Collapse or not? Effects of drying on heavily decayed archaeological wood in soil

• Main Authors: Rosenfeld Lauridsen, Nanna, Matthiesen, Henning, David, Gregory, Pedersen, Nanna Bjerregaard
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: archaeological wood; bacterial decay; collapse; fungal decay; soil moisture; wood-water relations; /dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/artisticdevelopment/no; name=No; Greenland; Kangeq
• Online Access: https://adk.elsevierpure.com/da/publications/eb2898a7-9ae0-4494-93df-507521b8f6a0

The physical response of heavily decayed archaeological wood to water evaporation in soil was studied in a model experiment. Ten wood samples from a kitchen midden at Kangeq in Western Greenland and four wood samples from the Danish bog site Nydam were used in the experiment. Microscopic analysis sh...