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Tomasz Wazny

Tel. (Lab): 607-255-8650
Email: tjw42@cornell.edu

Tomasz joined the lab as a Research Associate in 2006 from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland. He has 25 years of experience in dendrochronology and wood science working extensively in Europe from Portugal to Poland, but also East Asia, with work from alpine zones to the tropics. He has worked and published on a wide variety of dendro topics - from works of art through shipwrecks to climate reconstruction on the basis of historical timbers.

Career

  • M.Sc Eng. - Wood Technology, Agriculture University of Warsaw, Poland, 1981.
  • Ph.D - Wood Biology, University of Hamburg, Germany 1990.
  • Habilitation (postdoctoral lecturing qualification) - Agriculture University of Poznan, Poland, 1999
  • Professor of Forestry and Wood Science (scientific title confered by the President of Poland), 2006>

Research interests

  • Development of long-term tree-ring chronologies
  • Dating of archaeological, architectural, and art-historical objects
  • Dendroclimatology
    • climate reconstruction from historical chronologies;
    • long-term changes in climate;
    • reconstruction of trans-regional climatic disturbances
  • Dendroecology
    • reconstruction of the forest structure and past vegetation;
  • Dendrochronology in Asia
    • history of settlements in High Asia;
    • human activity as an indicator of climate change;
    • possibilities of dendrochronological reconstruction of palaeo-monsoon variability.
  • Timber trade in Europe
  • Dendroprovenancing – estimation of wood origins
  • Dendrochronological examination of shipwrecks and boats
  • Development of dendrochronology and dendroprovenancing methods for the Mediterranean
  • Problems of protection and conservation of wooden cultural heritage

Selected Publications

  • WAZNY, T. (2009) Dendrochronologia drewna biskupińskiego, czyli co drzewa zapisały w przyrostach rocznych. [Dendrochronology of the Biskupin timbers, or, what the tree-rings of Biskupin have to say] IN: Babinski, L. Stan i perspektywy zachowania drewna biskupińskiego. [The State and Preservation Perspectives of the Biskupin Wood]. 63-76.
  • WAZNY, T. (2009) Dendrochronologische Datierungen an frühmittelalterlichen Burgwällen in NordMasowien IN: Dulinicz, M. & Henning, J. Frühe Burgen in Masowien und die Entstehung des Piastenstaates. Archäologie und Dendrochronlogie zur Geschichte Europas im 9. und 10. Jahrhundert, Bonn.
  • WAZNY, T. (2009) Is there a separate tree-ring pattern for the Mediterranean oaks? IN: Manning, S. W. & Bruce, M. J. Tree-Rings, Kings, and Old World Archaeology.
  • OSTAPCHUK, V., BENNETT, J., BILYAVEVA, S., FIALKO, O., FINKEL, C., HADDLESEY, R. & WAZNY, T. (2009) Historical-archaeological investigations at Akkerman (Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky) fortress, Ukraine. Anatolian Archaeology, 15:
  • CHUDZIAK, W., KAŹMIERCZAK, R., NIEGOWSKI, J. & WAZNY, T. (2009) Ze studiów nad chronologią wczesnośredniowiecznych mostów na obszarze Pomorza. [From the study on the origin of early medieval bridges in Pomerania]. Wiadomości Archeologiczne, 56:
  • WOLL, A., MASS, J., BISCULCA, B., CUSHMAN, M., GRIGGS, C. B., OCON, N. & WAZNY, T. (2008) The unique history of The Armorer's Shop: an application of confocal x-ray fluorescence microscopy. Studies in Conservation, 53: 1-16 [PDF].
  • WAZNY, T., PARK, W-K., LEE, J-H. & KIM, Y-J. (2008) Dendrochronologia w badaniach zabytków architektury drewnianej w Korei na przykładzie Sinmu-mun, północnej bramy królewskiego pałacu Kyongbok w Seulu (Dendrochronology in the investigation of wooden architecture in Korea, SinMu-Mun – the Northern Gate of Kyongbok Royal Palace in Seoul) IN: Malinowski, J. & M, W. Toruńskie Studia o Sztuce Orientu, Torun. 89-96.
  • KNEISEL, J., J, C., W, D., GROOTES, P., HAAS, J-N., HEUSSNER, K-U., KARG, S., H, K., MÜLLER, J., N, W. & WAZNY, T. (2008) Die befestigte frühbronzezeitliche Siedlung Bruszczewo: Metallproduktion, Feuchtbodenbefunde und ökologischer Kollaps? Nachrichtenblatt Arbeitskreis Unterwasserarchäologie, 14: 53-60.
  • WAZNY, T. (2007) Dendrochronologiczne datowanie średniowiecznego grodu warszawskiego Dendrochronological dating of the medieval Warsaw stronghold. "Kronika Zamkowa". 53-54.
  • WAZNY, T. (2007) Analiza dendrochronologiczna kościoła św. Wawrzyńca w Studzieńcu Lubuskie Materiały Konserwatorskie 2006-2007.
  • WAZNY, T. (2007) Analiza dendrochronologiczna kościoła w Kosieczynie Lubuskie Materiały Konserwatorskie 2006-2007.
  • WAZNY, T. (2007) Analiza dendrochronologiczna konstrukcji drewnianego kościoła w Klępsku Lubuskie Materiały Konserwatorskie 2006-2007.
  • PARK, W-K., KIM, Y-J., SEO, J-W., LEE, J-H. & WAZNY, T. (2007) Tree-ring dating of Sinmu-Mun, the North Gate of Kyungbok Palace in Seoul. Tree-Ring Research, 105-109.
  • WAZNY, T. & WYRWA, A. (2006) Kościół pw. św. Mikołaja w Tarnowie Pałuckim i jego chronologia w świetle badań historycznych i dendrochronologicznych. Komunikat. [St. Nicolaus Church at Tarnowo Pałuckie and its chronology in the light of dendrochronological and historical studies. An outline] IN: Wyrwa, A. Studia i materiały do dziejów Pałuk. T. 6: Terra Palucensis et Monasterium in Lokna. XXV lat badań archeologiczno-architektonicznych w łekneńskim kompleksie osadniczym. [Studies and Contributions on the History of Paluki]. 227-247.
  • WAZNY, T. (2006) Dendrochronologia dębu. [Dendrochronology of oak] IN: Boratyński, A. Dęby. Quercus robur L. Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. Nasze Drzewa Leśne, Monografie Popularnonaukowe. 39-61.
  • POKLEWSKI-KOZIELL, T. & WAZNY, T. (2006) The Leczyca evidence of planting an industrial forest about the year 1590. Fasciculi Archaeologica Historicae, 18: 29-34 [PDF].
  • KAŹMIERCZAK, R., NIEGOWSKI, J. & WAZNY, T. (2006) Wczesnośredniowieczny most w Nętnie na Pomorzu Środkowym. [Early medieval bridge in Netno, Pomerania] IN: Chudziak, W. & Moździoch, S. Stan i potrzeby badań nad wczesnym średniowieczem – w 15 lat później.
  • INDRUSZEWSKI, G., NILSSON, M. & WAZNY, T. (2006) The ships that connected people and the people that commuted by ships: The western Baltic case-study. IN: Blue, L., Hocker, F. & Englert, A. Connected by the Sea. Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology, Roskilde 2003. 177-186. Oxbow Books, Oxford.
  • WAZNY, T. (2005) The origin, assortments and transport of Baltic timber. IN: van de Velde, C., van Acker, J., Beeckman, H. & Verhaeghe, F. Constructing Wooden Images: proceedings of a symposium on the organization of labour and working practices of late Gothic carved altarpieces in the Low Countries, Brussels 25-26 October 2002, Brussels. 115-126. VUB Press [PDF].
  • HANECA, K., WAZNY, T., VAN ACKER, J. & BEECKMAN, H. (2005) Provenancing Baltic timber from art historical objects: success and limitations. Journal of Archaeological Science, 32: 261-271 [URL].
  • WAZNY, T. (2002) Baltic timber in Western Europe -- an exciting dendrochronological question. Dendrochronologia, 20: 313-320 [URL].
  • PARK, W-K., LEE, J-H., KIM, Y-J. & WAZNY, T. (2002) Tree-ring dating for Sinmu-mun, the North Gate of Kyongbok Palace in Seoul. International Conference on East Asian Architectural History, October 17-19, 2002. 615-621. Seoul: Korean Association of Architectural History [PDF].
  • WAZNY, T. (2001) Wood and climate of the year 1000 AD. IN: Urbanczyk, P. Europe around the year 1000. 101-107. Inst. of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences and Wyd. DiG, Warszawa.
  • SCHMIDT, B., WAZNY, T., MALLA, K., HOFS, E. & KHALESI, M. (1999) Site chronologies for historical dating in High Asia/Nepal. IN: Wimmer, R. & Vetter, R. E. Tree ring analysis: biological, methodological and environmental aspects. 205-211. CAB International [PDF].
  • BUCKLEY, B., FRAVER, S., HANSON, R., HARLEY, D., HOCHMAN, R., MURPHY, A. & WAZNY, T. (1999) Dendroclimatology along cliff environments of northeastern West Virginia: a comparison of ridgetop pines and cliff-line red cedar [PDF].
  • WAZNY, T. (1994) Dendrochronology of Biskupin - absolute dating of the early iron-age settlement. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, 42: 283-289 [PDF].
  • WAZNY, T. (1993) Dendrochronological dating of the Lusatian culture settlement at Biskupin - first results. News WARP, 14: 3-5.
  • WAZNY, T. (1992) Historical timber trade and its implications on dendrochronological dating. Proceedings International Symposium "Tree rings and environment," 3-9 Sept. 1990, Ystad, Sweden. Lundqua Report, 34: 331-333 [PDF].
  • WAZNY, T. & ECKSTEIN, D. (1991) The dendrochronological signal of oak (Quercus spp.) in Poland. Dendrochronologia, 9: 181-191.
  • KLEIN, P. & WAZNY, T. (1991) Dendrochronological analyses of paintings of Gdansk painters of the 15th to the 17th century. Dendrochronologia, 9: 181-191 [PDF].
  • ECKSTEIN, D., WAZNY, T., BAUCH, J. & KLEIN, P. (1986) New evidence for the dendrochronological dating of Netherlandish paintings. Nature, 320: 465-466 [URL].
  • WAZNY, T. & HELMAN-WAZNY, A. Dendrochronologiczne datowanie studni z Jankowa. Dendrochronological Analysis of the Well Complex at Janków IN: L, C. & J, G. Osada Wielokulturowa w Jankowie, gmina Piątek, województwo łódzkie. 285-298.
  • WAZNY, T. Wczesnośredniowieczna studnia. Analiza dendrochronologiczna drewna. [Early Medieval well. Dendrochronological analysis of timbers] IN: L, C. & J, G. Osada wielokulturowa w Lekach Gornych, gmina Krzyzanow, wojewodztwo lodzkie. 229-231.
Tomasz Wazny (Research Associate)

Tomasz Wazny (Research Associate)