Charcoal Identification.
Abstract
Charcoal is largely unaffected by fungi or other wood destroying organisms. Consequently, it will persist in soil for great periods of time and often turns up in archaeological diggings and paleobotanical studies. The identification of such charcoal is often desirable because it may provide a record of paleoclimatic changes or have significance as evidence of ancient cultural practices. Identification is possible because the anatomical features of the wood remain intact during the carbonization process. A charcoal reference collection is relatively simple to prepare. The first step is to accumulate a collection of woods of known identity and then convert them to charcoal. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0740413
Entities
People
- R. C. Koeppen
Organizations
- Forest Products Laboratory