Dendrodate for the Wehringen Iron Age Wagon Grave (778±5 BC) in Relation to Other Recently Obtained Absolute Dates for the Hallstatt Period in Southern Germany

The dendrochronological dating of timbers from the grave chamber and the wagon from Wehringen Tumulus 8 provides the opportunity for a re-examination of Hallstatt Iron Age absolute chronology for southern Germany. Revisions to the southern German oak-based master curve provide a complete sequence through the 1st millennium BC, enabling the provision of a solid sequence for the first time. This sequence is based upon dendrodates from some twenty sites, including Villingen and the Heuneburg. The authors provide an interpretation of the significance of the new dates for the Hallstatt period in the western Alpine foreland.