Preparation of waterlogged woods by artificial degradation

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H06920
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Cultural assets study and museology
• Research Institution: Gangoji Institute for Research of Cultural Property
• Principal Investigator: Yamaguchi Shigeo 公益財団法人元興寺文化財研究所, 研究部, 研究員 (00752370)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 保存科学 / 保存処理 / 出土木製遺物 / 出土木材

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The waterlogged woods are used as test samples of conservation study of excavated wooden objects. However, they are inhomogeneous samples and few. In this work, to prepare the waterlogged woods by artificial degradation, degradation methods for recent woods were developed. In the results, the author developed a degradation methods by cellulase combined with Fenton’s reagent. The artificial waterlogged woods were increased water content ratio, and the chemical composition ratio of cell wall are close to waterlogged woods.

Free Research Field

保存科学