Identifying ancient Egyptian coffin woods from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge using scanning electron microscopy

Resource type
Book chapter
Creator (person)
Cartwright, Caroline R.
Date published
2019
Abstract
This chapter presents the results of a major programme of wood identifications of a large number of Egyptian coffins in the Fitzwilliam Museum collection. It exemplifies the range, use and limitations of local woody resources, as well as the selective import of prestige timbers, fundamental to the development of a distinctive funerary carpentry tradition.
Book title
Ancient Egyptian Coffins. Past. Present. Future.
Editor
Strudwick, Helen
Dawson, Julie
Publisher
Oxbow Books
Place of publication
Oxford
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