The Identification of Northern European Woods: A Guide for Archaeologists and Conservators

Abstract

The identification of wood is an invaluable tool for all archaeologists and conservators interested in artefacts structures, technology or past environments. This book is a guide to the identification of the trees and larger shrub species of Northern Europe based on anatomical characters. The first section provides notes on anatomy and methods of sampling and identification. The second section is an atlas of the 52 identifiable taxa, covering over 130 species, divided into 52 identifiable groups. Each of the eight groups presents simple-to-use keys to the identification of the taxa within them. Each identifiable taxon is illustrated by light micrographs and their diagnostic characters are summrised in tabular form. The third section provides summary tables of the major diagnistic characters used in the identification of the taxa. -- ICCROM

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