02561nas a2200385   4500000000100000008004100001653002600042653001500068653001800083653001500101653001400116653001800130653001000148653001200158653001000170653002200180653003200202653001800234653002000252653002600272653002200298653002100320653002200341653002300363653001100386653001400397653000900411100002600420700001700446245010000463856015300563490000700716520143200723022002002155                                       d10aBuddhist architecture10aCarangidae10aConiferophyta10aDhaulagiri10aJuniperus10aKingdom of Lo10aLarix10aMustang10aNepal10aPinus wallichiana10aPinuswallichiana A.B. Jacks10aUpper Mustang10aconiferous tree10aconstruction material10adendroarchaeology10adendrochronology10amaster chronology10aplant architecture10atimber10atree ring10awood1 aBarbara Gminska-Nowak1 aTomasz Wazny00aDendrochronological analysis of the ancient architecture of Kingdom of Lo. Upper Mustang, Nepal  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85083795771&doi=10.1016%2fj.dendro.2020.125701&partnerID=40&md5=2904a8998d8b503ceb28cb770bf144f90 v613 aUpper 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 Bön religion. The unique architecture provides a great source of timber suitable for dendrochronological research. Century-old fortresses, palaces, Buddhist monasteries and temples, houses and chörtens 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.  a11257865 (ISSN)