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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 chemistry --- Archeologie [Scheikunde in de ] --- Archeologie en scheikunde --- Archéologie [Chimie en ] --- Chemie in de archeologie --- Chemistry [Archaeological ] --- Chimie archeologique --- Chimie en archéologie --- Scheikunde en archeologie --- Scheikunde in de archeologie --- Wood --- Archaeological chemistry. --- Antiquities --- History & Archaeology --- Chemistry --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Archaeology --- Chemistry - General --- Chemistry. --- Preservation. --- Collection and preservation. --- Preservation --- Collection and preservation --- Kyanizing --- Powellized timber --- Preservation of wood --- Timber --- Wood preservation --- Wood protection --- Preserved wood --- Trees --- Agricultural chemistry --- Botanical chemistry --- Cellulose --- Chemistry, Technical --- Lignin --- Wood distillation --- Analytical chemistry --- Historic preservation --- Archaeological museums and collections --- Salvage archaeology --- Protection --- Deterioration --- Analysis --- Methodology --- Conservation and restoration --- Microbial degradation --- Wood preservatives