Preservation halls.(SAMPLINGS)(wooden buildings preservation techniques)(Brief Article)

Publication: Natural History

Publication Date: 01-JUN-05

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Wood rots readily, and so even though it's been used for construction around the world and through the ages, almost every wooden building ever made has eventually disappeared. But Heather McKillop, an anthropologist at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and a team of snorkelers recently discovered an important...

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