Journal of Siberian Federal University. Biology: Dendrochronological Study of a 19th-Century Log Cabin (the Ethnographic Museum of Peoples of Transbaikalia, Buryatia)

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Biology / Dendrochronological Study of a 19th-Century Log Cabin (the Ethnographic Museum of Peoples of Transbaikalia, Buryatia)

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Issue: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Biology. 2022 15 (2)
Authors: Andreev, Sergey G.; Ayurzhanaev, Alexandr A.; Batotsyrenov, Eduard A.; Suprunenko, Andrey G.; Sat, Sayga A.; Sodnomov, Bator V.; Chernykh, Vladimir N.
Contact information: Andreev, Sergey G.: Baikal Institute of Nature Management SB RAS Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 0000-0002-6599-2165; Ayurzhanaev, Alexandr A.: Baikal Institute of Nature Management SB RAS Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0000-0002-2282-7848; Batotsyrenov, Eduard A.: Baikal Institute of Nature Management SB RAS Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0000-0003-3307-0040; Suprunenko, Andrey G.: Baikal Institute of Nature Management SB RAS Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation; Sat, Sayga A.: Baikal Institute of Nature Management SB RAS Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0000-0003-4587-4978; Sodnomov, Bator V.: Baikal Institute of Nature Management SB RAS Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0000-0002-4099-7226; Chernykh, Vladimir N.: Baikal Institute of Nature Management SB RAS Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0000-0001-9365-7340
Keywords: dendrochronology; objects of historical and cultural heritage; historical buildings; log cabin; cross dating; indexes; Decembrists; Transbaikalia
Abstract: The method of dendrochronological analysis, or tree-ring dating, is widely used for dating historical wooden buildings. In contrast to the European part of Russia, dendrochronological research of archaeological and historical wood in Siberia has begun only in recent decades. For this reason, few studies have been conducted in the vast region of Transbaikalia. This paper presents the results of dating of a log cabin used as an exile transit station preserved as an exhibit in the Ethnographic Museum of Peoples of Transbaikalia. An analysis of selected wood core samples (total 40 samples from the external and internal walls and the ceiling) revealed that some of the trees used for the building of the cabin were felled between November 1828 and March 1829. Thus, we managed to ascertain the date of the construction of the cabin, which according to the records of the museum dates back to the mid‑19th century. The dendrochronological material collected from the log cabin allowed to extend significantly the regional scales for historical timber dating, and to obtain new information about moisture cycles of the Lake Baikal basin. Further studies of other sites of historical and cultural heritage of Transbaikalia are planned
Pages: 279–292
DOI: 10.17516/1997-1389-0387
Paper at repository of SibFU: https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/147501

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