurai et al. (2020). In addition, we found that this event may consist of two relatively small events, as was proposed by Sakurai et al. (2020). Based on obtained in this and previous study data we estimate that the occurrence of the two events were between 665 and 664 BCE (Rakowski et al. 2019), and in late spring of 663 BCE (May–June, before beginning of LW formation).

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calibration curvesMiyake Eventradiocarbon datingSEPtree rings
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Selected Papers from the 24th Radiocarbon and 10th Radiocarbon & Archaeology International Conferences, Zurich, Switzerland, 11–16 Sept. 2022.

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