Sectioning of Charcoals and Dry Ancient Woods
- 1 October 1973
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 38 (4) , 468-472
- https://doi.org/10.2307/279152
Abstract
Techniques are described for obtaining thin sections of charcoal and ancient woods for identification. Materials are embedded in epoxy resins and sectioned either with a sliding microtome or by grinding and polishing on silicon carbide or papers.Keywords
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