Relating Roman Rings
Wood was the primary building material in our region during Roman times, and it was generally sourced locally. In very special cases, oak wood was imported, for example, for the construction of Hadrian's Wall along the limes - the boundary of the Roman Empire- a harbour near Voorburg, or the building of Roman flatboats. This is shown by research conducted by archaeologist Ronald Visser, in which he combined a large dataset of annual ring data with archaeological and historical data. Read the news item.
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