Table 1.
Details of the ancient wood samples
| Sample | Genus | Age (years) | Conservation | Location | Contact or reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRS 48 | Abies | 400* | Ice cave | Devoluy, France | J. L. de Beaulieu (current author) |
| CHA 1 | Pinus | 8300† | Glacis terrace | Charanc, France | Miramont et al. (2000) |
| G51C | Pinus | 11 500† | Clay sediment | Zurich, Switzerland | M. Schaub, K. F. Kaiser (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, WSL, Switzerland) |
| MRS46 | Pinus | 3800† | Glacis terrace | Bachasette, France | J. L. de Beaulieu (as above) |
| A555 | Fagus | 1000‡ | Clay sediment | Charavines colletière, France | C. Bourquin-Mignot (Laboratory of Chrono-Ecologie, UMR CNRS 6565, Besançon, France) |
| MT2 | Quercus | 300* | Waterlogged | Montbeliard, France | O. Girardclos (Centre d'Études Dendrochronologiques et de Recherches en Environnement, Besançon, France) |
| URLS F10 | Fagus | 1300† | Waterlogged | Lago Scuro, Italy | Giraudi (2005) |
| URLS F5 | Fagus | 3300–3600‡ | Waterlogged | Lago di Bolsena, Italy | L. Sadori (Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Università ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italia) |
| L1 | Quercus | 800* | Waterlogged | Limé ‘Le gros Buisson’, France | C. Bourquin-Mignot (as above) |
| M40 | Abies | 300* | Waterlogged | Lons-le-Saunier, France | O. Girardclos (as above) |
* Dendrochronological dating; † 14C dating; ‡ archaeological dating.