Structural Trends in English Medieval Buildings
New Insights From Dendrochronology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11902675 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bob Meeson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 58-75 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Vernacular Architecture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-5477 • E-ISSN: 1749-6292 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/0305547712z.0000000006 |
| OpenAlex | W1998709022 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 30 |
Since the first annual lists of tree-ring dated buildings were published in Vernacular Architecture in 1980, dendrochronologists have assigned either a precise felling date or reasonably narrow dating parameters to more than 3000 building construction phases. In 1997, and again in 2001, Sarah Pearson traced the chronological distribution of rural aristocratic, gentry, vernacular and urban buildings tree-ring dated to 1200–1600. In 2001 it was particularly encouraging to learn that, although the numbers of tree-ring dated buildings in these categories had nearly doubled, the chronological patterns had remained unchanged. She forecast that ‘the results in all categories will become more statistically valid as the number of buildings sampled increases [...]’. Following a further marked increase in the number of tree-ring dating reports available for analysis, this paper tests the proposition that ‘[...] the information should soon become robust enough to be subdivided and sustain serious argument’.Citation Arguably, the collective efforts of historic building analysts and dendrochronologists can now be put to wider use, going beyond the attribution of construction date ranges to individual buildings and building categories and contributing to wider historical debates through enhancing our understanding of the dissemination of building types
Archaeology · Art · Dendrochronology · Felling · Gentry · Geography · Literature · Vernacular · Vernacular architecture · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Tree-ring climate responses · Architecture · Forestry
Tree-Ring Dating
English Vernacular Houses
Mud and Frame Construction in South Leicestershire
Radiocarbon Dating of a Reused Cruck Blade from Warwickshire and its Implications for the Typology of Cruck Construction
Social Standing and Base-Crucks in Herefordshire
The Unfulfilled Wider Implications of Vernacular Architecture Studies
Late-Twelfth & Early-Thirteenth-Century Aisled Buildings
Dendrochronology as a Tool for the Dating of Vernacular Buildings in the North of Ireland
Analysis of an Archaic Roof at Wistanstow, Shropshire - Tree-Ring Dated to 1200-1221
The Tithe Barn at Siddington, Gloucestershire
Prehistoric and Dark Age Settlement Remains from Cheviot Quarry, Milfield Basin, Northumberland
The Origin and Development of Crown-Post Roofs
Fragments of a 10th-Century Timber Arcade from Vintner's Place on the London Waterfront
Crown-post and King-strut Roofs in South-East England
English Peasant Buildings in the Later Middle Ages (1200–1500)
Worcestershire Peasant Buildings, Household Goods and Farming Equipment in the Later Middle Ages
Excavations at I Westgate Street, Gloucester, 1975
Medieval Roofs with Base-Crucks and Short Principals
A Romanesque Roof at Odda's Chapel, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire
The Nave Roof of the Church of St Mary, Kempley, Gloucestershire
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2019 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |