Kurt Nicolussi
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 296085 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kurt Nicolussi |
| NOMBRES | Kurt |
| APELLIDO | Nicolussi |
| FIRMA | NICOLUSSI K |
| AFILIACIONES | Universität Innsbruck |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1737-4119 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 116 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2000 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Tree-ring Dating of the Little Ice Age Maxima of Arolla Glaciers (Valais, Switzerland)
Little Ice Age (LIA) glacier variations are well constrained in the Alps, partly thanks to an unparalleled body of historical sources. When absent, tree-ring dating can be used to obtain accurate chronological information on glacier maxima. To do so, it is necessary to focus on the trees that immediately bordered the former maximum extent reached by the glaciers in historical times. Here, we present tree-ring dating results for newly sampled wood…
Datation dendrochronologique des maxima du Petit Âge Glaciaire des glaciers d’Arolla (Valais, Suisse)
Les variations des glaciers lors du Petit Âge Glaciaire (PAG) sont bien connues dans les Alpes, en partie grâce à un ensemble inégalé de sources historiques. Lorsque ces dernières sont absentes, la dendrochronologie peut être utilisée pour obtenir des informations chronologiques précises sur les maxima des glaciers. Pour ce faire, il faut cibler les arbres situés en limite de l’extension maximale atteinte par les glaciers à l’époque historique. I…
The glacier advance at the onset of the Little Ice Age in the Alps
The term ‘Little Ice Age’ (LIA) is classically used to define a period of repeated and extensive glacier advances during the last millennium. In the meanwhile, this term is also used to address the period of relatively low temperatures between the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA), or Medieval Warm Period, and present-day warming. The end of the LIA is generally set to the mid or late 1800s CE, however, the published onset dates of the LIA are more …
Hydrogen isotope ratios as a Larix detector in archaeological wood samples
Identifying wood species in archaeological specimens is important for the evaluation of timber structures and the conservation of historic buildings. Microscopic wood anatomy is the most commonly used technique for species identification. However, its application is problematic for the analysis of deteriorated wood. In addition, a particular challenge is the distinction of Picea from Larix due to their similar microscopic features. Recently, an a…
Tree-ring analyses on Bronze Age mining timber from the Mitterberg Main Lode, Austria - did the miners lack wood
Wood was an essential raw material for mining maintenance in historic and prehistoric times. During the Bronze Age, the Mitterberg mining region in the Austrian Alps was one of the most important producers of copper and, consequently, a consumer of huge amounts of wood. Since the 1960s, archaeological investigations at the Troiboden dressing site at the Mitterberg main lode have uncovered mining timber both single finds as well as box-shaped wood…
Observations on Holocene subfossil tree remains from high-elevation sites in the Italian Alps
Subfossil tree remains from 38 high-elevation sites in the eastern Alps, which were mostly located in the province of Trentino, Italy, were dendrochronologically analysed. A total of 909 samples were collected, 497 of which were dated to calendar years through dendrochronology and separated into six groups. A further tree-ring series of 20 samples were cross-dated into two groups and their ages established by means of radiocarbon dating. The new …
Linking European building activity with plague history
Textilreste aus einem spätbronzezeitlichen Bergbaurevier bei Radfeld in Nordtirol – Sekundärnutzung von Stoffen zur Abdichtung
Im traditionsreichen Bergbaugebiet von Schwaz/Brixlegg im Nordtiroler Unterinntal fand während der späten Bronzezeit und frühen Eisenzeit ein umfangreicher Bergbau auf Kupfererze statt, der zahlreiche Spuren im Gelände hinterlassen hat. Montanarchäologische Forschungsprojekte der Universität Innsbruck, gefördert vom österreichischen Wissenschaftsfonds FWF und vom Tiroler Wissenschaftsfonds TWF, untersuchen seit den 1990er Jahren das prähistorisch…
Facilitating tree-ring dating of historic conifer timbers using Blue Intensity
Old World megadroughts and pluvials during the Common Era
An atlas of megadroughts in Europe and in the Mediterranean Basin during the Common Era provides insights into climate variability.
Calendar-dated evidence for an 8.2 ka event related glacier advance in the European Alps
Charcoal from a prehistoric copper mine in the Austrian Alps
During prehistory fire-setting was the most appropriate technique for exploiting ore deposits. Charcoal fragments found in the course of archaeological excavations in a small mine called Mauk E in the area of Schwaz/Brixlegg (Tyrol, Austria) are argued to be evidence for the use of this technology. Dendrochronological analyses of the charcoal samples yielded calendar dates for the mining activities showing that the exploitation of the Mauk E mine…
Climate Change during and after the Roman Empire
Growing scientific evidence from modern climate science is loaded with implications for the environmental history of the Roman Empire and its successor societies. The written and archaeological evidence, although richer than commonly realized, is unevenly distributed over time and space. A first synthesis of what the written records and multiple natural archives (multi-proxy data) indicate about climate change and variability across western Euras…
Years of European Climate Variability and Human Susceptibility
Variability of central European temperature and precipitation shows correlations with some major historical changes.
Miners and mining in the Late Bronze Age
The extraction and processing of metal ores, particularly those of copper and tin, are regarded as among the principal motors of Bronze Age society. The skills and risks of mining lie behind the weapons, tools and symbols that drove political and ideological change. But we hear much less about the miners themselves and their position in society. Who were these people? Were they rich and special, or expendable members of a hard-pressed workforce? …
A 9111 year long conifer tree-ring chronology for the European Alps
An ultra-long tree-ring width chronology (9111 years long, 7109 BC to AD 2002) has been established based on the analysis and dating of 1432 subfossil/dry dead wood samples and cores from 335 living trees. The material was collected from treeline or near-treeline sites ( c. 2000 to 2400 m a.s.l.) mainly in the Eastern Alps. The availability of preserved samples through time at high altitudinal sites is influenced by Alpine forest history and is p…
Holocene tree-line variability in the Kauner Valley, Central Eastern Alps, indicated by dendrochronological analysis of living trees and subfossil logs
A 14 C Calibration with AMS from 3500 to 3000 BC, Derived from A New High-Elevation Stone-Pine Tree-Ring Chronology
High-precision radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) measurements of a new high-altitude stone-pine tree-ring chronology from the European Alps were performed for a 500-yr stretch in the second half of the 4th millennium BC. A 14 C calibration curve with a typical 1-σ uncertainty of about 20 14 C yr was achieved. Although the general agreement of our data set with INTCAL98 is very good (confirming once more that INTCAL98 is also proper …
Discovery of early Holocene wood and peat on the forefield of the Pasterze Glacier, Eastern Alps, Austria
During recent years a number of fragments of Pinus cembra and Larix decidua as well as peat were found in front of the tongue of the Pasterze Glacier in the Eastern Alps.These were washed out by the stream from under the present ice. The wood originates from trees which reached ages of upto 400 years or more. Radiocarbon dating shows them to come from the early Holocene. They indicate that between cal.BC 8100 and cal. BC 6900 the Pasterze Glacier…
Climate Change during and after the Roman Empire
Growing scientific evidence from modern climate science is loaded with implications for the environmental history of the Roman Empire and its successor societies. The written and archaeological evidence, although richer than commonly realized, is unevenly distributed over time and space. A first synthesis of what the written records and multiple natural archives (multi-proxy data) indicate about climate change and variability across western Euras…
Miners and mining in the Late Bronze Age
The extraction and processing of metal ores, particularly those of copper and tin, are regarded as among the principal motors of Bronze Age society. The skills and risks of mining lie behind the weapons, tools and symbols that drove political and ideological change. But we hear much less about the miners themselves and their position in society. Who were these people? Were they rich and special, or expendable members of a hard-pressed workforce? …
A 9111 year long conifer tree-ring chronology for the European Alps
An ultra-long tree-ring width chronology (9111 years long, 7109 BC to AD 2002) has been established based on the analysis and dating of 1432 subfossil/dry dead wood samples and cores from 335 living trees. The material was collected from treeline or near-treeline sites ( c. 2000 to 2400 m a.s.l.) mainly in the Eastern Alps. The availability of preserved samples through time at high altitudinal sites is influenced by Alpine forest history and is p…
Discovery of early Holocene wood and peat on the forefield of the Pasterze Glacier, Eastern Alps, Austria
During recent years a number of fragments of Pinus cembra and Larix decidua as well as peat were found in front of the tongue of the Pasterze Glacier in the Eastern Alps.These were washed out by the stream from under the present ice. The wood originates from trees which reached ages of upto 400 years or more. Radiocarbon dating shows them to come from the early Holocene. They indicate that between cal.BC 8100 and cal. BC 6900 the Pasterze Glacier…
Linking European building activity with plague history
Charcoal from a prehistoric copper mine in the Austrian Alps
During prehistory fire-setting was the most appropriate technique for exploiting ore deposits. Charcoal fragments found in the course of archaeological excavations in a small mine called Mauk E in the area of Schwaz/Brixlegg (Tyrol, Austria) are argued to be evidence for the use of this technology. Dendrochronological analyses of the charcoal samples yielded calendar dates for the mining activities showing that the exploitation of the Mauk E mine…
A 14 C Calibration with AMS from 3500 to 3000 BC, Derived from A New High-Elevation Stone-Pine Tree-Ring Chronology
High-precision radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) measurements of a new high-altitude stone-pine tree-ring chronology from the European Alps were performed for a 500-yr stretch in the second half of the 4th millennium BC. A 14 C calibration curve with a typical 1-σ uncertainty of about 20 14 C yr was achieved. Although the general agreement of our data set with INTCAL98 is very good (confirming once more that INTCAL98 is also proper …
Facilitating tree-ring dating of historic conifer timbers using Blue Intensity
The glacier advance at the onset of the Little Ice Age in the Alps
The term ‘Little Ice Age’ (LIA) is classically used to define a period of repeated and extensive glacier advances during the last millennium. In the meanwhile, this term is also used to address the period of relatively low temperatures between the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA), or Medieval Warm Period, and present-day warming. The end of the LIA is generally set to the mid or late 1800s CE, however, the published onset dates of the LIA are more …
Observations on Holocene subfossil tree remains from high-elevation sites in the Italian Alps
Subfossil tree remains from 38 high-elevation sites in the eastern Alps, which were mostly located in the province of Trentino, Italy, were dendrochronologically analysed. A total of 909 samples were collected, 497 of which were dated to calendar years through dendrochronology and separated into six groups. A further tree-ring series of 20 samples were cross-dated into two groups and their ages established by means of radiocarbon dating. The new …
Tree-ring analyses on Bronze Age mining timber from the Mitterberg Main Lode, Austria - did the miners lack wood
Wood was an essential raw material for mining maintenance in historic and prehistoric times. During the Bronze Age, the Mitterberg mining region in the Austrian Alps was one of the most important producers of copper and, consequently, a consumer of huge amounts of wood. Since the 1960s, archaeological investigations at the Troiboden dressing site at the Mitterberg main lode have uncovered mining timber both single finds as well as box-shaped wood…
Discovery of early Holocene wood and peat on the forefield of the Pasterze Glacier, Eastern Alps, Austria
During recent years a number of fragments of Pinus cembra and Larix decidua as well as peat were found in front of the tongue of the Pasterze Glacier in the Eastern Alps.These were washed out by the stream from under the present ice. The wood originates from trees which reached ages of upto 400 years or more. Radiocarbon dating shows them to come from the early Holocene. They indicate that between cal.BC 8100 and cal. BC 6900 the Pasterze Glacier…
A 14 C Calibration with AMS from 3500 to 3000 BC, Derived from A New High-Elevation Stone-Pine Tree-Ring Chronology
High-precision radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) measurements of a new high-altitude stone-pine tree-ring chronology from the European Alps were performed for a 500-yr stretch in the second half of the 4th millennium BC. A 14 C calibration curve with a typical 1-σ uncertainty of about 20 14 C yr was achieved. Although the general agreement of our data set with INTCAL98 is very good (confirming once more that INTCAL98 is also proper …
Holocene tree-line variability in the Kauner Valley, Central Eastern Alps, indicated by dendrochronological analysis of living trees and subfossil logs
A 9111 year long conifer tree-ring chronology for the European Alps
An ultra-long tree-ring width chronology (9111 years long, 7109 BC to AD 2002) has been established based on the analysis and dating of 1432 subfossil/dry dead wood samples and cores from 335 living trees. The material was collected from treeline or near-treeline sites ( c. 2000 to 2400 m a.s.l.) mainly in the Eastern Alps. The availability of preserved samples through time at high altitudinal sites is influenced by Alpine forest history and is p…
Years of European Climate Variability and Human Susceptibility
Variability of central European temperature and precipitation shows correlations with some major historical changes.
Miners and mining in the Late Bronze Age
The extraction and processing of metal ores, particularly those of copper and tin, are regarded as among the principal motors of Bronze Age society. The skills and risks of mining lie behind the weapons, tools and symbols that drove political and ideological change. But we hear much less about the miners themselves and their position in society. Who were these people? Were they rich and special, or expendable members of a hard-pressed workforce? …
Calendar-dated evidence for an 8.2 ka event related glacier advance in the European Alps
Charcoal from a prehistoric copper mine in the Austrian Alps
During prehistory fire-setting was the most appropriate technique for exploiting ore deposits. Charcoal fragments found in the course of archaeological excavations in a small mine called Mauk E in the area of Schwaz/Brixlegg (Tyrol, Austria) are argued to be evidence for the use of this technology. Dendrochronological analyses of the charcoal samples yielded calendar dates for the mining activities showing that the exploitation of the Mauk E mine…
Climate Change during and after the Roman Empire
Growing scientific evidence from modern climate science is loaded with implications for the environmental history of the Roman Empire and its successor societies. The written and archaeological evidence, although richer than commonly realized, is unevenly distributed over time and space. A first synthesis of what the written records and multiple natural archives (multi-proxy data) indicate about climate change and variability across western Euras…
Old World megadroughts and pluvials during the Common Era
An atlas of megadroughts in Europe and in the Mediterranean Basin during the Common Era provides insights into climate variability.
Facilitating tree-ring dating of historic conifer timbers using Blue Intensity
Tree-ring analyses on Bronze Age mining timber from the Mitterberg Main Lode, Austria - did the miners lack wood
Wood was an essential raw material for mining maintenance in historic and prehistoric times. During the Bronze Age, the Mitterberg mining region in the Austrian Alps was one of the most important producers of copper and, consequently, a consumer of huge amounts of wood. Since the 1960s, archaeological investigations at the Troiboden dressing site at the Mitterberg main lode have uncovered mining timber both single finds as well as box-shaped wood…
Observations on Holocene subfossil tree remains from high-elevation sites in the Italian Alps
Subfossil tree remains from 38 high-elevation sites in the eastern Alps, which were mostly located in the province of Trentino, Italy, were dendrochronologically analysed. A total of 909 samples were collected, 497 of which were dated to calendar years through dendrochronology and separated into six groups. A further tree-ring series of 20 samples were cross-dated into two groups and their ages established by means of radiocarbon dating. The new …
Linking European building activity with plague history
Textilreste aus einem spätbronzezeitlichen Bergbaurevier bei Radfeld in Nordtirol – Sekundärnutzung von Stoffen zur Abdichtung
Im traditionsreichen Bergbaugebiet von Schwaz/Brixlegg im Nordtiroler Unterinntal fand während der späten Bronzezeit und frühen Eisenzeit ein umfangreicher Bergbau auf Kupfererze statt, der zahlreiche Spuren im Gelände hinterlassen hat. Montanarchäologische Forschungsprojekte der Universität Innsbruck, gefördert vom österreichischen Wissenschaftsfonds FWF und vom Tiroler Wissenschaftsfonds TWF, untersuchen seit den 1990er Jahren das prähistorisch…
Hydrogen isotope ratios as a Larix detector in archaeological wood samples
Identifying wood species in archaeological specimens is important for the evaluation of timber structures and the conservation of historic buildings. Microscopic wood anatomy is the most commonly used technique for species identification. However, its application is problematic for the analysis of deteriorated wood. In addition, a particular challenge is the distinction of Picea from Larix due to their similar microscopic features. Recently, an a…
The glacier advance at the onset of the Little Ice Age in the Alps
The term ‘Little Ice Age’ (LIA) is classically used to define a period of repeated and extensive glacier advances during the last millennium. In the meanwhile, this term is also used to address the period of relatively low temperatures between the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA), or Medieval Warm Period, and present-day warming. The end of the LIA is generally set to the mid or late 1800s CE, however, the published onset dates of the LIA are more …
Tree-ring Dating of the Little Ice Age Maxima of Arolla Glaciers (Valais, Switzerland)
Little Ice Age (LIA) glacier variations are well constrained in the Alps, partly thanks to an unparalleled body of historical sources. When absent, tree-ring dating can be used to obtain accurate chronological information on glacier maxima. To do so, it is necessary to focus on the trees that immediately bordered the former maximum extent reached by the glaciers in historical times. Here, we present tree-ring dating results for newly sampled wood…
Datation dendrochronologique des maxima du Petit Âge Glaciaire des glaciers d’Arolla (Valais, Suisse)
Les variations des glaciers lors du Petit Âge Glaciaire (PAG) sont bien connues dans les Alpes, en partie grâce à un ensemble inégalé de sources historiques. Lorsque ces dernières sont absentes, la dendrochronologie peut être utilisée pour obtenir des informations chronologiques précises sur les maxima des glaciers. Pour ce faire, il faut cibler les arbres situés en limite de l’extension maximale atteinte par les glaciers à l’époque historique. I…
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