Microbial erosion assessment on waterlogged archaeological woods (WAWs) from a Chinese ancient shipwreck, Nanhai No. 1

Microbial erosion assessment on waterlogged archaeological woods (WAWs) from a Chinese ancient shipwreck, Nanhai No. 1

Abstract This article aims at identifying the timber species of Nanhai No. 1, an ancient shipwreck (Song Dynasty, 800 years ago) sunk in the South China Sea, finding out the types of bacteria that corrode the wood components of the shipwreck and analyzing the erosion level. The changes of the intern...

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Main Authors: Mengge Gao, Qinfen Zhang, Xinxin Feng, Dong Chen, Jian Sun, Yong Cui, Runlin Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-09-01
Series:Heritage Science
Subjects:
Waterlogged archaeological wood (WAW)
Timber species
Microbial erosion
Ancient shipwreck
Nanhai No. 1
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40494-018-0220-3

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