D E Davies

Biographic Data

ID6452809
NAMED E Davies
GIVEN NAMESD E
FAMILY NAMEDavies
SIGNATUREDAVIES D E
AFFILIATIONSSwansea University
ORCID0000-0003-3125-5551
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR13
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Ring‐Width Dendrochronology, Isotopic Dendrochronology and Radiocarbon Dating of Timbers From the Spire Scaffold of Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England

    Open AccessKutsi D Akcicek, Kutsi Akcicek et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2026References: 26

    Ten timbers from the spire scaffold of Salisbury Cathedral were dated using a combination of ring‐width dendrochronology, stable oxygen isotopic dendrochronology and radiocarbon dating. Seven timbers were coeval and assigned a combined empirical felling date range of 1352–1378, which was further refined to 1351–1359 (OxCal 95.4%). These results would indicate that the scaffold was not a 1320s construction but instead built later in the 14th centu…

  • Stable isotope tree-ring dates

    Open AccessNeil J Loader, Roderick J Bale et al.ARTICLEVernacular Architecture2025References: 1

  • The precise and accurate dating of medieval bridge remains at Ancrum, Scottish Borders, using stable isotope dendrochronology

    Open AccessD E Davies, Coralie Mills et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2024References: 4

    Stable oxygen isotope dendrochronology applied to timbers from Ancrum Old Bridge (River Teviot, Scotland). • A felling date of winter AD 1428/29 identified and verified. • Result differs from the most probable (95.4 %) wiggle match radiocarbon date. • Confirmed as a rare example of medieval bridge construction methods in Scotland. The discovery of Ancrum Old Bridge (River Teviot, Scotland) in 2018 was a significant archaeological finding for Scot…

  • Inter-Genus Oxygen Isotope Dendrochronology of the Newport Medieval Ship Keel

    Open AccessNigel Nayling, Neil J Loader et al.ARTICLEThe International Journal of…2024References: 2

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  • Stable isotope tree-ring dates

    Open AccessNeil J Loader, D Davies et al.ARTICLEVernacular Architecture2024References: 2

  • Oxygen Isotope Dendrochronology of the Newport Medieval Ship

    Open AccessNigel Nayling, Neil J Loader et al.ARTICLEThe International Journal of…2023Cited by: 1References: 2

    Since the discovery of the Newport Medieval Ship in 2002, many studies have tried to establish a chronology for its construction and subsequent abandonment.Whilst conventional ringwidth dendrochronology has been able to identify the provenance and provide a terminus post quem for the ship, until now a felling date for timbers associated with the original construction of the vessel has proved elusive.This study reports results from the application…

  • Stable Isotope Tree-Ring Dates

    Neil J Loader, D Miles et al.ARTICLEVernacular Architecture2022References: 2

  • Stable Isotope Tree-Ring Dates

    Neil J Loader, D Miles et al.ARTICLEVernacular Architecture2021

  • Oxygen isotope dating of oak and elm timbers from the portcullis windlass, Byward Tower, Tower of London

    Open AccessNeil J Loader, D Miles et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2020

    A new isotopic method for dating oak and non-oak (elm) timbers is applied to samples from the portcullis windlass mechanism in the Byward Tower, Tower of London. This structure was previously sampled for ring width dendrochronology but failed to date. Successful application of the stable oxygen isotope dating method returns a felling date of winter AD 1656/7 for the oak timbers used to construct the gear wheel and a date of after AD 1648 (terminu…

  • Are there enormous age-trends in stable carbon isotope ratios of oak tree rings

    Open AccessDanny McCarroll, Josie E Duffy et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2020References: 8

    We test a recent prediction that stable carbon isotope ratios from UK oaks will display age-trends of more than 4‰ per century by measuring >5400 carbon isotope ratios from the late-wood alpha-cellulose of individual rings from 18 modern oak trees and 50 building timbers spanning the 9th-21st centuries. After a very short (c.5 years) juvenile phase with slightly elevated values, the number of series that show rising and falling trends is almost e…

  • Stable Isotope Tree-Ring Dates

    Neil J Loader, D Miles et al.ARTICLEVernacular Architecture2020

    Recent developments in UK dendrochronology have shown that cross-dating of annually resolved tree-ring stable isotope sequences from oak latewood cellulose provides an extremely effective precision

  • Stable Isotope Tree-Ring Dates

    Neil J Loader, Danny McCarroll et al.ARTICLEVernacular Architecture2019References: 3

    Recent developments in UK dendrochronology have shown that cross-dating of annually resolved tree-ring stable-isotope sequences from oak latewood cellulose provides an extremely effective precision

  • Stable Isotope Dating of Historic Buildings

    D Miles, D H Miles et al.ARTICLEVernacular Architecture2019Cited by: 3References: 3

    The recent development of an oxygen isotope (δ18O) master chronology for south central England (1200–2000 AD) has successfully demonstrated reliable cross-dating between the master chronology and undated samples from vernacular and high-status buildings. The method is well suited to complacent, wide-ringed samples, which are commonplace throughout the UK historic buildings archive and often fail to date by ring-width dendrochronology, or remain u…