Linking European building activity with plague history
Linking European building activity with plague history
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将欧洲建筑活动与瘟疫历史联系起来
DOI:
10.1016/j.jas.2018.08.006
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2.8
通讯作者:
Büntgen U
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Ljungqvist FC;Tegel W;Krusic PJ;Seim A;Gschwind FM;Haneca K;Herzig F;Heussner K- U;Hofmann J;Houbrechts D;Kontic R;Kyncl T;Leuschner HH;Nicolussi K;Perrault C;Pfeifer K;Schmidhalter M;Seifert M;Walder F;Westphal T;Büntgen U
Variations in building activity reflect demographic, economic and social change during history. Tens of thousands of wooden constructions in Europe have been dendrochronologically dated in recent decades. We use the annually precise evidence from a unique dataset of 49 640 tree felling dates of historical constructions to reconstruct temporal changes in building activity between 1250 and 1699 CE across a large part of western and central Europe largely corresponding to the former Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Comparison with annual records of 9772 plague outbreaks shows that construction activity was significantly negatively correlated to the number of plague outbreaks, with the greatest decrease in construction following the larger outbreaks by three to four years after the start of the epidemics. Preceding the Black Death (1346–1353 CE) by five decades and the Great Famine (1315–1322 CE) by two decades, a significant decline in construction activity atc. 1300 CE is indicative of a societal crisis, associated with population stagnation or decline. Another dramatic decline in building activity coincides with the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648 CE) and confirms the devastating nature of this conflict. While construction activity was significantly lower during periods of high grain prices, no statistically robust relationship between the number of felling dates and past temperature or hydroclimate variations is found. This study demonstrates the value of dendrochronological felling dates as an indicator for times of crisis and prosperity during periods when documentary evidence is limited.
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DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004180079.i-227.11
发表时间:
2010
期刊:
The Holocene
影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
W. Jordan
影响因子:
1.4
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
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发表时间:
2012
期刊:
European Economics: Agriculture
影响因子:
--
作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
1.3
作者:
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通讯作者:
H. S. Lucas
影响因子:
1.4
作者:
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通讯作者:
Alfani, Guido