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The Princess of Bagicz: Dendrochronology settles debate over age of rare Roman-era wooden coffin

  • February 18, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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The Princess of Bagicz: Dendrochronology settles debate over age of rare Roman-era wooden coffin
Dr. Marta Chmiel-Chrzanowska and her colleagues conducted a multidisciplinary analysis of the only known preserved wooden coffin from the Roman Iron Age, the Princess of Bagicz. The study, published in Archaeometry, used dendrochronology to resolve a long-standing dating discrepancy between typological analysis and radiocarbon dating, which had placed the burial close to 100 years apart.

Originally published at Phys.org

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