Abstract Upper Mustang is a land of extraordinary, precious, tangible and intangible cultural heritage deeply rooted in the Tibetan culture and tradition of Buddhism as well as the Bon religion. The unique architecture provides a great source of timber suitable for dendrochronological research. Century-old fortresses, palaces, Buddhist monasteries and temples, houses and chortens reflect the great importance of wood as a building material (used alongside clay and stone). We present pioneering research on historical wood from Upper Mustang. The objectives of the study were to determine the wood species used in the traditional architecture of the region, to make an attempt to date materials from Upper Mustang using existing tree-ring chronologies developed for neighbouring geographical regions and to determine the need and the chance of creating separate tree-ring chronologies for Upper Mustang. For the presented study we collected 191 samples from the oldest buildings preserved in Upper Mustang. Anatomical studies of samples resulted in the identification of four species of conifer wood: Himalayan pine – Pinus wallichiana A.B. Jacks, Himalayan fir – Abies spectabilis D.Don, Juniperus spp. and Larix spp. The main achievement of our research was the development of an Upper Mustang master chronology covering the period from 1317 to 1943. The chronology is based on data derived from Pinus wallichiana A.B. Jacks.

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罗国古建筑树木年代学分析[J]. 尼泊尔上野马

摘要 上木斯塘是一块深厚的藏族文化和佛教传统以及苯教的特殊、珍贵、物质和非物质文化遗产之地。独特的建筑提供了适合树木年代学研究的木材来源。百年历史的堡垒、宫殿、佛教寺院和寺庙、房屋和佛塔反映了木材作为建筑材料（与粘土和石头一起使用）的重要性。我们展示了对上野马历史木材的开创性研究。该研究的目的是确定该地区传统建筑中使用的木材种类，尝试使用为邻近地理区域开发的现有树轮年表确定上野马的材料年代，并确定为上野马创建单独的树轮年表的必要性和机会。在本研究中，我们从上野马保留的最古老建筑中收集了 191 个样本。对样品的解剖学研究确定了四种针叶树木材：喜马拉雅松 - Pinus wallichiana AB Jacks，喜马拉雅冷杉 - Abies spectabilis D.Don，杜松属。和落叶松属。我们研究的主要成果是开发了涵盖 1317 年至 1943 年期间的 Upper Mustang 主年表。该年表基于来自 Pinus wallichiana AB Jacks 的数据。在本研究中，我们从上野马保留的最古老建筑中收集了 191 个样本。对样品的解剖学研究确定了四种针叶树木材：喜马拉雅松 - Pinus wallichiana AB Jacks，喜马拉雅冷杉 - Abies spectabilis D.Don，杜松属。和落叶松属。我们研究的主要成果是开发了涵盖 1317 年至 1943 年期间的 Upper Mustang 主年表。该年表基于来自 Pinus wallichiana AB Jacks 的数据。在本研究中，我们从上野马保留的最古老建筑中收集了 191 个样本。对样品的解剖学研究确定了四种针叶树木材：喜马拉雅松 - Pinus wallichiana AB Jacks，喜马拉雅冷杉 - Abies spectabilis D.Don，杜松属。和落叶松属。我们研究的主要成果是开发了涵盖 1317 年至 1943 年期间的 Upper Mustang 主年表。该年表基于来自 Pinus wallichiana AB Jacks 的数据。