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WOOD SELECTION OF ANCIENT TEMPLES IN THE SIKKIM HIMALAYAS

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Mechtild Mertz Centre de recherche sur les civilisations de l’Asie orientale (CRCAO-CNRS UMR 8155), College de France, 52 rue du Cardinal Lemoine, 75005 Paris, France
Laboratory of Biomass Morphogenesis and Information, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japanmechtild.mertz@free.fr

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Sangeeta Gupta Forest Research Institute, P.O. New Forest, Dehradun, India

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Yutaka Hirako Tibet Heritage Fund, German Office, Berliner Strasse 68, 13189 Berlin, Germany

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Pimpim de Azevedo Tibet Heritage Fund, German Office, Berliner Strasse 68, 13189 Berlin, Germany

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Junji Sugiyama Laboratory of Biomass Morphogenesis and Information, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan

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Online Publication Date:
06 Dec 2014
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Microscopic wood identifications were performed on five Buddhist temple structures and on one secular building located in Sikkim, an Indian state in the Eastern Himalayas. In all, twenty wood species were identified, two of which – Michelia (Magnolia) doltsopa and Picea cf. spinulosa – were considered in more detail. Building type, specific physical and mechanical properties of the wood species, local availability, and religious considerations were apparently the leading criteria for timber selection.

Title:
WOOD SELECTION OF ANCIENT TEMPLES IN THE SIKKIM HIMALAYAS
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/22941932-00000077
Language:
English
Pages:
444–462
Keywords:
Wood identification; Michelia doltsopa; Picea spinulosa; Picea smithiana; Sikkim; Eastern Himalayas; Buddhist temples
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IAWA Journal
In:
Volume 35: Issue 4
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
2294-1932
Print ISSN:
0928-1541
Subjects:
Botany, Biology

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