Archaeological Wood : Properties, Chemistry, and Preservation (Advances in Chemistry Series)

Archaeological Wood : Properties, Chemistry, and Preservation (Advances in Chemistry Series)

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Book Description
This is the first book to combine chemistry with techniques of preserving archaeological wood. Among the topics discussed in its 17 chapters are the chemical composition of wood and changes brought about by the decay process, biopredators, radiation curing, freeze-drying, chemical preservation
techniques, museum environments, the ethics of conservation, and value systems for choosing among the qualities of wood that can be preserved. This volume provides understanding, from a scientific perspective of archaeological wood, its properties, its chemistry and its preservation.

Archaeological Wood: Properties, Chemistry, and Preservation (Advances in Chemistry Series),Roger M. Rowell,R. James Barbour,An American Chemical Society Publication,0841216231,Antiquities,Archaeological Chemistry,Chemistry,Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union,History,History: World,Preservation,Science/Mathematics,Wood,Archaeological methodology & techniques,Archaeological theory,Chemistry | Physical Chemistry,Conservation of buildings & building materials,Organic chemistry,Russia,Science / Chemistry / Technical & Industrial

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