20.500.12556/RUL-185411 An adaptive workflow for the anatomical identification of severely degraded carbonised archaeological wood from waterlogged deposits Severely degraded and carbonised archaeological wood recovered from waterlogged deposits presents major challenges for anatomical identification because long-term burial may preserve organic material while also producing structural collapse, heterogeneous alteration, and strongly contrasting mechanical properties. This case study evaluates an adaptive decision-making workflow that combines gradual dehydration and extended paraffin processing, preservation of anatomical orientation, trial microtome sectioning, and block-face examination. Six fragments were recovered from Early Medieval pit features at Babinci in northeastern Slovenia; six specimens were processed for detailed anatomical analysis. One specimen yielded diagnostically usable transverse, radial, and tangential thin sections and was identified as Populus sp. The other specimens did not yield diagnostically usable transverse thin sections and were identified as Quercus sp. primarily from trimmed block faces. Paraffin embedding improved handling and block-face preparation. The contribution is therefore a transparent workflow for switching between complementary analytical routes according to specimen behaviour. severely degraded archaeological wood carbonised wood waterlogged deposits paraffin embedding block-face trimming anatomical identification wood anatomy histological preparation Quercus Populus močno degradiran arheološki les karboniziran les z vodo prepojena nahajališča vgradnja v parafin obrezovanje površine bloka anatomska identifikacija anatomija lesa histološka priprava hrast topol true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-08-04 09:11:44 2026-08-04 09:11:51 2026-08-05 04:02:14 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Str. 1-12 iss. 8, [article no.] 300 Vol. 9 Aug. 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 630*1 2571-9408 10.3390/heritage9080300 286802435 RAZ_Balzano_Angela_2026.pdf RAZ_Balzano_Angela_2026.pdf 1 BCD560E30F8500641EB376B1BBA670B7 563fcc9caf70c408a2628836c76dfc76d1599c164aff33b0b74eb5af48811812 a5395121-8fd3-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=243892 https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/9/8/300 1 76200337-8fd3-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=243891 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0