EVALUATION OF WOOD PRETREATMENTS ON OAK AND CEDAR

In a separate study, we conducted a series of high-precision radiocarb on measurements using wood from Britain and New Zealand to investigate interhemispheric offsets and possible temporal variations. To minimiz e variability associated with different species, the pretreatment of t he oak (Quercus patraea) and cedar (Librocedrus bidwilli) was to alpha -cellulose for both. This study investigates the thoroughness of a ran ge of pretreatment processes by the stable isotope analysis of the pro ducts.