Baltic shipping marks on nineteenth-century timber: their deciphering and a proposal for an innovative characterization of old timber Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Antwerpen
Intriguing marks have been recorded on numerous nineteenth-century timber structures throughout Europe. These inscriptions bear witness to an intensive trade that supplied Norwegian and Baltic timber - mainly softwood - to most Western European countries. Despite the abundance of archaeological records, the current understanding of these shipping marks is very limited. Consequently, historical surveys and restoration campaigns are not using ...