shbuckling yarns” (38). Therefore, one can recognize how much such wooden artifacts have to teach us, something that makes their conservation that much more critical to our store of human knowledge.
When wood is buried in earth, it typically deteriorates due to the forces of biological and chemical degradation. Wood is able to exist relatively intact for long periods of time if it is immerse in severe wet or dry environments. Shipwreck sites often provide a great deal of intact wooden artifacts. As noted by one preservationist, “In shipwreck sites, the wooden components of the hull and small artifacts of wood often survive in good condition, albeit thoroughly waterlogged” (
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