Selective reburial: A potential approach for the in situ preservation of waterlogged archaeological wood in wetland excavations

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-108

  Amendas, George ^a   McConnachie, Glenn ^b   Pournou, Anastasia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b HM Naval Base   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

In situ preservation; Selective reburial; Waterlogged wood; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BACKFILL; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXCAVATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PILE; WATERLOGGING; WETLAND; WOOD;

GREECE;

EQUUS ASINUS; FAGUS;

EID: 84867918412     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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