From Geoff Carter, a Structural Archeologist comes a look at how wood has played a role in history but which is not given much credit. This is because most wood artifacts do not survive the weathering of time, unlike other artifacts like stone or metal. Therefore there is little evidence of how wood was used, what exact forms it took and the processes used to make the objects, even though there is lots of evidence that wood was used and that it had a significant role in the formation of a myriad of everyday objects.
Read more here:Not Seeing Wood or Trees
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Friday, January 17, 2014
Not Seeing Wood or Trees : Theoretical Structural Archaeology
From Geoff Carter, a Structural Archeologist comes a look at how wood has played a role in history but which is not given much credit. This is because most wood artifacts do not survive the weathering of time, unlike other artifacts like stone or metal. Therefore there is little evidence of how wood was used, what exact forms it took and the processes used to make the objects, even though there is lots of evidence that wood was used and that it had a significant role in the formation of a myriad of everyday objects.
Read more here:Not Seeing Wood or Trees
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