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    Veteran trees in an historic landscape: The Bidnija olive grove, Malta

    Lageard, JGA, Sultana, D and Brearley, FQ (2021) Veteran trees in an historic landscape: The Bidnija olive grove, Malta. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 38. p. 103094. ISSN 2352-409X

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    Abstract

    The ages of veteran olive trees forming a grove located in the north of the island of Malta were investigated using radiocarbon dating. This approach revealed that trees from the Bidnija grove were established during the mid-late Medieval period, before CE 1450–1669, rather than in considerably earlier Roman times when the surrounding agrarian landscape was thought to be an important production area for olives. This dating exercise highlights not only the potential for inter-disciplinary research, but also the need for caution when seeking to establish links between living veteran trees, archaeological evidence in the landscape and sedimentary records containing vegetation history

    Item Type: Article
    Peer-reviewed: Yes
    Date Deposited: 10 Mar 2022 11:49
    Publisher: Elsevier
    Additional Information: This is an Author Accepted Manuscript of an article published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports by Elsevier.
    Divisions: Faculties > Science and Engineering
    Subject terms: Social Sciences, Archaeology, Ageing trees, Dating proxy records, Landscape archaeology, Olea europaea, Radiocarbon dating, OLEA-EUROPAEA, MEDITERRANEAN BASIN, BRONZE-AGE, DOMESTICATION, CULTIVATION, WOODLAND, ORIGINS, ENGLAND, SPREAD, 2101 Archaeology
    URI: https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/629192
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103094
    ISSN 2352-409X

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