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Table 2 Physical properties (mean ± standard deviation) of the oak wood samples

From: Oak wood degradation processes induced by the burial environment in the archaeological site of Biskupin (Poland)

Period of deposition (years)

Place of sample deposition

MWC

Maximum water content (%)

BD

Basic density (kg m−3)

P

Porosity (%)

ML

Mass loss (%)

0

Reference

97 ± 9

616 ± 35

57.6 ± 2.2

1.0 ± 0.2

2

SP1a

94 ± 7

631 ± 29

57.1 ± 1.8

1.3 ± 0.2

4

99 ± 10

610 ± 37

58.6 ± 2.3

2.3 ± 0.4

6

97 ± 10

620 ± 37

58.1 ± 2.3

2.4 ± 0.2

8

103 ± 9

600 ± 34

59.5 ± 2.1

3.2 ± 0.4

10

100 ± 7

610 ± 25

58.8 ± 1.6

3.6 ± 0.4

2

SP4b

100 ± 9

605 ± 35

58.8 ± 2.2

3.5 ± 0. 7

4

102 ± 8

601 ± 31

59.1 ± 1.8

2.6 ± 0.3

6

104 ± 7

596 ± 28

59.4 ± 1.6

2.7 ± 0.4

8

99 ± 9

611 ± 33

58.6 ± 2.0

3.2 ± 0. 7

10

102 ± 11

601 ± 39

59.2 ± 2.5

3.8 ± 0.5

  1. aWet peat environment
  2. bWater—sediment at the bottom of water-filled archaeological trench
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