DENDROARCHAEOLOGICAL REPORT ON THE COFFIN FROM THE NABATAEAN BUILT TOMB

Fourteen samples belonging to the wood coffin recovered from the Nabataean burial (L8; see Chapter 13) were processed for taxonomic identification (Table 17.1). Only 13 of the samples could demonstrate sufficient anatomical features for identification at the most specific systematic level. Overall,...

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Published inYotvata pp. 131 - 132
Main Authors Benzaquen, Mordechay, Cavanagh, Mark, Langgut, Dafna, Singer-Avitz, Lily
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Penn State University Press 2023
Pennsylvania State University Press
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Summary:Fourteen samples belonging to the wood coffin recovered from the Nabataean burial (L8; see Chapter 13) were processed for taxonomic identification (Table 17.1). Only 13 of the samples could demonstrate sufficient anatomical features for identification at the most specific systematic level. Overall, three separate species were identified for this assemblage. Two samples were identified as Cedrus libani, primarily though the consistency of the rays and the presence of traumatic resin canals, which are characteristic of the species in question (Fig. 17.1). Seven separate samples were undoubtedly conifers and were all regarded as Cupressus sempervirens on the basis of the rays
ISBN:9781646022298
1646022297
DOI:10.1515/9781646022601-018