Chemical Differentiation between Immersed and Dry Wood Samples in Nunavik (Northern Quebec, Canada): Preliminary Results

The primary aim of this study was to differentiate immersed wood samples from dry wood samples based on chemical analysis. The method has been developed to be applied to wood found in archaeological sites to distinguish between driftwood and wood that was cut in the forest tundra and then transporte...

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Published in:Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
Main Authors: STEELANDT, Stéphanie, PIERSON-WICKMANN, Anne-Catherine, BHIRY, Najat, MARGUERIE, Dominique, BOUHNIK-LE COZ, Martine
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: University of Colorado at Boulder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research 2016
Subjects:
Planète et Univers [physics]/Sciences de la Terre/Géochimie
Planète et Univers [physics]/Sciences de la Terre/Hydrologie
Canada
Nunavik
Tundra
Online Access:https://oskar-bordeaux.fr/handle/20.500.12278/29454
https://doi.org/10.1657/AAAR0014-082
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Summary:The primary aim of this study was to differentiate immersed wood samples from dry wood samples based on chemical analysis. The method has been developed to be applied to wood found in archaeological sites to distinguish between driftwood and wood that was cut in the forest tundra and then transported to the sites. The results of our research show that Na concentrations in the immersed samples were much higher than in the dry samples for coniferous and deciduous wood samples. Principal components analysis (PCA) based on the element concentrations normalized to the total cation concentrations show that the data from the immersed wood samples and the dry wood samples clustered into two separate groups.

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