Historical wood – structure and properties

Published Date
September 2012, Vol.13(3):S5–S9, doi:10.1016/j.culher.2012.03.016
Wood Science for Conservation

Author 

Thomas Nilsson ^a,

Roger Rowell ^a,,b,

aFaculty of Forest Sciences, SLU, c/o SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden

bUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

Received 27 March 2012. Accepted 27 March 2012. Available online 9 May 2012. 

Abstract

To understand what has happened to a historic wooden object, it is important to understand the wood structure and the chemistry of the original wood as well as the structure and chemistry of the historic wood. With this information, it is possible to understand the degradation that has occurred over time. With this knowledge, it is also possible to describe a possible method of conservation and preservation.

Keywords

Archaeological wood

Historic wood

Wood structure

Wood properties

Wood decay

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