DOI article:
Lerche, Grith: The radiocarbon-dated Danish ploughing implements
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RADIOCARBON DATINGS
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glycerine and varnish. The sample was taken
from inside, which was less affected by the pre-
servatives. The sample was washed out and there-
after split up into a lignin-fraction and a cellulose-
fraction. The fractions were dated separately with
the following results:
K-598 A lignin-fraction 400 ± 100 before 1950
K-598B cellulose-fraction470 ± 100 before 1950
The final result is an average of these. Submitted
by Professor Axel Steensberg.
Tommerby, plough9
K-599 330 ± 100 before 1950
1620 A.D.
Wood of oak from fragment of a plough found
before 1888 in a bog by Tommerby, Tern parish,
Skanderborg county, Jutland. It is a fragment of
a wheel plough. Previously dated by pollen ana-
lysis of the peat deposits to Pre-Roman Iron
Age. The wood had been treated with preserva-
tives, and before dating the sample was treated as
Finding-places of the mentioned ploughing imple-
ments within Viborg and Skanderborg counties. From
the top:
Fundbrter der Pfluggerate in Kreis Viborg und Kreis
Skanderborg. Von oben:
1) Navndrup, 2) Lundgaardshede, 3) Hendriks-
mose, 4) Mammen, 5) Hvorslev, 6) Linaa, 7) Tommer-
by, 8) Andbjerg.
K-598. The lignin-fraction and the cellulose-frac-
tion were dated separately:
K-599 A lignin-fraction 370 ± 100 before 1950
K-599B cellulose-fraction 300 ± 100 before 1950
The final result is an average of these. The sample
taken was submitted by Professor Axel Steens-
berg.
Lundgaardshede, yoke
K-800 2280 ± 100 before 1950
330 B.C.
Wood of maple from a draught yoke for oxen,
found by peat cutting in a depression in a bog,
Bredmose at Lundgaardshede, Gammelstrup par-
ish, Viborg county, Jutland. Found together with
other, not preserved, wooden objects. It is un-
known when the use of ox-yokes began in Den-
mark, and no safely datable yokes have previously
been found. Collected 1947. Submitted 1961 by
Skive Museum, Denmark.
The yoke had been treated with linseed oil prior
to dating. The sample was therefore split in two
halves, and cellulose and lignin were isolated as
described in K-599. Their fractions were dated
separately with the following results:
K-800 A lignin-fraction 2320 ± 100 before 1950
K-800B cellulose-fraction
2230 ± 100 before 1950
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glycerine and varnish. The sample was taken
from inside, which was less affected by the pre-
servatives. The sample was washed out and there-
after split up into a lignin-fraction and a cellulose-
fraction. The fractions were dated separately with
the following results:
K-598 A lignin-fraction 400 ± 100 before 1950
K-598B cellulose-fraction470 ± 100 before 1950
The final result is an average of these. Submitted
by Professor Axel Steensberg.
Tommerby, plough9
K-599 330 ± 100 before 1950
1620 A.D.
Wood of oak from fragment of a plough found
before 1888 in a bog by Tommerby, Tern parish,
Skanderborg county, Jutland. It is a fragment of
a wheel plough. Previously dated by pollen ana-
lysis of the peat deposits to Pre-Roman Iron
Age. The wood had been treated with preserva-
tives, and before dating the sample was treated as
Finding-places of the mentioned ploughing imple-
ments within Viborg and Skanderborg counties. From
the top:
Fundbrter der Pfluggerate in Kreis Viborg und Kreis
Skanderborg. Von oben:
1) Navndrup, 2) Lundgaardshede, 3) Hendriks-
mose, 4) Mammen, 5) Hvorslev, 6) Linaa, 7) Tommer-
by, 8) Andbjerg.
K-598. The lignin-fraction and the cellulose-frac-
tion were dated separately:
K-599 A lignin-fraction 370 ± 100 before 1950
K-599B cellulose-fraction 300 ± 100 before 1950
The final result is an average of these. The sample
taken was submitted by Professor Axel Steens-
berg.
Lundgaardshede, yoke
K-800 2280 ± 100 before 1950
330 B.C.
Wood of maple from a draught yoke for oxen,
found by peat cutting in a depression in a bog,
Bredmose at Lundgaardshede, Gammelstrup par-
ish, Viborg county, Jutland. Found together with
other, not preserved, wooden objects. It is un-
known when the use of ox-yokes began in Den-
mark, and no safely datable yokes have previously
been found. Collected 1947. Submitted 1961 by
Skive Museum, Denmark.
The yoke had been treated with linseed oil prior
to dating. The sample was therefore split in two
halves, and cellulose and lignin were isolated as
described in K-599. Their fractions were dated
separately with the following results:
K-800 A lignin-fraction 2320 ± 100 before 1950
K-800B cellulose-fraction
2230 ± 100 before 1950