Wood as Cultural Heritage Material
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Wood Science and Forest Products".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (6 August 2023) | Viewed by 26138
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wood science; archaeology; heritage conservation
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Interests: wood aging; archaeological wood; waterlogged archaeological wood; wooden/table paintings; wooden statues; historic timber structures; historic wood dating
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wood is the most-used material by man in the course of its long evolutionary history. Despite being a perishable material, there are numerous wooden artifacts that testify to the importance of this material for humanity and that we now consider part of our cultural heritage.
The challenge is to preserve the artifacts by conserving the material they are made of.
A choice of types of artefacts was made in which wood has different functions, from a simple support of a painting to a carved work, to a structure inside a building; but we also tried to take into consideration the study of the transformations that the wood undergoes during its aging in the different environments in which it is preserved.
A final aspect is that of the dating methods of the material and how much the dating of the material also represents the date of construction of the artifact.
Dr. Nicola Macchioni
Dr. Elisa Pecoraro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wood aging
- archaeological wood
- waterlogged archaeological wood
- wooden/table paintings
- wooden statues
- historic timber structures
- historic wood dating
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