axe handle

[unclemac]

the vikings discovered America right? so does this count too...being neolithic Danish and all?

BBC News - Stone age axe found with wood handle

perhaps not native american but right up our alley I am thinking.

 

[GatorBoy]

Love it.. I'd like to see how they go about stabilizing it.

 

[mainejman]

That is cool...It amazes me that conditions can be so perfect as to preserve wood for that long.The fish weir site I hunt has yielded a birch bark container thousands of years old still intact...thanks for the look...Mjm

 

[unclemac]

how did you preserve it?

 

[monsterrack]

I read about this the other day, very cool and would you not just pass out to find that.

 

[unclemac]

Love it.. I'd like to see how they go about stabilizing it.

years ago I visited this place...

https://www.google.com/search?q=vas...&ei=5mR3VLSsM-SAigKYsoDgBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CDsQsAQ

they used polyethylene glycol to preserve the wood but I can't imagine that being done with this.

here are some interesting sites about wood conservation...

Decay in historic and archaeological wood

A Test of Time: The Preservation and Conservation of Ancient Dugout Canoes
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[GatorBoy]

I happen to have done a bunch of research on this.
Personally the best method I read about in my opinion was sucrose replacement.
This method used sucrose to replace the dextrose that was missing from within the cell walls.
They're virtually identical in composition and it effectively prevents the cell wall collapse and shrinking that happens when the water is removed by evaporation