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1 online resource (198 pages) |
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UCL Institute of Archaeology Publications |
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Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part One: Introduction; Introduction; 'Northern Europe' -- geographical and botanical definitions; Introduction to the anatomical characters; The wood of the Gymnosperms; The wood of the Dicotyledons; The variability of anatomical characters; The level of identification of archaeological wood; Methods for identification; A note on microscopy; Identifying artefactual and non-artefactual wood; Sectioning methods; Waterlogged wood and frozen wood; Desiccated wood; Charcoal; Reference collections; Concluding remarks |
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How to use this book to identify woodBibliography; Part Two: Identification of Northern European Woods; Organisation of the taxa descriptions and key to the anatomical groups; A note on the tables; A note on the distribution maps; Group 1 -- Gymnosperms; Taxus baccata; Pinus spp.; Juniperus spp; Abies alba; Larix decidua; Picea abies; Group 2 -- Woods with included phloem; Suaeda vera; Group 3 -- The ring porous woods; Quercus spp.; Castanaea sativa; Berberis vulgaris; Rosa spp.; Fraxinus excelsior; Hippophae rhamnoides; Moms nigra; Clematis vitalba; Vitis vinifera; Ulmus spp |
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Group 4 -- Diffuse porous woods with mostly solitary poresEuonymus europaeus; Calluna vulgaris; Buxus sempervirens; Viburnum opulus; Viburnum lantana; Cornus sanguinea; Cornus mas; Maloideae; Ligustrum vulgare; Lonicera periclymenum; Lonicera xylosteum; Fagus sylvatica; Group 5 -- Diffuse porous woods with solitary pores, pores in short radial files and/or clusters; Betula spp.; Salix spp.; Populus spp.; Rubus spp.; Tilia spp; Arbuteus unedo; Ficus carica; Prunus spinosa/P.domestica; Prunus avium; Prunus padus; Acer campestre group; Acer pseudoplatanus group; Juglans regia; Frangula alnus |
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Group 6 -- Diffuse porous woods with pores in long radial filesIlex aquifolium; Corylus avellana; Alnus glutinosa; Carpinus betulus; Group 7 -- Diffuse porous woods with pores in clusters; Sambucus nigra; Sambucus racemosa; Hedera helix; Group 8 -- Diffuse porous woods with pores in dendritic arrangement; Rhamnus catharticus; Leguminosae; Part Three: Character Tables; Introduction; Table 3.1 RLS anatomy sorted by species; Table 3.2 RLS anatomy sorted by perforation plate type; Table 3.3 RLS anatomy sorted by ray anatomy; Table 3.4 RLS anatomy sorted by TS anatomy |
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Table 3.5 TLS anatomy sorted by TS anatomyTable 3.6 TLS anatomy sorted by species; Table 3.7 Unisereate rays present (TLS); Table 3.8 Unisereate rays absent (TLS); Table 3.9 Unisereate rays composed of upright cells only (TLS); Table 3.10 Rays of two distinct sizes present (TLS); Table 3.11 Large multisereate rays present (TLS); Table 3.12 Aggregate rays present (TS and TLS); Table 3.13 Sheath cells present (TLS); Table 3.14 Undulating ring boundary (TS); Table 3.15 Rays distended at ring boundary (TS); Table 3.16 Spiral thickening present/absent, sorted by species (LS) |
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Table 3.17 Spiral thickening present/absent, sorted by spiral thickening (LS) |
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Print version record |
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Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Wood -- Europe, Northern -- Identification -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Antiquities -- Collection and preservation.
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Antiquities -- Collection and preservation
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Wood
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Northern Europe
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Handbooks and manuals
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315418247 |
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131541824X |
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