STR14/05 TRACE Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology Volume 12 Proceedings of the DENDROSYMPOSIUM 2013 May 8th – 11th, 2013 in Viterbo, Italy Edited by: Alfredo Di Filippo, Gianluca Piovesan, Manuela Romagnoli, Gerhard Helle and Holger Gärtner Scientific Technical Report STR14/05 ISSN 1610-0956 Ecology and Climatology Archaeology, in Rings 12 - Tree TRACE Filippo et al., Di A. www.gfz-potsdam.de Recommended citation: Di Filippo, A., Piovesan, G., Romagnoli, M., Helle, G., Gärtner, H. (2014), TRACE - Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, Volume 12. Scientific Technical Report 14/05, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. doi: 10.2312/GFZ.b103-14055. Citation example for individual chapters: Alfaro, R.I., Hawkes, B., Axelson, J. (2014) Using dendrochronology to characterize forest disturbance by mountain pine beetle. In: Di Filippo, A., Piovesan, G., Romagnoli, M., Helle, G., TRACE Gärtner, H. (2014), TRACE - Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, Volume 12 (pp.90-95). Scientific Technical Report 14/05, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology Volume 12 Proceedings of the DENDROSYMPOSIUM 2013 May 8th – 11th, 2013 in Viterbo, Italy Edited by: Alfredo Di Filippo, Gianluca Piovesan, Manuela Romagnoli, Gerhard Helle and Holger Gärtner Imprint Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Telegrafenberg D-14473 Potsdam Published in Potsdam, Germany July 2014 ISSN 1610-0956 DOI: 10.2312/GFZ.b103-14055 URN: urn:nbn:de:kobv:b103-14055 Scientific Technical Report STR14/05 This work is published in the GFZ series Scientific Technical Report (STR) and electronically available at GFZ website www.gfz-potsdam.de Recommended citation: Di Filippo, A., Piovesan, G., Romagnoli, M., Helle, G., Gärtner, H. (2014), TRACE - Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, Volume 12. Scientific Technical Report 14/05, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. doi: 10.2312/GFZ.b103-14055. Citation example for individual chapters: Alfaro, R.I., Hawkes, B., Axelson, J. (2014) Using dendrochronology to characterize forest disturbance by mountain pine beetle. In: Di Filippo, A., Piovesan, G., Romagnoli, M., Helle, G., TRACE Gärtner, H. (2014), TRACE - Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, Volume 12 (pp.90-95). Scientific Technical Report 14/05, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology Volume 12 Proceedings of the DENDROSYMPOSIUM 2013 May 8th – 11th, 2013 in Viterbo, Italy Edited by: Alfredo Di Filippo, Gianluca Piovesan, Manuela Romagnoli, Gerhard Helle and Holger Gärtner Imprint Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Telegrafenberg D-14473 Potsdam Published in Potsdam, Germany July 2014 ISSN 1610-0956 DOI: 10.2312/GFZ.b103-14055 URN: urn:nbn:de:kobv:b103-14055 Scientific Technical Report STR14/05 This work is published in the GFZ series Scientific Technical Report (STR) and electronically available at GFZ website www.gfz-potsdam.de Scientific Technical Report STR 14/05 Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ DOI: 10.2312/GFZ.b103-14055 Preface This publication is a result of the 12th TRACE conference (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) organized by the Department of Agriculture, Forests, Nature and Energy (DAFNE) of the Università della Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy) on May 08th – 11th 2013 in Viterbo, Italy. TRACE is an initiative of the ‘Association of Tree-Ring Research’ (ATR) and seeks to strengthen the network and scientific exchange of scientists and students involved in the study of tree rings. The annual conference provides a scientific platform for young scientists at high level. More than 100 scientists working on tree-ring related topics participated in the conference coming from Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey. The participants enjoyed about 80 presentations, divided almost equally between talks and posters, organized into five scientific sessions: “Global change and forest dynamics”, “Wood anatomy and dendrochemistry in plant biology”, “Dendroecology, dendroclimatology and forest management”, “Frontiers in tree-ring science: new species and methodological approaches”, “Cultural heritage and environmental history”. A total of 20 manuscripts were submitted. After review 19 short papers are published in this volume, giving an overview of the wide spectrum of fields in tree-ring research. We would like to thank the authors for contributing to this TRACE volume, and the reviewers for their valuable comments on the manuscripts. The organizers of the conference also wish to thank for their financial support the sponsors of TRACE 2013: Beta Analytic Ltd. (United Kingdom), Ecomatik, (Germany), Fondazione Anna Maria Catalano (Italy), Häglof, (Sweden), Regent Instruments Inc. (Canada), Rinntech (Germany). Alfredo Di Filippo Gianluca Piovesan Manuela Romagnoli Gerhard Helle Holger Gärtner Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ Scientific Technical Report STR 14/05 DOI: 10.2312/GFZ.b103-14055 Scientific Technical Report STR 14/05 Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ DOI: 10.2312/GFZ.b103-14055 CONTENTS SECTION 1 ARCHAEOLOGY Billamboz A.: 06 Dendrotypology as a key approach of former woodland and settlement developments. Examples from the prehistoric pile dwellings on Lake Constance (Germany) Fraiture P.: 12 The “Master Of Elsloo”: An anonymous Production of Sculptures documented by Dendrochronology Ravotto A.: 23 Starting points for dendroarchaeology in Catalonia Sadori, L. & A. Masi: 32 Archaeological woody plant remains as indicators of human selection and environmental changes SECTION 2 CLIMATOLOGY Cuenca J., Schneider L., Konter O., Düthorn E., Esper J. & D. Patón: 40 Dendrochronological comparison of Castanea sativa Mill. and Quercus pyrenaicaWilld. in southwest Spain Czajka, B. & R.J. Kaczka: 46 Stability of natural and modified timberline at Babia Gora Mt., Carpathians Dorado-Liñán I., Zorita E., González-Rouco J.F., Andreu-Hayles L., Muntán E., Campello F., Heinrich I. & E. Gutiérrez: 54 The signature of natural and anthropogenic climate drivers in treerings from the south of the Iberian Peninsula Düthorn E., Lindén J., Timonen M., Gläser S. & J. Esper: 60 Heterogeneous climate signal in Pinus sylvestris tree-ring chronologies from southern Finland Magnuszewski M.: 68 Comparison of the influence of climate on tree-ring growth on different spruce species growing in different environmental conditions Schneider L., Smerdon J., Büntgen U., Myglan V.S. & J. Esper: 73 Timing and duration of post-volcanic Northern Hemisphere cooling revealed from tree-ring records of maximum latewood density Timofeeva G., Frank D., Wiles G. & K. Treydte: 80 Do oxygen isotopes in tree rings from coastal Alaska record atmospheric circulation patterns? SECTION 3 ECOLOGY & FOREST MANAGEMENT Alfaro R.I., Hawkes B. & J. Axelson: 90 Using dendrochronology to characterize forest disturbance by mountain pine beetle Kaczka R.J., Czajka B., Wyżga B., Wróblewska A. & P. Mikuś: 96 Hydroclimatic effects on the condition of grey alder (Alnus incana L. Moench) and European larch (Larix decidua L. Mill.) growing in the riparian forest of an incised mountain river Scientific Technical Report STR 14/05 Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ DOI: 10.2312/GFZ.b103-14055 4 Contents (TRACE Vol. 12) Lo Monaco A., Caputo F., Calienno L., Balletti F. & R. Picchio: 102 Growth effects of thinning operation in an umbrella pine (Pinus pinea L.) stand in central Italy Malik I., Polowy M., Krzemień K., Wistuba M., Gorczyca E., Papciak T., Wrońska-Wałach D., Abramowicz A., Sobucki M. & T. Zielonka: 109 Possibility to distinguish tree-ring reductions caused by landsliding and by air pollution (example from Western Carpathians) SECTION 4 WOOD ANATOMY Bräuning A., Krepkowski J., Hiltner U. & A. Gebrekirstos: 116 Annual growth ring formation and growth rates of different tree functional types in a tropical mountain forest in Ethiopia Gebrekirstos A., Beedy T., Sileshi G.W. & H. Neufeldt: 121 Do we expect formation of growth rings on species with reverse phenology? Prislan P., Čufar K., Gričar J., De Luis M., Koch G. & U. Schmitt: 126 Wood and phloem formation in beech (Fagus sylvatica) Wistuba M., Chochół K., Malik I., Michałowicz P., Pilorz W. & P. Kojs: 131 Vertical variability of tree-ring eccentricity in stems of Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris L.) Scientific Technical Report STR 14/05 Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ DOI: 10.2312/GFZ.b103-14055 SECTION 1 ARCHAEOLOGY Scientific Technical Report STR 14/05 Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ DOI: 10.2312/GFZ.b103-14055 Dendrotypology as a key approach of former woodland and settlement developments. Examples from the prehistoric pile dwellings on Lake Constance (Germany) A. Billamboz Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden-Württemberg, Fischersteig 9 D 78343 Gaienhofen-Hemmenhofen E-Mail: [email protected] Introduction With its well differentiated hill landscape largely covered by the forests in former times, the Circum- Alpine foreland represents an area of major interest for the study of the interferences between human settlement activities and environmental changes. This is a central task of the pile-dwelling research, which experienced a revival in the region from the 1970s onward, culminating with the prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps beings added to the UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2011 (Suter & Schlichtherle