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Lichenometric datings of 44 labyrinths along the Swedish Bothnian coast. Most of the labyrinths were constructed between A.D. 1500-1650
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More than 50 boulder labyrinths (stone mazes) along the Swedish Bothnian coast have been dated using a lichenometric method. The lichen used for this study is Rhizocarpon geographicum, which is a comon species on isostatically raised boulder beaches in the Bothnian region. The lichenometric method is described. The results show that most the labyri...
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... Dating of the stone-laid mazes by way of lichenometry, correlated by erosion studies using Schmidt's test hammer, has been done before and indicates a tentative beginning around AD 1300. The bulk belong to later times, with an upsurge around AD 1550 (Broadbent, 1987;Sjöberg, 1987Sjöberg, , 1991Sjöberg, , 1996Broadbent & Sjöberg, 1990;Broadbent, 2010). This is more or less contemporary with the painted labyrinths in parish churches, which can also be dated by way of their locations on stone ceiling vaults, which were added after c. AD 1450. ...
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