Ljungqvist, Fredrik Charpentier, Seim, Andrea, Tegel, Willy, Krusic, Paul J., Baittinger, Claudia, Belingard, Christelle, Bernabei, Mauro ORCID: 0000-0002-5218-3844, Bonde, Niels, Borghaerts, Paul, Couturier, Yann, Crone, Anne, van Daalen, Sjoerd, Daly, Aoife ORCID: 0000-0002-4389-3238, Doeve, Petra, Dominguez-Delmas, Marta, Edouard, Jean-Louis, Frank, Thomas, Ginzler, Christian ORCID: 0000-0001-6365-2151, Grabner, Michael, Gschwind, Friederike M., Haneca, Kristof ORCID: 0000-0002-7719-8305, Hansson, Anton, Herzig, Franz, Heussner, Karl-Uwe, Hofmann, Jutta, Houbrechts, David, Kaczka, Ryszard J., Kolar, Tomas ORCID: 0000-0002-6461-7582, Kontic, Raymond, Kyncl, Tomas, Labbas, Vincent, Lageras, Per, Le Digol, Yannick, Le Roy, Melaine, Leuschner, Hanns Hubert, Linderson, Hans, Ludlow, Francis, Marais, Axel, Mills, Coralie M., Neyses-Eiden, Mechthild, Nicolussi, Kurt, Perrault, Christophe, Pfeifer, Klaus, Rybnicek, Michal, Rzepecki, Andreas, Schmidhalter, Martin, Seifert, Mathias, Shindo, Lisa, Spyt, Barbara, Susperregi, Josue, Svarva, Helene Lovstrand, Thun, Terje, Walder, Felix, Wazny, Tomasz, Werthe, Elise, Westphal, Thorsten, Wilson, Rob ORCID: 0000-0003-4486-8904 and Buentgen, Ulf (2022). Regional Patterns of Late Medieval and Early Modern European Building Activity Revealed by Felling Dates. Front. Ecol. Evol., 9. LAUSANNE: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA. ISSN 2296-701X

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Abstract

Although variations in building activity are a useful indicator of societal well-being and demographic development, historical datasets for larger regions and longer periods are still rare. Here, we present 54,045 annually precise dendrochronological felling dates from historical construction timber from across most of Europe between 1250 and 1699 CE to infer variations in building activity. We use geostatistical techniques to compare spatiotemporal dynamics in past European building activity against independent demographic, economic, social and climatic data. We show that the felling dates capture major geographical patterns of demographic trends, especially in regions with dense data coverage. A particularly strong negative association is found between grain prices and the number of felling dates. In addition, a significant positive association is found between the number of felling dates and mining activity. These strong associations, with well-known macro-economic indicators from pre-industrial Europe, corroborate the use of felling dates as an independent source for exploring large-scale fluctuations of societal well-being and demographic development. Three prominent examples are the building boom in the Hanseatic League region of northeastern Germany during the 13th century, the onset of the Late Medieval Crisis in much of Europe c. 1300, and the cessation of building activity in large parts of central Europe during armed conflicts such as the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648 CE). Despite new insights gained from our European-wide felling date inventory, further studies are needed to investigate changes in construction activity of high versus low status buildings, and of urban versus rural buildings, and to compare those results with a variety of historical documentary sources and natural proxy archives.

Item Type: Journal Article
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Ljungqvist, Fredrik CharpentierUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Seim, AndreaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Tegel, WillyUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Krusic, Paul J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Baittinger, ClaudiaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Belingard, ChristelleUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Bernabei, MauroUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-5218-3844UNSPECIFIED
Bonde, NielsUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Borghaerts, PaulUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Couturier, YannUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Crone, AnneUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
van Daalen, SjoerdUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Daly, AoifeUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-4389-3238UNSPECIFIED
Doeve, PetraUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dominguez-Delmas, MartaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Edouard, Jean-LouisUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Frank, ThomasUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Ginzler, ChristianUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-6365-2151UNSPECIFIED
Grabner, MichaelUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Gschwind, Friederike M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Haneca, KristofUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-7719-8305UNSPECIFIED
Hansson, AntonUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Herzig, FranzUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Heussner, Karl-UweUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Hofmann, JuttaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Houbrechts, DavidUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kaczka, Ryszard J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kolar, TomasUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-6461-7582UNSPECIFIED
Kontic, RaymondUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kyncl, TomasUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Labbas, VincentUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Lageras, PerUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Le Digol, YannickUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Le Roy, MelaineUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Leuschner, Hanns HubertUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Linderson, HansUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Ludlow, FrancisUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Marais, AxelUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Mills, Coralie M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Neyses-Eiden, MechthildUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Nicolussi, KurtUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Perrault, ChristopheUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Pfeifer, KlausUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Rybnicek, MichalUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Rzepecki, AndreasUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Schmidhalter, MartinUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Seifert, MathiasUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Shindo, LisaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Spyt, BarbaraUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Susperregi, JosueUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Svarva, Helene LovstrandUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Thun, TerjeUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Walder, FelixUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wazny, TomaszUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Werthe, EliseUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Westphal, ThorstenUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wilson, RobUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-4486-8904UNSPECIFIED
Buentgen, UlfUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-698925
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.825751
Journal or Publication Title: Front. Ecol. Evol.
Volume: 9
Date: 2022
Publisher: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
Place of Publication: LAUSANNE
ISSN: 2296-701X
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
RING; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY; INSIGHTS; HISTORY; CLIMATE; LEAD; RECONSTRUCTION; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONMultiple languages
EcologyMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/69892

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