The Balkan-Aegean Dendrochronology Project

Peer-Reviewed Papers

Özarslan Y., Mielke D.P., Christopoulou A., Czichon R.M., Ważny T., 2025. Tree-ring analysis and absolute dating of a wooden water-drain installation from the Late Bronze Age Underground Spring Chamber of Oymaağaç Höyük/Nerik, Türkiye. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 62: 105058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105058

Ozarslan_etal_2025.pdf

 

Christopoulou A., Özarslan Y., Elzanowska A., Moody J., Tsakanika E., Ważny T., 2024. Dendroarchaeology in Greece - from humble beginnings to promising future. Dendrochronologia 85: 126196. 10.1016/j.dendro.2024.126196

Christopoulou_etal_2024.pdf

 

Elzanowska A., Tsakanika E., Christopoulou A., Özarslan Y., Ważny T., 2024. Dendrochronological examination of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary orthodox church in the village of Pades, Greece. Dendrochronologia 85: 126212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2024.126212

Elzanowska_etal_2024.pdf

 

Christopoulou A., Gmińska-Nowak B., Özarslan Y., Krąpiec M., Ważny T., 2023. Reconstructing the oaks’ growth patterns in Greece with the use of historical timber: Case studies from Western Peloponnese. Dendrochronologia 80: 126110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2023.126110

Christopoulou_etal_2023.pdf

 

Christopoulou A., Gmińska-Nowak B., Tsakanika E., Ważny T., 2022. Discovering the Unknown History of the Utilization of Pinus heldreichii in Wooden Structures by Means of Dendroarchaeology: A Case Study from Metsovo (Northern Greece). Forests 13(5):719. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13050719.

 

Christopoulou A., Fyllas N.M., Gmińska-Nowak B., Özarslan Y., Arianoutsou M., Brandes R., Ważny T., 2022. Exploring the past of Mavrovouni forest in the Pindus Mountain range (Greece) using tree rings of Bosnian pines. Trees 36: 153–166.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-021-02189-6.

Christopoulou_etal_2022_TREES.pdf

 

Christopoulou A., Gmińska-Nowak B., Ważny T., 2021. The History of Dowry Chests Captured in Wood: Dendrochronological Research on Chests from the Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, Greece. Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici Zabytkoznawstwo i Konserwatorstwo 52: 305–329. doi: 10.12775/AUNC_ZiK.2021.009.

https://apcz.umk.pl/AUNC_ZiK/article/view/36404/31566

 

Gmińska-Nowak B., D’Agostino A., Özarslan Y., Orsi V., Christopoulou A., Mazzoni S., Akkemik U., Ważny T., 2021. Dendrochronological analysis and radiocarbon dating of charcoal remains from the multi-period site of Uşaklı Höyük, Yozgat, Turkey. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 38: 103078.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103078

 

Makris P., Christopoulou A., Konidi A.-M., Gmińska-Nowak B., Tsakanika E., Ważny T., 2021. Interpreting the Story Old Timber Can Tell: An Example from a ‘Venetian’ Building in Nafplio. International Journal of Architectural Heritage. doi: 10.1080/15583058.2021.1963505

Makris_etal_2021.pdf

 

Roibu C.C., Ważny T., Crivellaro A., Mursa A., Chiriloaei F., Ştirbu M.I., Popa I., 2021. The Suceava oak chronology: A new 804 years long tree-ring chronology bridging the gap between central and south Europe. Dendrochronologia 68, 125856.

 Roibu_etal_2021_The Suceava oak chronology- A new 804 years long tree-ring chronology.pdf

  

Christopoulou A., Gmińska-Nowak B., Özarslan Y., Ważny T., 2020. Aegean Trees and Timbers: Dendrochronological Survey of the Island of Symi. Forests 11(12): 1266. 

10.3390/f11121266

  

Yalçın N., Sezerer‐Bulut M., Pearson C., Kuniholm P., Algan O., Wazny T., 2019. Establishing a high-resolution stratigraphy in the Holocene marine sequence of the ancient Theodosian harbor (Istanbul-Turkey) with the help of dendrochronology. Geoarchaeology. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21729

 

Akkemik Ü , Köse N., Wazny T., Kızıltan Z.,  Öncü Ö.E., Martin J.P., 2019. Dating and dendroprovenancing of the timbers used in Yenikapı historical jetty (İstanbul, Turkey). Dendrochronologia 57, October 2019, 125628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2019.125628

 

Christopoulou A., Ważny T., Moody J., Tzigounaki A., Giapitsoglou K., Fraidhaki A., Fiolitaki A., 2019. Dendrochronology of a Scrapheap, or How the History of Preveli Monastery Was Reconstructed. International Journal of Architectural Heritage, https://doi.org/10.1080/15583058.2019.1685023

 Christopoulou_etal_2019.pdf

 

 Ważny T., Lorentzen B., Köse N., Akkemik Ü, Boltryk Y., Güner T., . . . Vasileva J., 2014. Bridging the Gaps in Tree-Ring Records: Creating a High-Resolution Dendrochronological Network for Southeastern Europe. Radiocarbon 56(4): S39-S50. doi:10.2458/azu_rc.56.18335 

 Wazny_etal.2014.pdf

 

Chapters in books

Ważny Τ., Kuniholm P., Pearson C., 2020. Dendrochronological dating of the Baiolo
house with a supplementary comment on the church of Ayia Paraskevi. Chapter 3D.,
in: Kontogiannis, N.D., Skartsis, S.S. (Eds.), Venetian and Ottoman heritage in the
Aegean: The Bailo house in Chalcis, Greece. Brepols Publishers, Belgium, pp. 169-
182.

Wazny_etal_2020.pdf

 

Ważny Τ., Kuniholm P.I., Pearson C.I., 2017. Dendrochronology of the early Byzantine fort at Capidava. In: Opriș I.C., Rațiu A. (eds), CAPIDAVA II. Building C1 – Contributions to the history of annona militaris in the 6th century, Mega Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca.

Wazny et al_2017.pdf

 

Proceedings of International Conferences

Christopoulou A., Tsakanika E., Elzanowska A., Ważny T., 2025. The large wooden barrel (“καρούτα”) from the Monastery of St. Nicolaos in Metsovo. A journey into the past through its rings. 11th Conference of NTUA and MEKDE-NTUA “Positions, Research, and Actions for the Regeneration of Mountainous and Remote Areas.” National Technical University of Athens, Metsovio Center for Interdisciplinary Research. September 25–27, 2025, MEKDE, Metsovo

Christopoulou_etal_2025_Mekde.pdf

 

Christopoulou A., Gmińska-Nowak B., Elzanowska A., Özarslan Y., Ważny T., 2023. Dendroarchaeology in Greece - from humble beginnings to promising future. Book of Abstracts. TRACE 2023, 8-13 May, Coimbra, Portugal. pp. 191-192.

Christopoulou_etal_2023_Trace.pdf

 

Elzanowska A., Christopoulou A., Özarslan Y., Ważny T., Tsakanika E., Tsouka E., 2023. A tale of an orthodox church in a remote mountain village in Epirus, NW Greece. Book of Abstracts. TRACE 2023, 8-13 May, Coimbra, Portugal. pp. 197-198.

Elzanowska_etal_2023_Trace.pdf

 

Özarslan Y., Christopoulou A., Gmińska-Nowak B., Elzanowska A., Akkemik U., Ważny T., 2023. A Dendroarchaeology for Anatolian Bronze and Iron Ages - potentials and pitfalls. Book of Abstracts. TRACE 2023, 8-13 May, Coimbra, Portugal. pp. 204-205.

Özarslan_etal_2023_TRACE.pdf

 

Christopoulou A., Gmińska-Nowak B., Özarslan Y., Moody J., Ważny T., 2022. The importance of long-living trees in dendrochronological research: case studies from Greece. 8th Balkan Botanical Congress. The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Main Building, Athens, Greece, 4-8 July 2022. Book of Abstracts, p. 19.

Christopoulou_etal_2022_Balkan.pdf

 

Gmińska-Nowak B., Christopoulou A., Moody J., Ważny T., 2022. Wood anatomy as a starting point for dendroarchaeological research: case studies from Greece. 8th Balkan Botanical Congress. The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Main Building, Athens, Greece, 4-8 July 2022. Book of Abstracts, p. 21.

Gminska_Nowak_etal_2022_Balkan.pdf

 

Christopoulou A., Gmińska-Nowak B., Özarslan Y., Karadimas N., Moody J., Ważny T., 2021. Dendrochronology and the informative potential of charcoal remains from archaeological sites in the Eastern Mediterranean. Sympozjum Egejskie 8th Conference in Aegean Archaeology. University of Warsaw, Poland. 23-25 June 2021, online.

Christopoulou_etal_2021.pdf

 

Ważny Τ., Tzigounaki Α., Rackham Ο., Moody J., Helman-Ważny A., Pearson C., Giapitsoglou K., Troulinos M., Fraidhaki A., Apostolaki N., 2020. Trees, Timber and Tree-rings in Historic Crete, Byzantine to Ottoman. In: Proceedings of the 4th meeting for the Archaeological Work in Crete, Rethymno, 24-27/11/2016.

Wazny et al_2020.pdf

 

 

 

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