In the context of archaeological studies, the field of dendrochronology is actually undergoing a period of intense development. Innovations in this research habe been imposed by the use of increasingly more sophisticated methods of field investigation and laboratory analyses. Despite the variety of information furnished by "traditional" methods, the dendrochronologist is frequently unable to reply to a number of specific archaeological questions. To remedy this situation dendrochronologist are prompted more and more to take into consideration the archaeological information associated with the wood they analyse. In Switzerland, where archaeologist pose considerable demands on dendrochronological studies, the laboratories of Neuchâtel and Z...